From Memory Shortages to Long-Term Resilience: Designing for Flexibility With Variscite SMARC & NXP i.MX Applications Processors
Ongoing memory supply constraints are creating new risks for embedded product roadmaps, production schedules, and long-term availability. At the same time, broader market and technology trends, such as AI adoption and growing memory requirements, are making platform flexibility more important than ever.
In this joint NXP and Variscite webinar, we will explore how to design embedded platforms for long-term availability and flexibility, and how the standardized SMARC architecture, combined with NXP i.MX applications processors, can help companies build more resilient embedded systems.
During the session, we will examine memory and storage considerations for new designs, including LPDDR4, LPDDR5, eMMC, and future UFS support, and discuss how technology choices made today can impact performance, availability, and migration options throughout the product lifecycle.
The session will include a practical demonstration of transitioning between two SMARC modules, showing a migration from an existing SMARC-based platform to Variscite’s VAR-SMARC-MX8M-PLUS System on Module, based on the NXP i.MX 8M Plus applications processor.
Discover how designing around an open module standard can help your organization respond faster to supply disruptions, reduce dependence on a single hardware source, and protect product continuity without starting the design process from scratch.
What You Will Learn
- How current market trends, including AI-driven memory demand, are shaping embedded system design
- How to evaluate LPDDR4, LPDDR5, eMMC, and emerging storage options for new embedded platforms
- How NXP i.MX scalability, System on Module architecture, and SMARC standardization can support flexibility and easier migration
- How to design an embedded platform that can adapt to changing product requirements, component availability, and future technologies
- How platform choices can support long-term product availability, security, and lifecycle requirements
