<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
Technology	I-Architecture
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
is	O
a	O
fabless	B-Algorithm
semiconductor	I-Algorithm
company	I-Algorithm
that	O
designs	O
mixed-signal	O
systems	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
founding	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
released	O
over	O
fifteen	O
SoC	B-Architecture
processors	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Android-based	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
over-the-air	O
OTT	O
boxes	O
,	O
video	O
camera	O
systems	O
,	O
car	O
DVRs	O
,	O
and	O
car	O
media	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
was	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
supplier	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
unit	O
shipments	O
of	O
application	O
processors	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
DigiTimes	O
,	O
in	O
Q4	O
2013	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
lost	O
its	O
number	O
one	O
position	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
unit	O
shipments	O
to	O
the	O
Chinese	O
market	O
to	O
Rockchip	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Q2	O
2014	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
was	O
reported	O
by	O
DigiTimes	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
third	O
largest	O
supplier	O
to	O
the	O
Chinese	O
market	O
after	O
Rockchip	B-Architecture
and	O
MediaTek	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
DigiTimes	O
has	O
also	O
projected	O
that	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
will	O
fall	O
to	O
the	O
number	O
four	O
position	O
in	O
Q4	O
2014	O
,	O
being	O
passed	O
by	O
Intel	O
,	O
as	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
's	O
unit	O
shipments	O
continue	O
to	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
series	O
processors	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
mobile	O
applications	O
,	O
mainly	O
referring	O
to	O
tablet	B-Device
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
became	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
licensee	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
announced	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
powered	O
mobile	O
application	O
processors	O
,	O
including	O
A10	O
,	O
A13	O
and	O
A10s	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
numerous	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
and	O
also	O
in	O
PC-on-a-stick	B-Device
and	O
media	O
center	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
adopted	O
in	O
free	O
hardware	O
projects	O
like	O
the	O
Cubieboard	B-Device
development	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
two	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A7	I-Application
MPCore	I-Application
powered	O
products	O
,	O
the	O
dual-core	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A20	O
and	O
quad-core	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
the	O
A31	O
started	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
and	O
end	O
products	O
,	O
mostly	O
high-end	O
tablets	B-Device
from	O
Chinese	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
early	O
2013	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Onda	O
V972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
make	O
this	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
core	O
available	O
in	O
mass	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
launched	O
its	O
quad-core	O
Phablet	O
processor	O
A31s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
quad-core	O
cortex-A7	B-Application
CPU	O
architecture	O
,	O
this	O
processor	O
allows	O
3G	O
,	O
2G	O
,	O
LTE	O
,	O
WIFI	O
,	O
BT	O
,	O
FM	O
,	O
GPS	O
,	O
AGPS	O
and	O
NFC	O
using	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
external	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
released	O
its	O
second	O
dual-core	O
A23	O
,	O
touted	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
The	O
most	O
efficient	O
dual	O
core	O
processor	O
"	O
for	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
A33	O
quad-core	O
SoC	B-Architecture
that	O
is	O
pin	O
compatible	O
with	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
's	O
A23	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
SoC	B-Architecture
features	O
four	O
Cortex-A7	B-Application
cores	O
with	O
256KB	O
L1	O
cache	O
,	O
512KB	O
L2	O
cache	O
and	O
a	O
Mali-400	B-General_Concept
MP2	I-General_Concept
GPU	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
OpenMAX	B-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
positioned	O
the	O
A33	O
for	O
entry-level	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
targeting	O
quad-core	O
tablets	B-Device
priced	O
from	O
$30	O
to	O
$60	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
started	O
mass	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
chip	B-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
supposedly	O
sell	O
for	O
as	O
low	O
as	O
$4	O
per	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
A50	O
28nm	O
quad-core	O
SoC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A50	O
features	O
four	O
Cortex-A7	B-Application
cores	O
running	O
up	O
to	O
1.8GHz	O
with	O
512KB	O
L2	O
cache	O
and	O
a	O
Mali-400	B-General_Concept
MP2	I-General_Concept
GPU	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
A63	O
28nm	O
quad-core	O
SoC	B-Architecture
at	O
APC	O
2017	O
Conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A63	O
features	O
four	O
Cortex-A53	O
cores	O
running	O
up	O
to	O
1.8GHz	O
with	O
512KB	O
L2	O
cache	O
and	O
a	O
Mali-T760	B-General_Concept
MP2	I-General_Concept
GPU	I-General_Concept
with	O
OpenGL	O
ES	O
3.2	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
