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April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

T96G 4G LTE TV Box Sells for under $80

We’ve already covered several 4G LTE TV boxes in the past, but none of those were easy to buy since the manufacturers would mostly sell to distributors and resellers, and there was no way to easily purchase the device online. But this morning, I found out Geniatech started to sell their ATV329A model online for $129 on their own website, so I decided to look for it on Aliexpress, and instead I found out T96G 4G LTE TV box was selling for just under $80. T96G specifications: SoC – Amlogic S905W quad core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ up to 1.5 GHz with penta-core Arm Mali-450 GPU System Memory – 2GB DDR3 RAM Storage – 8GB eMMC flash, microSD card slot up to 32GB Video Output – HDMI 2.0a up to 4K @ 60 Hz with HDR support, AV port for composite video Video Decoding – 10-bit H.265, H.264 up to […]

April 7, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 5 Comments

Google OTT Turnkey Solution to Deliver Fast-to-Market Pre-Certified 4K HDR Dongles

Despite Google offering Android TV for an optimized big screen experience, many TV boxes are still running a heavily modified version of Android for smartphone, since it’s not that trivial for manufacturers and TV operators to get certification for Android TV. Operators normally just want their own branded hardware with their own streaming app and/or launcher, and “Google OTT Turnkey” aims to help this section of the market by providing pre-certified OTT (Over-The-Top) hardware with low investment and a quick time to market. The dongle/TV box will come with a voice remote control, include certified for Google services and Netflix, receive firmware from Google, while still allowing operators’ customization. The solution would allow a time to market of about 2 to 3 months. We learned about Google OTT Turnkey in the first part of “the Android TV Workshop” at the Connected TV World Summit 2019. The solution is quickly mentioned […]

April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 17 Comments

MECOOL KM3 Android TV 9.0 Certified TV Box Sells for $65.99 (Promo)

Several Amlogic S905X2 TV boxes have been launched in the last few months, but most of them are still running a modified version of Android 8.1 for smartphones. MECOOL KM3 is said to be a Google certified TV box running Android 9.0, which has to be Android TV 9.0 since Google will not certify a TV box without their TV optimized operating system. MECOOL KM3 hardware specifications: SoC – Amlogic S905X2 quad core Arm Cortex-A53 processor with Mali-G31 MP2 “Dvalin” GPU System Memory – 4GB DDR4 Storage – 64GB eMMC flash, micro SD card slot up to 32GB Video & Audio Outputs HDMI 2.1 output up to 4K @ 75 Hz with HDR/HDCP 2.2/CEC 3.5mm AV port (composite + stereo audio) Video Codecs – VP9 Profile-2 up to 4K 60fps, 10-bit H.265 up to 4K 60fps, AVS2-P2 up to 4K 60fps, H.264/AVC up to 4K 30fps, H.264 MVC up to […]

April 2, 2019May 10, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 18 Comments

Ugoos AM6 Fan-Cooled S922X TV Box Coming Soon

We’ve reported about the first Amlogic S922X TV box – Beelink GT1-K – last week, and unsurprisingly more are coming starting with Ugoos AM6. The former appears to the passively cooled, but Ugoos AM6 will include a fan for cooling providing optimal performance for the new Amlogic processor. While we do not have photos of the enclosure so far, Ugoos share with us some pictures of the board and the specifications. Ugoos AM6 specifications: SoC – Amlogic S922X hexa-core big.LITTLE processor with 4x Arm Cortex A73 cores, 2x Arm Cortex A53 cores, Arm Mali-G52 MP6 GPU; 12nm manufacturing process System Memory – 2GB LPDDR4 RAM (3GB/4GB optional) Storage – 16GB eMMC flash (8GB/32GB optional), micro SD card slot Video Output HDMI 2.1 up to 4K @ 75 Hz with CEC, HDCP 2.2, HDR support 3.5mm AV port for composite video (and stereo audio) Video – 4K UHD H.265/VP9/AVS2 video decoding […]

March 27, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 20 Comments

ODROID-N2 GPU Drivers, Linux 5.0, and Impressive glmarks-es2 Score

ODROID-N2 was announced last February for $63 (2GB RAM), and $79 (4GB RAM), but Hardkernel was not quite ready to take orders at the time. One of the good news is that the 4GB RAM is now available for pre-order with shipping scheduled to start on April 3. Another good news is on the software side with Hardkernel having released the userland Mali-G52 Wayland driver. It does not work well with Linux 4.9 due to incomplete DRM implementation, but it goes work with Linux 5.0 plus some modifications as further discussed in the aforelinked forum thread. The screenshot above, courtesy of odroid forum member memeka , shows ODROID-N2 running Ubuntu 18.04 + Gnome3 + Linux 5.0 on top of Wayland with GPU drivers providing acceleration as shown by glmark2-es2-wayland test program. The benchmark results are pretty impressive:

