April 12, 2015, Notebook Italia [at HK Fair, April 11-14, 2015] Update from: 智能眼镜，IoT，就要这个范儿！2015-04-16 from the Allwinner Technology site
Allwinner’s product strategy in the smart OTT box market to grab more market share
After the A80 octa-core was released for smart OTT box market in 2014, A80 nearly dominated the professional gaming box market in China by virtue of its best features and performance. Allwinner’s long-term commitment to that market became clear last March with Allwinner is going for platform standardization by joining the new Digital Home Group of … Continue reading
$5 A64 SoC: an Android 5.0 Lollipop based H1 2015 solution for the entry-level 64-bit tablets
The Zhuhai based Allwinner Technology Co. as the leader in the entry-level tablet space for the last 3 years is to continue its winning strategy with a new Cortex-A53 based quadcore solution. “In a few months you will definitely see devices” – told the company representative on the CES 2015 in an interview. Read also The Cortex-A53 as … Continue reading
Allwinner’s A83T: a Heavyweight Octa-Core for Full HD Tablets
The first octa-core tablet for middle range tablet market sporting Allwinner A83T is to hit in Q4 2014. Source: Allwinner press release [Sept 4, 2014] Allwinner Technology, a leader in mobile application processor design, today proudly announced its brand-new high performance octa-core processor A83T, a heavyweight that targeted at full high-definition tablets. Based on TSMC’s … Continue reading
Launching the mass production of $4 Allwinner A33-based tablets for the $30 to $60 entry level segment of the market
As the new A33 is pin-compatible with the old A23 it is worth to read the Allwinner A23 Dual-Core SoC: record low component count for tablets providing Antutu up to 15,000, 60 days of standby, 8.5 hours of video playback or 60 hours of music playback time [this same blog, Oct 14, 2013] post as … Continue reading
Allwinner’s first 64-bit tablet processor to hit the market soon 全志科技首颗64位平板处理器即将震撼登场
Allwinner expects to be able to show the development board for their ARMv8 64bit processor by Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) to be held on 13-16 October 2014. Allwinner announced its SoC roadmap on Oct 10, 2013. In that we had the following information for 64-bit: Q4, 2015: A9X 64-bit Cortex-A53/A57 4x GPU 20/16nm, … Continue reading
9.7” Onda V989 Tablet with Allwinner A80T UltraOcta shipped today for $219.90 only
After 搭载全志A80T八核芯片 昂达V989平板电脑曝光 (Exposure of Tablet PC Onda V989 equipped with a full eight-core Allwinner A80T SoC) [平板盒子网, June 17, 2014] with the following incredible Antutu benchmark:Earlier A80 SoC info: Allwinner to continue the No. 1 position on Android tablet application processor market with the new UltraOcta A80 SoC optimized for premium devices, without the … Continue reading
Allwinner A80T: CPU Performance/Power and GPU tuning of the SoC, the 5 initial PCBA designs (4 by Allwinner itself)
See first: 9.7” Onda V989 Tablet with Allwinner A80T UltraOcta shipped today for $219.90 only [USD 99 Allwinner, July 18, 2014] Octa-Core CPU Performance/Power Tuning on the Allwinner A80T [ARMdevices.net YouTube channel, July 18, 2014] This video shows one of the GPU tuning tools (PVRTune) used during A80 development. To run the tests, an A80T … Continue reading
Allwinner to continue the No. 1 position on Android tablet application processor market with the new UltraOcta A80 SoC optimized for premium devices, without the premium cost, also made universal accross other devices (TV box, notebook, smart TV, All-in-one and digital signage), and operating systems (ChromeOS, Smart TV, Windows, Ubuntu and Firefox OS)
Allwinner was the No.1 vendor in Android tablet AP shipments worldwide for 2013. So the company got the above China Partner Award from ARM this April. (Note that ARM knows exactly who is the No. 1 from the royalty payments.) And now Allwinner is going to strengthen its position even more with the UltraOcta A80 … Continue reading
Allwinner’s success of entering Hewlett-Packard’s supply chain
Originally it appeared in China only under a different branding according to First round with a rebate – Compaq 8 scheduled for only 999 yuan on Jingdong [JD.com] [CNET News in Chinese, Nov 5, 2013]. In fact it is still sold for ¥ 999 i.e. $160, even on the Chinese Amazon. It was even especiall … Continue reading
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