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 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

Allwinner announced its SoC roadmap on Oct 10, 2013  which contained the following exact details for the A23 SoC: Q3, 2013: A23 Dual Core Dual Cortex-A7 1.5 GHz CPU Mali 400 MP2 GPU 40nm, nMBus [High-Profile Innovation System Construction] V4.5 Display Engine V2 CoolFlex [Smart Power Management] V2 Video Engine V3 http://www.padnews.cn/?p=2650A23 comparison with competing … Continue reading →

The manufacturing side of the “Race to the Bottom” Ecosystem

Are you aware of $32 entry-level Android tablets available for local resellers around the world? Are you aware that this is the price of Intel’s upcoming in October 2013 Bay Trail-T Z3740 SoC, i.e. a chip only? Are you aware of the fact that in October such entry-level Android tablets will get a lower power … Continue reading →