NEXBOX N9 comes with 2016’s new chipset: Rockchip RK3229, and it can change your traditional TV & LCD Monitor into a intelligent platform via WiFi & LAN RJ-45 port. This device also allows you to watch lots of free videos, movies (both local video and online movies) and play popular games without monthly bills and restrictions. It will bring you much fun and convenience.

Highlights:

CPU: Rockchip RK3229 Quad-core Cortex A7 1.5GHz 64bit
GPU: Penta-Core HD Graphics
1GB DDR3 RAM
8GB Flash ROM
USB 2.0 * 4
USB disk and USB HDD supported
Card reader: SD/SDHC/MMC cards
Support the latest HEVC (H.265) decoding
Support 4K*2K Super HD video
OS: Android4.4
Wifi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2.4G/5G, the fastest wireless internet
Wired/wireless mouse/ keyboard supported

Top Hardware Settings
NEXBOX N9 comes with 2016’s new chipset: Rockchip RK3229 Quad-core Cortex A7 1.5GHz 64bit, which is perfect for 4K video solution with its Penta-Core HD Graphics GPU. Also, its 1GB DDR3,8GB Flash and Wifi 802.11 b/g/n make home entertainment become easy.

Tons of SNS Applications
NEXBOX N9 supports a variety of video and SNS applications. Users can freely browse all video websites,including Netflix, Hulu, Flixster, youtube, etc. NEXBOX N9 supports SKYPE video call, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, QQ ,Local Media playback, HDD, flash disck, SD card etc. Supports apps download freely form Android market, Amazon appstore, etc.

Practical Multi-media Player
NEXBOX N9 is a practical home streaming media player,turn your tv into smart TV, feel free to enjoy all your favorite movies, food shows and entertainment programs. Support DLNA, Google TV Remote, LAN, 3D Moive, Email, office suit, etc.

Great Gift
Gift is a timeless way to remember birthdays or special moments, and NEXBOX N9 can be a great gift for your families and friends. As a popular consumer electronics brand, NEXBOX delivers love for people.

RK3368 8-core chipset can beat most other 32/64bit chipsets in performance, and NEXBOX N8 Android TV Box uses this powerful chipset. NEXBOX N8 is specially designed to change your traditional TV & LCD Monitor into a intelligent platform via WiFi & LAN RJ-45 port, allowing you to watch lots of free videos, movies (both local video and online movies) and play popular games for free.

Highlights:

CPU: Rockchip RK3368 8-core Cortex A53 1.5GHz 64bit
GPU: PowerVR SGX6110 high performance GPU
2GB DDR3 RAM
16GB Flash ROM
USB 2.0 * 2, support USB DISK and USB HDD
Card reader: SD/SDHC/MMC cards
Support the latest HEVC (H.265) decoding
Support 4K*2K Super HD video
Wifi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2.4G/5G, the fastest wireless internet
Wired/wireless mouse/ keyboard supported
HDMI2.0, 4K * 2K @ 60fps display.
OS: Android 5.1.1
WiFi: 802.11 b/g /n;
LAN: 10/100 BaseT; Standard RJ45 Port
Bluetooth: V4.0
3D: Hardward 3D graphics acceleration
RK3368 beats most 32/64bit chipsets
NEXBOX N8 uses a high performace RK3368 Quad core 64bit chipset which is known for a maximum clock speed of up to 1.5GHz. Apps will never run so smoothly in other chipset devices. People can easily enjoy many hot games and APKs with its 2GB DDR3 RAM and 8/16GB Flash ROM.

Free 4K*2K H.265 Video Playback
With HDMI2.0 technology, NEXBOX N8 TV box supports to stream 4K*2K UHD video. Let you enjoy crisp and clear video with fantastic sound. People can get access to thousands of free films, TV, live sports and your favorite music services like Spotify and Radio and online radios like Pandora. Plug and play.

SNS Applications
NEXBOX N8 support SKYPE video call, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, QQ ,Local Media playback, HDD, flash disck, SD card, etc. Support apps download freely form Android market, Amazon appstore, etc.

Great Gift
Gift is a timeless way to remember birthdays or special moments, and NEXBOX N8 can be a great gift for your families and friends. As a popular consumer electronics brand, NEXBOX delivers love for people.

