Since A64 is made in a 40nm process while S905 is already 28nm overheating adds to the lower performance of A64 devices since throttling jumps in pretty fast.
'The ODROID'? There are a lot of different ODROIDs but I think you're talking about S905 based C2? Benchmarks have been done a long time ago and S905 outperforms A64 everywhere. I'm hoping the Odroid will prove to be better but simple benchmarks for that A64 unit suggest it will go further. I do a LOT of stuff with Node-Red and the Pi at times shows it's lack of power. maybe it's just marketing and product development madness from Allwinner's side (the specific business unit partners with Microsoft to bring stuff no one needs - Win 10 IoT - to A64 devices)Įrm ho wants A64 for IOT? Don't underestimate people's ability to go further than you might imagine. I also have not the slightest idea why other vendors start wasting ressources with A64 boards. And who needs those 64-bit when we're talking about IoT stuff?) Normally our Pine64 images should 'just work' but I haven't looked into settings yet and won't spend any time on this since A64 is basically boooooring as hell (for my use cases it's almost as crappy as Rasperries due to limited I/O bandwidth and for that what the average user wants A64 is simply the wrong SoC due to display situation.
HDMI driver in legacy images is a mess (and no one is going to fix it since some libs are blobs and sources aren't available) and mainline/vanilla is missing display output completely. Better don't expect any HDMI output from A64 devices. So, expect tablets powered by this low cost chip sometime later in the second half of the year.It doesn't do anything other than the little green indicator light - just a black screen. The AllWinner A64 quad-core chipset will enter mass production in June.
The tablets running on this new chip will also come with the latest Android 5.1 version which should further attract a lot of new customers. This will truly enable low cost tablets to boost its performance without having to sacrifice its affordability factor. Support for ARM’s latest Trusted Firmware Security Architecture.Īs you can see, the AllWinner A64 chipset for tablets offers real good specs for its super cheap $5 price tag. AllWinner’s special SmartColor 2.0 Display technology for better and vivid color reproduction.ĥ. Faster IO experience and data throughput thanks to support for eMMC 5.0 interface.Ĥ. Support for a number of different DRAM Memory like LPDDR2/ LPDDR3 / DDR3L etc.ģ. Support for 4K Video Output for the best multimedia experience, support for H.264 / H.265 Video Hardware Decoding.Ģ. Other notable specifications of the AllWinner A64 chip include:ġ. The overall system running on this chip can perform a cold boot within just 9.9 seconds. The AllWinner A64 chip comes with four Cortex A53 Cores which are power efficient as well as powerful. The highlight of the chip is its 64-bit architecture, at an unbelievable $5 price tag. Now, it is said that the new AllWinner A64 chipset for tablets will enter mass production. AllWinner has been consistently showcasing its new chipsets at different tech event such as CES and even Hong Kong Electronics Fair.