Building upon the success of the industry leading scalability with the i.MX 6 series, the i.MX 8 series is the next generation of highly scalable product family to provide a much-needed migration path for next generation devices. The i.MX 8 and 8X families provide full ARMv8-A 64-bit support while maintaining seamless backwards compatibility with 32-bit ARMv7-A software. NXP has upgraded core performance, added additional features and updated the connectivity. Each family has an additional M4 core for Real-Time processing, fast boot, and power savings. The i.MX 8X family is focused on an efficient and safety certifiable performance for industrial and automotive. It has four A35 cores, an M4 core, and an integrated DSP. Transition between the i.MX 8 family and the i.MX 8X family can be attained with its high level of software and hardware reuse across the full range of product capabilities.