Rockchip RV1108 Cortex A7 + DSP SoC is Made for Audio & Video Conference and Recording Applications

[Update May 2017: Rockchip has renamed RK1108 to RV1108.]

Rockchip has introduced RV1108 ARM Cortex A7 SoC with a 600 MHz DSP targeting visual communication, consumer electronics, automotive DVR, and security applications thanks to its 8-channel I2S audio codec and 1440p H.264 video encoder and decoder.

Detailed specifications can be found on the official Rockchip Wiki:

CPU – Single-core ARM Cortex-A7 Core processor with NEON and FPU, 32KB/32KB L1 I-Cache/D-Cache, Unified 128KB L2 Cache, and Trustzone
Video/Image DSP – Up to 600 MHz, 32KB I-TCM and 32KB I-cache, 128KB D-TCM
Memory
- 12KB internal SRAM
- DDR3/DDR3L interface – 16 Bits data width, 1 ranks (chip selects), up to 512 MB RAM
- NAND Flash Interface – 8-bit async NAND flash, 16-bit hardware ECC
- eMMC Interface – Compatible with standard iNAND interface, eMMC 4.51 standard.
- SD/MMC Interface – Compatible with SD 3.0, MMC 4.41
System Component
- 2x 64-bit timers with interrupt-based operation
- 8x PWMs with interrupt-based operation
- WatchDog timer
Video
- Video decoder of H.264 up to HP level 5.0; 1440p@30fps (2560×1440) max
- Video encoder for H.264 up to HP level4.2
JPEG decoder and encoder up to respectively 8176×8176 and 8192×8192
Display
- 10-bit DAC TV encoder up to 480i/576i (CVBS)
- HDMI 1.4 up to 1080p60
- 4-lane MIPI DSI interface up to 720p @ 60fps.
Camera interface – Up to 5M pixels, 8-bit BT656 (PAL/NTSC), 16-bit BT601, and 8-/10-/12-bit raw data interfaces
Audio
- Codec – 24-bit DAC with Line-out, up to 96 KHz sampling rate, mono, stereo, and 5.1 audio support.
- I2S0 with 8 channels – I2S0/I2S1 supports up to 8 channels (8xTX, 8xRX);
- I2S1/I2S2 (PCM) with 2 channels – Up to 2 channels (2xTX, 2xRX) ; 16- to 32-bit audio resolution; up to 192KHz sample rate
Peripherals
- SDIO 3.0 interface
- GMAC 10/100M Ethernet Controller
- 1x SPI Controller, 1x SFC, 3x UART controllers, 4x I2C controllers
- 3x USB 2.0 host interfaces
- 1x USB 2.0 OTG interface up to 480Mbps
Misc
- Temperature Sensor (TS-ADC) – 10-bits ADC up to 50KS/s. -40~125C temperature range and 5C temperature resolution
- SAR-ADC (Successive Approximation Register) – 10-bit ADC up to 1MS/s. 6 single-ended input channels. Current consumption: 0.5mA @ 1MS/s
- eFuse – 2x 256-bit (32×8) high-density electrical fuses

There’s no much more information at this stage, and beside the evaluation board shown above, I could not find devices based on Rockchip RV1108 processor yet. Some code has been pushed to GeekboxZone Linux kernel repo in Github.

The company also unveiled Rockchip PX5 octa-core Cortex A53 processor for automotive applications with support for ADAS algorithms, and 4K60 video decoding, but there’s even less information than for RV1108 so far.

Via Rockchip Twitter account.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

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