Apalis iMX8 Updates and New Configurations
Introduction
Effective 2024, NXP announced changes to the processor used in our current product offerings on the Apalis iMX8 system-on-modules, designating the parts as NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs).
The NRND designation occurred due to NXP releasing new versions of the automotive SoC with derated A72 and GPU frequencies, same as of the Industrial variants. For more details, check errata #6 from the Apalis iMX8 SoM Errata.
In response to that, in 2025, Toradex launched new product configurations featuring the Industrial qualified parts.
Q1 2026 Update: This product version has been discontinued. Please, contact shop@toradex.cn in case you need support.
How Does This Impact You ?
To keep using automotive-qualified configurations you can either:
- Derate Cortex-A72 and GPU frequencies to mitigate possible functional failures, as these failures are seen to be connected with high resource demand on this SoC
How to derate
We provide a patch implementation for derating. You can use it as reference and adapt to your use-case. Use our Community in case you need help.
- Keep the clocks as they currently are, and thoroughly test your application in high demanding scenarios
Samples of the new product configurations were available from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026.
The table below presents the configurations with the Industrial SoC, relative to the automotive-qualified configurations:
| Existing configurations with Automotive SoC | New Configurations with Industrial SoC |
|---|---|
| 0037 - Apalis iMX8QM 4GB WB IT | 0091 - Apalis iMX8QM 4GB WB IT |
| 0047 - Apalis iMX8QM 4GB IT | 0092 - Apalis iMX8QM 4GB IT |
| 0048 - Apalis iMX8QP 2GB WB | 0093 - Apalis iMX8QP 2GB WB |
| 0049 - Apalis iMX8QP 2GB | 0094 - Apalis iMX8QP 2GB |
| 0067 - Apalis iMX8QM 8GB WB IT | 0095 - Apalis iMX8QM 8GB WB IT |