disclosed	O
its	O
upcoming	O
octa-core	O
A80	O
SoC	B-Architecture
,	O
featuring	O
four	O
high-performance	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A15	O
and	O
four	O
efficient	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A7	I-Application
CPU	O
cores	O
in	O
a	O
big.LITTLE	B-Architecture
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Chinese	O
brand	O
Onda	O
officially	O
released	O
its	O
octa-core	O
Onda	O
V989	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A80	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A80-based	O
tablet	B-Device
that	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
consumers	O
,	O
priced	O
at	O
CNY1099	O
(	O
~	O
US$177	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
the	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A83T	O
,	O
an	O
octa-core	O
tablet	B-Device
processor	O
that	O
packs	O
eight	O
highly	O
energy-efficient	O
Cortex-A7	B-Application
cores	O
that	O
can	O
run	O
simultaneously	O
at	O
up	O
to	O
around	O
2.0GHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
PowerVR	B-Device
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
tablet	B-Device
with	O
the	O
chip	B-Application
was	O
expected	O
to	O
hit	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
Q4	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
announced	O
their	O
roadmap	O
for	O
2019	O
to	O
2020	O
feature	O
the	O
A100	O
,	O
A200	O
,	O
A300	O
and	O
A301	O
SoC	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A200	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
“	O
AI	O
blessing	O
,	O
computational	O
power	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F	O
series	O
are	O
processors	O
based	O
on	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
's	O
melis	O
OS	O
,	O
mainly	O
used	O
in	O
smart	O
video	O
radios	O
,	O
video	O
MP5	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2007	O
to	O
2011	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
introduced	O
its	O
F-series	O
processors	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
F10	O
,	O
F13	O
,	O
F18	O
,	O
F20	O
,	O
F1E200	O
,	O
F1C100	O
,	O
and	O
F20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
series	O
runs	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
's	O
in-house	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
Melis2.0	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
mainly	O
used	O
in	O
vehicle	O
multimedia	O
systems	O
,	O
E-ink	O
readers	O
,	O
video	O
intercom	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
launched	O
the	O
A80	O
octa-core	O
OTT	O
box	O
solution	O
,	O
targeting	O
at	O
high-end	O
OTT	O
box	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
launched	O
the	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
H8	O
octa-core	O
processor	O
for	O
mid-range	O
OTT	O
boxes	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
recently	O
launched	O
the	O
quad-core	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
H3	O
targeting	O
the	O
US$35	O
-	O
$50	O
OTT	O
box	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R	O
(	O
“	O
Real-Time	B-General_Concept
"	O
)	O
Series	O
Chip	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
for	O
low	O
power	O
applications	O
where	O
timing	O
is	O
critical	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
done	O
at	O
the	O
edge	B-Device
rather	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
fog	B-Device
or	O
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	B-Application
also	O
has	O
built	O
in	O
redundancies	O
to	O
meet	O
industrial	O
and	O
automotive	O
standards	O
for	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R	O
Series	O
Chip	B-Application
has	O
been	O
applicable	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
industries	O
including	O
Industrial	B-Application
Automation	I-Application
,	O
Safe	B-Architecture
PLCs	I-Architecture
,	O
Power	O
Generation	O
and	O
Distribution	O
,	O
Healthcare	O
and	O
Automotive	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
,	O
specifically	O
the	O
R16	O
Chip	B-Application
,	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
utilised	O
for	O
robotic	O
vacuums	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Classic	O
Mini	O
systems	O
and	O
smart	O
speakers	O
resulting	O
from	O
a	O
longterm	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
Cogobuy	O
Group	O
's	O
subsidiary	O
IngDan	O
(	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogobuy	O
's	O
preparatory	O
K-system	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
to	O
add	O
integrated	O
SLAM	B-Application
modules	O
with	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
chip	B-Application
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technical	O
advantages	O
and	O
patents	O
Cogobuy	O
held	O
allowed	O
for	O
chip	B-Application
localisation	O
of	O
edge	B-Device
computing	I-Device
required	O
for	O
the	O
AI	O
room	B-Application
mapping	I-Application
and	O
cleaning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R40	O
and	O
R16	O
technology	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Banana	B-Application
Pi	I-Application
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R8	O
Chip	B-Application
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
“	O
The	O
World	O
’s	O
First	O
Nine	O
Dollar	O
Computer	O
”	O
Kickstarter	O
project	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
V-Series	O
are	O
video	O
encoding	O
processor	O
targeting	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
smart	B-Application
DVR	I-Application
,	O
IP	B-Algorithm
camera	I-Algorithm
and	O
smart	O
home	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
A	O
series	O
SoC	B-Architecture
,	O
but	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
digital	O
watermarking	O
