The ARM Cortex-A8 series Applications Processor represents NXP"s next generation of advanced multimedia and power-efficient implementation of the ARM Cortex™-A8 core. With core processing speeds up to 800MHz, the i.MX537 is optimized for both performance and power to meet the demands of high-end, advanced applications. Integrated display controller, 1080p HD video decode and 720p video encode, enhanced graphics and connectivity features make the i.MX537 ideal for a wide range of applications such as Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and patient monitors which require rich user interfaces with high colour displays and user interaction. The i.MX537 provides key environmental differentiators for the industrial market. The flexibility of the i.MX53 architecture allows for its use in a wide variety of applications. As the heart of the application chipset, the i.MX53 processor provides all the interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as WLAN, Bluetooth™, GPS and hard drive.
ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz CPU
32kB Instruction and data caches
Unified 256kB L2 cache
NEON SIMD media accelerator
Vector floating point coprocessor
Independent OpenGL® ES 2.0 and OpenVG™ 1.1 hardware accelerators
Multi-format HD 1080p video decoder and HD 720p video encoder hardware engine
Hardware accelerated image post-processing and display quality enhancement
Two simultaneous camera inputs with hardware pre-processing
Up to 2 GB LP-DDR2, LV-DDR2, DDR2-800 and DDR3-800 SDRAM, 16/32-bit
Managed NAND flash support with eMMC 4.4/SDIO
Raw NAND with up to 16-bit ECC
Advanced power management - Multiple independent power domains and dynamic voltage/frequency
High-speed USB 2.0 OTG with PHY
High-speed USB 2.0 host with PHY
Two additional high-speed USB controllers (ULPI)
Integrated LVDS display interface supporting up to 2-channel each with 4 data pairs and 1 clock pair
I²S and S/PDIF audio interfaces
10/100Mbps Ethernet controller with IEEE1588 time stamping