Neural Processing Unit

The Gateworks Venice SBCs that are using the i.MX8M Plus processors have a built in Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for machine learning.

• All GW74xx use the i.MX8M Plus processor
• Any GW71xx, GW72xx and GW73xx using a GW702x SOM module will use the i.MX8M Plus processor

The NPU operatines up to 2.25 TOPS.

NXP uses the term eIQ, which is 'edge intelligence'. NXP has a eIQ ML software environment for neural networks (NN).

With eIQ, there are 4 inference engines – OpenCV, Arm® NN, Arm CMSIS-NN and TensorFlow Lite

Some of the default NXP Yocto software has examples in the directory /usr/bin/tensorflow-lite-2.4.0/examples

More information can also be found on the eIQ community page:

• eIQ Edge Intelligence Starter PDF: ​https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/fact-sheet/EIQ-FS.pdf
• eIQ Edge Intelligence Community Page: ​https://community.nxp.com/t5/eIQ-Machine-Learning-Software/bd-p/eiq

Other links:

• ​Using i.MX 8M Plus Applications Processors to Enable AI in Factory