,	O
motion	O
detection	O
and	O
video	O
scaling	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
CBR/VBR	O
bit	O
rate	O
control	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
SoC	B-Architecture
family	O
includes	O
A-series	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
F-series	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
self-developed	O
Melis	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A-Series	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
A10	O
,	O
A20	O
and	O
A31	O
SoCs	O
,	O
have	O
a	O
proprietary	O
in-house	O
designed	O
multimedia	O
co-processing	O
DSP	O
(	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
Signal	I-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
)	O
processor	O
technology	O
for	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
video	O
,	O
image	O
,	O
and	O
audio	O
decoding	O
,	O
called	O
CedarX	B-Architecture
(	O
with	O
subprocessing	O
called	O
"	O
CedarV	O
"	O
for	O
video	O
decoding	O
and	O
"	O
CedarA	O
"	O
for	O
audio	O
decoding	O
)	O
,	O
able	O
to	O
decode	O
2160p	O
2D	O
and	O
1080p	O
3D	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
disadvantages	O
with	O
CedarX	B-Architecture
technology	O
and	O
associated	O
libraries	O
is	O
that	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
's	O
own	O
CedarX	B-Architecture
proprietary	O
libraries	O
have	O
no	O
clear	O
usage	O
license	O
,	O
so	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
some	O
versions	O
is	O
available	O
the	O
terms-of-use	O
is	O
unknown	O
in	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
glue	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
for	O
any	O
other	O
multimedia	O
frameworks	O
on	O
Linux	O
systems	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
middle-ware	O
,	O
like	O
for	O
example	O
OpenMAX	B-Application
or	O
VAAPI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A-series	O
are	O
integrated	O
application	O
processors	O
primarily	O
targeting	O
tablets	B-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
targeting	O
mini	O
PCs	O
,	O
development	O
boards	O
and	O
TV	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VP6/VP8	O
,	O
1080P	O
@60fpsH	O
.264	O
BP/MP/HP	O
@level	O
4.2	O
4K	B-Architecture
@30fpsBGA451	O
,	O
15	O
x	O
15mm	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
Technology	I-Architecture
cooperates	O
with	O
around	O
ten	O
independent	O
design	O
houses	O
(	O
IDHs	O
)	O
based	O
in	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
who	O
develop	O
solutions	O
based	O
on	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
the	O
white-box	B-General_Concept
market	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
processors	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
brand	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
HP	O
,	O
MSI	O
,	O
ZTE	O
,	O
NOOX	O
,	O
GoTab	O
,	O
Skyworth	O
,	O
MeLE	O
,	O
Polaroid	O
,	O
Micromax	O
,	O
Archos	O
,	O
Texet	O
,	O
Ainol	O
,	O
Onda	O
,	O
Ramos	O
,	O
Teclast	O
,	O
Ployer	O
,	O
Readboy	O
,	O
Noah	O
,	O
RF	O
,	O
Bmorn	O
,	O
Apical	O
,	O
Astro	O
Queo	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
low	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
A10	O
SoC	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
special	O
rescue	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
early	O
availability	O
of	O
U-Boot	B-Language
and	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
source	O
(	O
through	O
several	O
device	O
makers	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
SoCs	O
have	O
been	O
popular	O
among	O
open-source	O
software	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
at	O
least	O
2012	O
the	O
linux-sunxi	O
community	O
has	O
been	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
active	O
ARM	O
SoC	B-Architecture
communities	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
slightly	O
older	O
hardware	O
has	O
only	O
very	O
minimal	O
dependence	O
on	O
firmware	O
or	O
blobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2014	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
is	O
also	O
an	O
official	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Linaro	O
group	O
,	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
engineering	O
consortium	O
aimed	O
at	O
developing	O
open-source	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
noted	O
that	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
contributions	O
that	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
Linaro	O
group	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
binary	O
blobs	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
in	O
clear	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
license	I-License
that	O
the	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
released	O
its	O
Android	B-Application
5.0	O
SDK	O
for	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
A33	O
quad-core	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
accused	O
multiple	O
times	O
of	O
violating	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
by	O
not	O
providing	O
Linux/Android	O
kernel	O
source	O
code	O
or	O
U-Boot	B-Language
source	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
using	O
LGPL-licensed	O
code	O
within	O
their	O
binary	O
blobs	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allwinner	B-Architecture
has	O
also	O
been	O
accused	O
of	O
including	O
a	O
backdoor	O
in	O
its	O
published	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
may	O
be	O
a	O
remnant	O
of	O
debugging	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
,	O
it	O
presents	O
a	O
significant	O
security	O
risk	O
to	O
all	O
devices	O
using	O
the	O
Allwinner	B-Architecture
provided	O
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
