Toradex Announces its Participation in NXPs Early Access Program for the iMX 8QuadMax Applications Processor

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• Toradex Announces its Participation in NXPs
  Early Access Program for the i.MX 8QuadMax
  Applications Processor

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13 March 2017, Horw, Switzerland Toradex is
proud to announce its participation in the early
access program for the new NXP i.MX 8QuadMax
applications processor. Toradex will feature the
NXP i.MX 8QuadMax on its pin-compatible Apalis
Computer on Module form factor. Apalis iMX8 will
be able to take advantage of the extensive
ecosystem around Toradex Apalis System on Modules
(SoMs).
The NXP i.MX 8QuadMax features 6x ARMv8-A 64-bit
processor cores 2x ARM Cortex-A72 4x
Cortex-A53 - as well as 2x additional Cortex-M4F
microcontroller cores with FPU in a single SoC.
Its powerful dual 3D GPU supports Open GL ES 3.1,
Vulcan and 4x HD or 1x 4K resolution displays.
SafeAssure fail-over capable display controllers
ensure critical displays are always on.
High-speed interfaces like PCIe 3.0, SATA 3.0 and
USB 3.0 are available for further expansion. The
Toradex Apalis iMX8 will be offered with a wide
temperature range and long-term availability,
making it an excellent choice for rugged and
demanding applications.
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The Toradex Ixora Carrier Board, the CSI Camera
Module and the Apalis iMX8 will make a great
combination to take advantage of the
high-performance computer vision processing
capabilities of the NXP i.MX 8QuadMax.
Robert Thompson, i.MX Ecosystem Manager at
NXPNXP realizes that one of the keys to success
for the i.MX 8QuadMax processor is enabling an
active ecosystem so a wide range of customers can
achieve a faster time to market, said Robert
Thompson, i.MX Ecosystem Manager at NXP Toradex,
with its long history of success in developing
i.MX based SOMs is an ideal partner to help NXP
launch the i.MX 8Quad Max accelerate customer
development."
The Apalis iMX8 will work with any Toradex Apalis
carrier board. Toradex will provide a Yocto
Project based Linux Board Support Package (BSP).
The BSP additionally includes support for
FreeRTOS on the Cortex-M4F cores to fully
leverage the Heterogeneous Multicore Processing
(HMP) architecture of the i.MX 8QuadMax. As with
all Toradex modules, online resources such as the
developer center, community forum and webinars
provide extensive documentation for getting
started and beyond. Toradex also provides free
local technical support for all its products.
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Toradex partners will provide additional
Apalis-optimized 3rd-party solutions extending
the broad Apalis ecosystem. Sign up to receive
updates about the latest progress of the Apalis
iMX8 on the Toradex webpage. Visit us at Embedded
World from 14 - 16 March 2017 in Nuremberg,
Germany on booth 1-639, Hall 1 to talk with our
engineers about the upcoming Apalis iMX8.
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Thank you