Layerscape® LX2160A, LX2120A, LX2080A Processors

LX2160A

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The LX2160A multicore processor, the highest-performance member of the Layerscape family, combines FinFET process technology's low power and sixteen Arm® Cortex®-A72 cores with datapath acceleration optimized for L2/3 packet processing, together with security offload, robust traffic management and quality of service.

This advanced sixteen-core 64-bit Arm processor is ideal for applications such as 5G packet processing, network function virtualization (NFV), white-box switching, high-processing industrial computers, machine learning and smart Network Interface Cards. The high level of integration delivers significant performance benefits such as 100 GbE, hardware L2 switching, DPAA2 with 100 Gbps decompression/compression and 50 Gbps SEC and multiple PCIe Gen3.0 and SATA controllers.

For Edge Computing, this processor offers outstanding computing performance with a powerful packet offload and Ethernet controllers. You can have high-end and high-speed communications in one device, with low-speed peripherals such as sensors and the computing power to process and act upon all received information.

Layerscape processors are part of NXP's EdgeVerse™ edge computing platform.

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Layerscape LX2160A Block Diagram

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Features

  • 16 Cortex-A72 CPU cores, running up to 2.2 GHz
  • 18 MB cache/on-chip memory
  • 24 SerDes lanes, operating up to 25 GHz
  • Up to 16 Ethernet ports
  • Supported Ethernet speeds include 1, 2.5, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 gigabits per second
  • 114 Gbps Layer 2 Ethernet switch
  • Up to 24 PCIe Gen3 lanes, supporting ports as wide as x8
  • 50 Gbps security accelerator
  • 100 Gbps data compression/decompression engine
  • Proven certifiable to the Arm SystemReady ES  standard to ensure interoperability with standard operating systems and hypervisors.

Part numbers include: LX2080CA72232B, LX2080CC72232B, LX2080SC71826B, LX2080SC72029B, LX2080SC72232B, LX2080SE71826B, LX2080SE72029B, LX2080SE72232B, LX2080SN71826B, LX2080SN72029B, LX2080SN72232B, LX2080XC71826B, LX2080XC72029B, LX2080XC72232B, LX2080XE71826B, LX2080XE72029B, LX2080XE72232B, LX2080XN71826B, LX2080XN72029B, LX2080XN72232B, LX2120CA72232B, LX2120CC72232B, LX2120SC71826B, LX2120SC72029B, LX2120SC72232B, LX2120SE71826B, LX2120SE72029B, LX2120SE72232B, LX2120SN71826B, LX2120SN72029B, LX2120SN72232B, LX2120XC71826B, LX2120XC72029B, LX2120XC72232B, LX2120XE71826B, LX2120XE72029B, LX2120XE72232B, LX2120XN71826B, LX2120XN72029B, LX2120XN72232B, LX2160CA72232B, LX2160CC72232B, LX2160SC71826B, LX2160SC72029B, LX2160SC72232B, LX2160SE71826B, LX2160SE72029B, LX2160SE72232B, LX2160SN71826B, LX2160SN72029B, LX2160SN72232B, LX2160XC71826B, LX2160XC72029B, LX2160XC72232B, LX2160XE71826B, LX2160XE72029B, LX2160XE72232B, LX2160XN71826B, LX2160XN72029B, LX2160XN72232B.

Layerscape LX2 Family Comparison Table

LX2160A LX2120A LX2080A
Cores 16 12 8
L2 cache 8MB 6MB 8MB
SerDes 24
PCIe Up to 6x Gen3
DDR 2x DDR4, Up to 3200MT/s, 256GB capacity
Plat cache + PEB 10MB
WRIOP 16 simultaneous MACs; combos of up to 16x 1GE, 10x 1/2.5/10GE, 6x 25GE, or 2x 40/50/100GE; L2 switching up to 114Gbps
SEC Up to 50Gbps
DCE Up to 100Gbps
Package 40 x 40 mm, 1517 pins

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