Datasheet

QorIQ
®
LS1
Processor Family
QorIQ LS1043A Reference
Design Board
The QorIQ LS1043A processor is NXP’s first quad-core, 64-bit ARM
®
-based processor
for embedded networking and industrial infrastructure.
PROCESSOR OVERVIEW
Both the dual-core version (LS1023A) and quad-core version
(LS1043A) deliver greater than 10 Gbit/s of performance,
flexible I/O and support for fanless, small-form-factor designs
with BOM optimizations for economic low-layer PCB, lower
cost power supply and single clock design such as integrated
service branch routers, SDN and NFV edge platforms,
industry 4.0 gateways, industrial PLC and control and
security appliances.
The QorIQ LS1043A processor takes ARM processing
performance to the next level with up to four 64-bit cores
operating at 1.6 GHz and a large 1 MB L2 cache for the
best CPU performance per watt in a processor that runs on
voltage as low as five watts. This powerful CPU complex is
coupled with the proven offload engines of the QorIQ data
path acceleration architecture (DPAA) to deliver up to 10
Gbit/s performance and protocol processing with minimal
CPU overhead.
REFERENCE DESIGN BOARD
The QorIQ LS1043A reference design board (LS1043A-RDB)
and NXP software development kit (SDK) can help shorten
your time-to-market. The board, which exercises most
capabilities of the device, serves as a reference for your
hardware development. It can also be used as a debug tool
to check behaviors on the board compared to behaviors
seen on prototype boards.
The LS1043A-RDB supports one PCI Express
®
slot, one
mini-PCI Express connector, an SD/MMC connector
interface and three USB 3.0 receptacles. These components,
integrated with the QorIQ LS1043A processor, provide an
applicationspecific platform that can help you get a jump
start on your next design. The LS1043A-RDB also supports 2
GB of DDR4 at 1600 MHz, 128 MB of NOR flash and 512 MB
NAND flash.
In addition, the LS1043A-RDB is loaded with the Embedded
Linux
®
software development kit (SDK) for QorIQ processors
v1.8. The SDK includes a 64-bit SMP Linux kernel, user
space DPAA for high-performance packet handling, U-boot,
the GCC tool chain and virtualization support and many
other features.