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    glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d
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    OpenGL Information
    GL_VENDOR:     ARM
    GL_RENDERER:   Mali-G52
    GL_VERSION:    OpenGL ES 3.2 v1.r16p0-01rel0.2943fc4ef9657d91ee32c9a58dec6cd2
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[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 961 FrameTime: 1.041 ms
[build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 1592 FrameTime: 0.628 ms
[texture] texture-filter=nearest: FPS: 1491 FrameTime: 0.671 ms
[texture] texture-filter=linear: FPS: 1477 FrameTime: 0.677 ms
[texture] texture-filter=mipmap: FPS: 1524 FrameTime: 0.656 ms
[shading] shading=gouraud: FPS: 1151 FrameTime: 0.869 ms
[shading] shading=blinn-phong-inf: FPS: 1215 FrameTime: 0.823 ms
[shading] shading=phong: FPS: 1043 FrameTime: 0.959 ms
[shading] shading=cel: FPS: 1126 FrameTime: 0.888 ms
[bump] bump-render=high-poly: FPS: 514 FrameTime: 1.946 ms
[bump] bump-render=normals: FPS: 1976 FrameTime: 0.506 ms
[bump] bump-render=height: FPS: 1777 FrameTime: 0.563 ms
[effect2d] kernel=0,1,0;1,-4,1;0,1,0;: FPS: 1139 FrameTime: 0.878 ms
[effect2d] kernel=1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;: FPS: 383 FrameTime: 2.611 ms
[pulsar] light=false:quads=5:texture=false: FPS: 2096 FrameTime: 0.477 ms
[desktop] blur-radius=5:effect=blur:passes=1:separable=true:windows=4: FPS: 389 FrameTime: 2.571 ms
[desktop] effect=shadow:windows=4: FPS: 788 FrameTime: 1.269 ms
[buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 103 FrameTime: 9.709 ms
[buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=subdata: FPS: 129 FrameTime: 7.752 ms
[buffer] columns=200:interleave=true:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 158 FrameTime: 6.329 ms
[ideas] speed=duration: FPS: 356 FrameTime: 2.809 ms
[jellyfish] <default>: FPS: 979 FrameTime: 1.021 ms
[terrain] <default>: FPS: 52 FrameTime: 19.231 ms
[shadow] <default>: FPS: 437 FrameTime: 2.288 ms
[refract] <default>: FPS: 88 FrameTime: 11.364 ms
[conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 1769 FrameTime: 0.565 ms
[conditionals] fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 1769 FrameTime: 0.565 ms
[conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1853 FrameTime: 0.540 ms
[function] fragment-complexity=low:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 1783 FrameTime: 0.561 ms
[function] fragment-complexity=medium:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 1726 FrameTime: 0.579 ms
[loop] fragment-loop=false:fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1715 FrameTime: 0.583 ms
[loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=false:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1650 FrameTime: 0.606 ms
[loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=true:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1728 FrameTime: 0.579 ms
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                                  glmark2 Score: 1119
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glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d

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OpenGL Information

GL_VENDOR: ARM

GL_RENDERER: Mali-G52

GL_VERSION: OpenGL ES 3.2 v1.r16p0-01rel0.2943fc4ef9657d91ee32c9a58dec6cd2

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[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 961 FrameTime: 1.041 ms

[build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 1592 FrameTime: 0.628 ms

[texture] texture-filter=nearest: FPS: 1491 FrameTime: 0.671 ms

[texture] texture-filter=linear: FPS: 1477 FrameTime: 0.677 ms

[texture] texture-filter=mipmap: FPS: 1524 FrameTime: 0.656 ms

[shading] shading=gouraud: FPS: 1151 FrameTime: 0.869 ms

[shading] shading=blinn-phong-inf: FPS: 1215 FrameTime: 0.823 ms

[shading] shading=phong: FPS: 1043 FrameTime: 0.959 ms

[shading] shading=cel: FPS: 1126 FrameTime: 0.888 ms

[bump] bump-render=high-poly: FPS: 514 FrameTime: 1.946 ms

[bump] bump-render=normals: FPS: 1976 FrameTime: 0.506 ms

[bump] bump-render=height: FPS: 1777 FrameTime: 0.563 ms

[effect2d] kernel=0,1,0;1,-4,1;0,1,0;: FPS: 1139 FrameTime: 0.878 ms

[effect2d] kernel=1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;: FPS: 383 FrameTime: 2.611 ms

