i.MX Family Processor The i.MX family is designed for use in smartphones, wireless PDAs, gaming and many other mobile wireless applications, Freescale's i.MX Family of applications processors are a leading solution in today's smartphone environment. Based on ARM® core technology, the i.MX1, i. MXL, i.MX21, i.MX27 and i.MX31 are designed to offer low power consumption with real-world power performance and a high degree of integration to reduce your design time significantly. The i.MX Family supports a broad range of industry-leading platforms such as those based on the Microsoft® Window® CE operating systems, Palm® OS, Linux® OS, and Symbian™ operating systems. The i.MX portfolio is a leading solution in today's smartphone environment and is a central feature of Freescale's i.Smart smartphone reference design, providing power performance to our Innovative Convergence™ platforms. We are committed to continually expanding our Innovative Convergence platforms to support new technologies and new services as they emerge into the marketplace, such as advanced display technologies including smart panels; streaming video; multiple operating systems; and the far-reaching capabilities of the personal server. Processor CPU Speed FPU DMA Channels Embedded SRAM Flash Boot Video Acceleration 2D/3D Graphics i.MXS ARM920T 100MHz No 11 No NOR No No i.MXL ARM920T 200MHz No 11 No NOR DCT/iDCT Hardware Acceleration 2D/3D Graphics Through Software i.MX21S ARM926EJ-S 266MHz No 16 6KB NAND or NOR No No i.MX21 ARM926EJ-S 350MHz No 16 6KB NAND or NOR MPEG4 CIF 30 fps encoder and decoder 2D/3D Graphics with external accelerator i.MX27 ARM926EJ-S 400MHz No 16 45KB NAND or NOR H.264, MPEG-4, H.263 HW Enc/Dec; 24 fps VGA Full Duplex No i.MX31L ARM1136JF-S 532MHz Yes 32 16KB NAND or NOR MPEG4 VGA 30 fps Encode No i.MX31 ARM1136JF-S 532MHz Yes 32 16KB NAND or NOR MPEG4 VGA 30 fps Encode Integrated 2-D/3-D Processing Unit with OpenGL® Support i.MX35 ARM1136JF-S 532MHz Yes 32 128KB NAND, NOR, MMC/SD MPEG-4, H.264, ... Integrated 2D Processing Unit (Z160 @133MHz) with OpenVG® 1.1 Support i.MX51 ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz Yes 32 128kB NAND, NOR, MMC/SD MJPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263/264, VC-1, DivX, RV10 Integrated 2D (Z160 core @166MHz) and 3D (Z430 core @166MHz) Processing Unit with OpenVG® 1.1 and OpenGL ES® 2.0 / Direct3D Mobile Support i.MX53 ARM Cortex-A8 1GHz Yes 32 144kB NAND, NOR, MMC/SD MJPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263/264, VC-1, DivX, RV10 Integrated 2D and 3D (Z430 core @200MHz) Processing Unit with OpenVG® 1.1 and OpenGL ES® 2.0 / Direct3D Mobile Support For complete comparison click here. For more information about i.MX Family click here.
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