NXP i.MX 8M Plus
NXP SemiconductorsNXP applications processor family with up to a quad Arm Cortex-A53 at 1.8 GHz, an 800 MHz Cortex-M7 real-time core and an integrated NPU delivering up to 2.3 TOPS for on-device machine learning and vision. It carries dual image signal processors and two camera inputs, and targets smart home, building, city and industrial applications, with module options from ADLINK, Toradex and SolidRun.
Openness
3 high confidence- schematics
- none (EVK reference designs only)
- toolchain
- open (Linux/Yocto BSP)
- datasheets
- public (IMX8MPCEC)
- blobs
- required (proprietary silicon + NPU firmware)
- retail
- distributor (commercial via NXP and SoM partners)
- form_factor
- chipset (applications-processor family, not a board)
NXP publishes a full 111-page datasheet for the i.MX 8M Plus and an open, buildable Yocto Linux BSP. But NXP publishes no board design files of its own — the BSP only configures NXP's own reference EVK and FRDM boards — and building the NPU firmware into that BSP requires accepting NXP's end-user license agreement for its proprietary recipes.
- https://mm.digikey.com/Volume0/opasdata/d220001/medias/docus/5783/IMX8MPCEC.pdf recorded 2026-08-14
the named datasheet in full, openly mirrored by DigiKey - "NXP Semiconductors Data Sheet - Technical Data, Document Number IMX8MPCEC, Rev. 2.1, 07/2023"; "a powerful quad Arm Cortex-A53 processor with speed up to 1.8 GHz integrated with a NPU of 2.3 TOPS"; an integrated 800 MHz Cortex-M7; package and pin assignments but no board schematics
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nxp-imx/meta-imx/master/README.md recorded 2026-08-14
"Yocto Project BSP for NXP i.MX Linux Release LF6.18.20_2.0.0", with i.MX 8M Plus machines imx8mp-lpddr4-evk, imx8mp-ddr4-evk and imx8mp-lpddr4-frdm; and "The NXP i.MX End User License Agreement (EULA) is displayed during the setup process ... The license must be accepted to allow access to the NXP EULA-licensed recipes"
- https://www.nxp.com/products/i.MX8MPLUS recorded 2026-06-22
official page: Cortex-A53/M7, up to 2.3 TOPS NPU, ML/vision focus. Not re-fetchable - www.nxp.com answers HTTP 404 to every automated request including its own root, under every header set tried - so it keeps its recorded read
- https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/verdin-arm-family/nxp-imx-8m-plus recorded 2026-08-14
a SoM partner shipping the part commercially - the Verdin iMX8M Plus module with a Configure Your Own path and availability listed to 2036+
Adoption
4 high confidenceToradex's Verdin iMX8M Plus module remains live and configurable, with a product availability commitment to 2036 or later. A board partner committing a decade of supply is the mark of a chip settled into long-term industrial deployment, though it is one partner's commitment rather than a shipment count.
- https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/verdin-arm-family/nxp-imx-8m-plus recorded 2026-08-13
"NXP i.MX 8M Plus - Verdin iMX8M Plus System on Module" with a Configure Your Own path, free Toradex support and maintenance for Embedded Linux and FreeRTOS, and product availability listed as 2036+
Capability
3 high confidenceThe integrated NPU delivers 2.3 TOPS, enough for industrial vision and ML workloads but below the roughly 4 TOPS of the BeagleY-AI and TI AM67A, and well below the Jetson Orin line.
- https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/fact-sheet/IMX8MPLUSFS.pdf recorded 2026-06-22
fact sheet: 2.3 TOPS NPU, CPU/ISP specs
- https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/verdin-arm-family/nxp-imx-8m-plus recorded 2026-09-29
Verdin page lists "Neural Processing Unit (NPU) - up to 2.3 TOPS", "up to 4x Cortex-A53 1.8 GHz processors", "Cortex-M7 processor with speeds up to 800 MHz" and memory "Up to 8GB LPDDR4 (32 bit)".
Verified 2026-09-29, except some scores, still awaiting re-confirmation