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The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors are part of a growing family of multimedia-focused products that offer high performance processing and are optimized for lowest power consumption. The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors feature advanced implementation of the quad Arm® Cortex®-A9 core, which operates at speeds up to 800 MHz. They include 2D and 3D graphics processors, 1080p video processing, and integrated power management. Each processor provides a 2 × 32-bit LPDDR2-800 memory interface and a number of other interfaces for connecting peripherals, such as WLAN, Bluetooth®, GPS, hard drive, displays, and camera sensors.

The i.MX 6Dual/6Quad processors offers numerous advanced features, such as: 

• Applications processors—The processors enhance the capabilities of high-tier portable applications by fulfilling the ever increasing MIPS needs of operating systems and games. The Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) provides significant power reduction, allowing the device to run at lower voltage and frequency with sufficient MIPS for tasks such as audio decode. 

• Multilevel memory system—The multilevel memory system of each processor is based on the L1 instruction and data caches, L2 cache, and internal and external memory. The processors support many types of external memory devices, including LPDDR2, NOR Flash, PSRAM, cellular RAM, NAND Flash (MLC and SLC), OneNAND™, and managed NAND, including eMMC up to rev 4.4/4.41. 

• Smart speed technology—The processors have power management throughout the device that enables the rich suite of multimedia features and peripherals to consume minimum power in both active and various low power modes. Smart speed technology enables the designer to deliver a feature-rich product, requiring levels of power far lower than industry expectations. 

• Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling—The processors improve the power efficiency of devices by scaling the voltage and frequency to optimize performance. 

• Multimedia powerhouse—The multimedia performance of each processor is enhanced by a multilevel cache system, Neon® MPE (Media Processor Engine) co-processor, a multi-standard hardware video codec, 2 autonomous and independent image processing units (IPU), and a programmable smart DMA (SDMA) controller. 

• Powerful graphics acceleration—Each processor provides three independent, integrated graphics processing units: an OpenGL® ES .0 3D graphics accelerator with four shaders (up to MTri/s and OpenCL support), 2D graphics accelerator, and dedicated OpenVG™ 1.1 accelerator. 

• Interface flexibility—Each processor supports connections to a variety of interfaces: LCD controller for up to four displays (including parallel display, HDMI1.4, MIPI display, and LVDS display), dual CMOS sensor interface (parallel or through MIPI), high-speed USB on-the-go with PHY, high-speed USB host with PHY, multiple expansion card ports (high-speed MMC/SDIO host and other), 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet controller, and a variety of other popular interfaces (such as UART, I2C, and I2S serial audio, SATA-II, and PCIe-II). 

• Advanced security—The processors deliver hardware-enabled security features that enable secure e-commerce, digital rights management (DRM), information encryption, secure boot, and secure software downloads. The security features are discussed in detail in the i.MX 6Dual/6Quad security reference manual (IMX6DQ6SDLSRM). 

• Integrated power management—The processors integrate linear regulators and internally generate voltage levels for different domains. This significantly simplifies system power management structure.