The QorIQ LS1012A processor from NXP delivers CoreMark™ performance of approximately 3,000, as well as hardware acceleration for packet processing and security, and the best overall performance of any 1 W typical power communications processor. It integrates a single ARM® Cortex®-A53 core, running up to 800 MHz, with L1 and ECC-protected L2 caches and incorporates the same trust architecture and software compatibility of higher-tier QorIQ LS family devices. The LS1012A processor features 32 KB of L1 instruction and data cache, and 256 KB of coherent L2 cache.

It features a three-lane, 6 GHz, multi-protocol SerDes that provides support for high-speed interfaces, including up to two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one DMA-controlled PCI Express® generation 2.0 port, and one SATA 3.0 port. The LS1012A processor also features dual USB controllers, one supporting SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with integrated PHY, the other supporting USB 2.0 functions. Additional interfaces include QuadSPI and support for SD/MMC.