NXP Layerscape LX2160A#
General Specifications#
Specs
| SoC | NXP Layerscape LX2160A |
|---|---|
| CPU | 16-core (also available as 8 or 12-core variants): 16× ARM Cortex-A72 (up to 2.2GHz) |
| RAM | DDR4 |
| Ethernet | Up to 16× Ethernet ports with speeds of 1, 2.5, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 Gbit/s |
| L2 Switch | 122 Gbit/s L2 switching capability |
| PCIe | 6× PCIe Gen 3.0 (24 lanes total) |
| SerDes | 24× 25 GHz SerDes lanes |
| Storage | SD, SPI, I²C |
| SATA | 4× SATA 3.0 |
| Security | SEC security engine, 50 Gbit/s offload capability |
| Compression | 100 Gbit/s compression engine |
| Acceleration | DPAA2 acceleration engines for crypto, pattern matching, compression |
| USB | USB 2.0/3.0 |
Linux Support#
Mainline kernel#
- Fully supported
- Works but not all features are implemented.
See Layerscape device trees in mainline Linux kernel
Vendor BSP#
- NXP provides linux-qoriq kernel and Layerscape SDK with Yocto-based Linux distribution
Documentation#
Boards with LX2160A#
List of boards: