NXP’s i.MX 93 Applications Processor Family Powers a New Era of Secure Edge Intelligence
November 09 2021 - 03:00AM
NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the i.MX 93
family of applications processors designed for automotive, smart
home, smart building and smart factory applications, which leverage
edge machine learning to anticipate and automate based on user
needs. As the first applications processors in NXP’s i.MX 9 series,
the new i.MX 93 family combines the industry’s first implementation
of the Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU with state-of-the-art security and a
high degree of integration to deliver efficient, fast, secure
machine learning at the edge. These family attributes enable
developers to address diverse areas, from voice-assisted smart home
and building systems, to low-power industrial gateways and
automotive driver monitoring systems.
Systems that can process system inputs to make intelligent
decisions locally with a high degree of accuracy are essential for
the growth of the edge. To take on these challenges, the i.MX 93
family leverages a heterogenous multi-core architecture, including
up to 2x 1.7 GHz Arm Cortex®-A55 applications processors and a
real-time Cortex-M33 microcontroller sub-system with full access to
all SoC peripherals, including the industry’s first implementation
of a 256 MACs/cycles Arm Ethos-U65 microNPU. This architecture
delivers best-in-class, power-efficient machine learning
performance across a variety of applications, including compact,
battery-powered IoT devices, which require highly capable and
efficient processors to maintain a longer battery life.
The i.MX 93 family is highly integrated, supporting a wide
variety of industrial and automotive connectivity interface
protocols, in addition to broad multi-media interfaces. This makes
it easier for designers to connect the i.MX 93 devices across
multiple systems. It also reduces the need for external hardware
components and additional design work, decreasing time to market
and reducing overall systems costs.
“The world is rapidly accelerating towards 75 billion connected
devices by 20230 and it’s crucial to ensure that we’re building
energy efficiency and security as well as intelligence into each
and every device,” said Ron Martino, Executive Vice President and
General Manager, Edge Processing for NXP Semiconductors. “The
highly integrated i.MX 93 applications processors will help open an
entirely new range of use cases at the edge, where you need to have
that close tie-in to the sensor data to make fast decisions. This
will enable a new generation of secured, efficient, intelligent
devices across IoT, industrial IoT and automotive
applications.”
Security Peace of Mind with NXP EdgeLock and Azure
Sphere
NXP’s EdgeLock® secure enclave, a preconfigured, self-managed
and autonomous security subsystem, is a standard on-die feature
across the i.MX 9 series, enabling developers to achieve their
device security goals without requiring deep security
expertise.
Keeping edge devices secured long after initial deployment is a
challenge that requires the help of nonstop trusted management
services. NXP has partnered with Microsoft to offer customers a
comprehensive chip-to-cloud security solution and more than ten
years of ongoing updates and security improvements with the “cloud
secured” i.MX 93-CS family built with Microsoft Azure Sphere.
“We’re making it easier for developers to create, connect, and
maintain innovative IoT devices by providing a comprehensive
platform actively supported by the scale and expertise of Microsoft
software, cloud and security experts,” said Halina McMaster,
Partner Group Program Manager, Microsoft Azure Sphere. “Together
with NXP, we are delivering a variety of Microsoft Azure
Sphere-certified edge processors that provide a secured environment
for customer applications, critical over-the-air update
infrastructure, and more than ten years of ongoing security
improvements for every Azure Sphere chip. The i.MX 93-CS chips will
unlock opportunities across industries for performance
optimization, sustainability, and safety through new classes of
secured IoT devices.”
i.MX 93-CS processors with Azure Sphere are built with Microsoft
Pluton enabled on the EdgeLock secure enclave. Pluton on EdgeLock
secure enclave is the dependable hardware root of trust – built
into the silicon – that enables the full Azure Sphere security
stack and lays the foundation for developing highly secured devices
for a multitude of IoT and industrial applications.
Additional Details
- Machine learning application
development on the i.MX 93 family will be enabled by the eIQ®
software development environment, including the eIQ Toolkit
workflow tools, the GUI-based eIQ Portal development environment
and eIQ inference engine options that will include the Arm
Ethos-U65 microNPU as an inference target.
- The i.MX 93 applications processors
implement NXP’s innovative Energy Flex architecture, enabling
developers to optimize energy usage for each operating mode to
create portable devices with longer battery life and to help reduce
the carbon footprint of mains-powered equipment.
- The i.MX 93 family will be part of
NXP’s Product Longevity program.
For more information on the i.MX 93 applications processor
family, please visit nxp.com/imx93 or contact NXP Sales
worldwide.
About NXP Semiconductors NXP
Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections for a
smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better,
and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for
embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive,
industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure
markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and
expertise, the company has approximately 29,000 employees in more
than 30 countries and posted revenue of $8.61 billion in 2020. Find
out more at www.nxp.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Americas & Europe
Phoebe Francis
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Email: phoebe.francis@nxp.com
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Ming Yue
Tel: +86 21 2205 2690
Email: ming.yue@nxp.com
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