NXP’s Discrete Neural Processing Units (DNPUs) are purpose-built accelerators designed to bring advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to the edge. Whether you’re enhancing existing designs or building next-generation vision and generative AI systems, DNPUs deliver the flexibility, scalability, and performance needed for today’s demanding applications.
Edge AI solutions have evolved from perception (object detection, computer vision) to generative (content creation, code generation) and now to agentic AI (autonomous systems). DNPUs are at the heart of this evolution, enabling devices to sense, think, and act independently in real time.
Ara-1
Accelerates machine learning for AI-integrated camera and embedded systems, delivering real-time performance and low latency.
- Latency optimised for edge applications
- 10x Capex/TCO improvement over GPUs
- Generative AI capable
- Up to 6 eTOPS*
- Up to 2GB LPDDR4
Ara240
Delivers up to 40 eTOPS* of AI performance, efficiently handling Generative AI and transformer-based models at the edge.
- Computer vision, Generative AI optimised
- 5-8x performance improvement over Ara-1
- Up to 40 eTOPS*
- Up to 16GB LPDDR4
Solution Selector: How to Scale with NXP DNPUs
| Goal | Recommended path | Additional expansion | |
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| Existing Platforms i.MX 8M Plus |
Extend AI performance and/or add GenAI capabilities | Add Ara240 Discrete NPU (DNPU)
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| Existing Platforms i.MX 8M Plus |
Design new vision systems with more AI performance, higher resolution camera, more camera sensors | Select i.MX 95
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Add Ara240
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| New designs | Design state-of-the art vision AI systems | Select i.MX 8M Plus or i.MX 95 | Add Ara240
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| New designs | Build GenAI solutions for conversational HMI and/or system health monitoring | Select i.MX 95
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Add Ara240
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| New designs | Use GenAI models to build multimodal applications with vision, audio and sensor signals | Select i.MX 95 and Ara240 | Add additional Ara240
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i.MX 8M Plus
Delivering advanced AI, machine vision, graphics, video, audio, and voice capabilities, the NXP i.MX 8M Plus is built for next-generation intelligent applications.
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NXP i.MX 95
Featuring high-performance application cores, real-time processing, EdgeLock® secure enclave, and powerful machine learning acceleration.
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