[pulsar] light=false:quads=5:texture=false: FPS: 2096 FrameTime: 0.477 ms

[desktop] blur-radius=5:effect=blur:passes=1:separable=true:windows=4: FPS: 389 FrameTime: 2.571 ms

[desktop] effect=shadow:windows=4: FPS: 788 FrameTime: 1.269 ms

[buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 103 FrameTime: 9.709 ms

[buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=subdata: FPS: 129 FrameTime: 7.752 ms

[buffer] columns=200:interleave=true:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 158 FrameTime: 6.329 ms

[ideas] speed=duration: FPS: 356 FrameTime: 2.809 ms

[jellyfish] <default>: FPS: 979 FrameTime: 1.021 ms

[terrain] <default>: FPS: 52 FrameTime: 19.231 ms

[shadow] <default>: FPS: 437 FrameTime: 2.288 ms

[refract] <default>: FPS: 88 FrameTime: 11.364 ms

[conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 1769 FrameTime: 0.565 ms

[conditionals] fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 1769 FrameTime: 0.565 ms

[conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1853 FrameTime: 0.540 ms

[function] fragment-complexity=low:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 1783 FrameTime: 0.561 ms

[function] fragment-complexity=medium:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 1726 FrameTime: 0.579 ms

[loop] fragment-loop=false:fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1715 FrameTime: 0.583 ms

[loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=false:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1650 FrameTime: 0.606 ms

[loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=true:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 1728 FrameTime: 0.579 ms

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glmark2 Score: 1119

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I’ve never seen such as high score (1,119 points) on Arm hardware. […]

March 27, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 29 Comments

Beelink GT1-K TV Box Features Amlogic S922X SoC, Android 9.0 OS

Amlogic S922 processor was first shown in roadmaps in early 2018, and since then we know there are at least two variants with Amlogic S922X and S922D processors both coming with Cortex A73 & A53 cores, and an Arm Mali-G52MP GPU, but the latter adds a Neural Network co-processor. So far the only hardware announced with Amlogic S922X was ODROID-N2 SBC, but since most Amlogic processors are primarily designed for TV box, it was just a question of time before we see some Amlogic S922X TV boxes hit the market, and the first model to surface is Beelink GT1-K “King” TV box running Android 9.0 OS. Beelink GT1-K specifications: SoC – Amlogic S922X hexa-core big.LITTLE processor with 4x Arm Cortex A73 cores @ up to 1.8 GHz, 2x Arm Cortex A53 cores @ 1.9 GHz, Arm Mali-G52MP GPU @ 846MHz; 12nm manufacturing process System Memory – 4GB LPDDR4 RAM Storage […]

March 25, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 3 Comments

Amlogic S922D, A311D, and A311X AI Processors Feature a Neural Network Coprocessor

We already know Amlogic is preparing to launch a few new processors with Amlogic S922X Hexa-core Cortex-A73/A53 processor found in the upcoming ODROID-N2 board, as well as Amlogic A311D processor with a very similar features. At the time, I had been told A311 would include an NPU (Neural network Processing Unit) but with zero details. I still don’t have much details about the NPU inside A311D processor, except for performance of up to 5 TOPS (Trillion Operations Per Second). So it appears the same NPU will be found in Amlogic S922D processor that, based on the table above, has the exact same specifications as Amlogic S922X except for the extra Neural Network AI co-processor that delivers up to 2.5 TOPS (16-bit?) and 5.0 TOPS (8-bit?) A.I. performance. I’ve also been informed that another Amlogic A311X processor would also be introduced with the NPU. Both A311X and A311D are said to […]

March 12, 2019March 14, 2019 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 10 Comments

Khadas VIM2 v1.4 SBC Gets Bluetooth 5, Thermal Improvements, a Larger SPI Flash

Announced in summer of 2017, Khadas VIM2 was the first Amlogic S912 development board, and I had the chance to review the board with a dual DTV tuner add-on board shortly after launch, eventually explaining how to use VIM2 as a live TV streaming server in Android. Shenzhen Wesion has however recently launched Khadas VIM2 v1.4 with various improvements they neatly describe in a PDF document. Before I go through the main changes, I’d like to remind readers there are three versions of Khadas VIM2 (v1.2) boards: VIM2 Basic – 2GB DDR4, 16GB eMMC flash, Ampak AP6356S wireless module with 802.11 b/g/n/ac WiFi 5, and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity VIM2 Pro – 3GB DDR4, 32GB eMMC flash, Ampak AP6359SA wireless module with 802.11 b/g/n/ac with RSDB and Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity VIM2 Max – 3GB DDR4, 64GB eMMC flash, Ampak AP6359SA wireless module with 802.11 b/g/n/ac with RSDB and Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity […]