NXP IiMX-series Application Processors

2021

As part of the congatec starter set for embedded machine vision applications

On June 8, 2021, congatec announced the expansion of its ecosystem, the MX 8, with a launch kit for embedded intelligent machine vision applications with accelerated artificial intelligence (AI).

According to the company, based on the computer-on-module (Computer-on-Module, COM) SMARC with the iMX 8M Plus processor, this solution is an appropriate variant of the startup kit for using the neural processing unit (NPU) integrated into the NXP processor. More details here.

intel MX 8M Plus Processor Development Announcement

On April 7, 2021, Kingston Digital, the flash memory division of Kingston Technology, announced a partnership with NXP Semiconductors to develop qiMX 8M Plus application processors.

i.MX 8M Plus

According to the company, manufacturers of smart devices that will order NXP kits for engineering verification with the ix MX 8M Plus chipset will see in their composition the eMMC memory produced by Kingston. Such cooperation will be an opportunity to expand relations with NXP. Solutions of Kingston for discrete memory and data storage were used in processor payments of NXP of the previous generation of the i.MX 6 and i.MX 7 series.

We are honoured to extend our partnership with NXP and participate in the creation of the iMX 8M Plus kit. said Sarah Shen, head of embedded memory at Kingston's U.S. division

Our iMX 8M Plus processor is designed for machine learning, imaging, multimedia, and industrial IoT devices. As with previous NXP application processors, we are pleased to work with Kingston and incorporate their built-in memory solutions into our evaluation kits, which are distributed to developers and manufacturers. noted Jeff Steinheider, Director of Product Marketing with Processors for Industrial Use at NXP Semiconductors