MXQ PRO NEXBOX Android TV Box is a smart Streaming Media Player with Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, powered by Quad core Amlogic S905 Cortex A53, includes a Penta-Core (5-core) GPU that can reach speeds of up to 2.0GHz. Support 4K Ultimate HD vedio hardware decoding. With preinstalled Google Play Store and other apps, you can enjoy smooth multi-tasking, game playing or movie viewing.
Highlights:

CPU: Amlogic S905 Quad core Cortex A53 2.0GHz 64bit
GPU: 5-core Mali-450MP GPU
1GB DDR3 RAM
8GB Flash ROM
USB 2.0 * 4
USB disk and USB HDD supported
Card reader: SD/SDHC/MMC cards
Support the latest HEVC (H.265) decoding
Support 4K*2K Super HD video
OS: Android 5.1
Wifi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2.4G/5G, the fastest wireless internet
Wired/wireless mouse/ keyboard supported

64bit Mainstream CPU
The Amlogic S905 chipset (Quad core Cortex A53 2.0GHz 64bit) in MXQ PRO NEXBOX is perfect for 4K video solution with its Penta-Core HD Graphics GPU. This mainstream processor comes with 1GB DDR3,8GB Flash and Wifi 802.11 b/g/n which make home entertainment become easy.

Home Entertainment Center
MXQ PRO NEXBOX is a practical home streaming media player. With the pre-installed latest KODI, you can enjoy all your favorite movies from Netflix, Phoenix, Genesis, Navix, and you also can play thousands of android games in a large screen smoothly. This TV Box supports DLNA, Google TV Remote, LAN, 3D Moive, Email, office suit, etc.

Tons of SNS Applications
MXQ PRO NEXBOX supports SKYPE video call, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, QQ ,Local Media playback, HDD, flash disck, SD card etc. Supports apps download freely form Android market, Amazon appstore, etc.

Great Gift
Gift is a timeless way to remember birthdays or special moments, and MXQ PRO NEXBOX can be a great gift for your families and friends. As a popular consumer electronics brand, NEXBOX delivers love for people.

AMLOGIC S905X is an advanced application processor designed for OTT/IP Set an advanced application processor designed for OTT/IP Set Top Box (STB) and high-end media box applications. It integrates a powerful CPU/GPU subsystem, a secured 4K video CODEC engine and a best-in-class HDR image processing pipeline with all major peripherals to form the ultimate low power multimedia AP.

The main system CPU is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU with L1 instruction/data cache for each core and a large unified L2 cache to improve system performance. In addition, the Cortex-A53 CPU includes the NEON SIMD co-processor to improve software media processing capability. The quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU can be overdriven to 2GHz and has a wide bus connecting to the memory sub-system.

The graphic subsystem consists of two graphic engines and a flexible video/graphic output pipeline. The five core ARM Mali-450 GPU including dual geometry processors (GP) and triple pixel processors (PP).The multi-core GPU processor handles all OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG graphics programs, while the 2.5D graphics processor handles additional scaling, alpha, rotation and color space conversion operations. Together, the CPU and GPU handle all operating system, networking, user-interface and gaming related tasks. The video output pipeline includes advanced HDR10 and HLG HDR processing, REC709/BT2020 processing, motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing, flexible programmable scalar, and many picture enhancement filters before passing the enhanced image to the video output ports.

Amlogic Video Engine (AVE-10) offloads the Cortex-A53 CPUs from all video CODEC processing.  It includes dedicated hardware video decoder and encoder. AVE-10 is capable of decoding 4Kx2K resolution video at 60fps with complete Trusted Video Path (TVP) for secure applications and supports full formats including MVC, MPEG-1/2/4, VC-1/WMV, AVS, AVS+, RealVideo, MJPEG streams, H.264, H265-10, VP9-10 and also JPEG pictures with no size limitation. The independent encoder is able to encode in JPEG or H.264 up to 1080p at 60fps.

Amlogic S905X integrates all standard audio/video input/output interfaces including a HDMI2.0a transmitter with 3D, HDR, CEC and HDCP 2.2 support, stereo audio DAC, a CVBS output, PCM, I2S and SPDIF digital audio input/output interfaces, and a stereo PDM digital MIC inputs.

The processor has rich advanced network and peripheral interfaces, including a 10/100M Ethernet MAC with FE PHY interface, dual USB 2.0 high-speed ports (one OTG and one HOST) and multiple SDIO/SD card controllers, UART, I2C, high-speed SPI and PWMs.

Standard development environment utilizing GNU/GCC Android tool chain is supported. The Amlogic S905X SoC is a good solution forAndroid TV Box.

FEATURES SUMMARY

CPU Sub-system

• Quad core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 2GHz (DVFS)
• ARMv8-A architecture with Neon and Crypto extensions
• 8-stage in-order full dual issue pipeline
• Unified system L2 cache
• Advanced TrustZone security system
• Application based traffic optimization using internal QoS-based switching fabrics

3D Graphics Processing Uni

• Penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU up to 750MHz+ (DVFS)
• Dual Geometry Processors and triple Pixel Processors
• Concurrent multi-core processing
• Full scene over-sampled 4X anti-aliasing engine with no additional bandwidth usage
• OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 support

2.5D Graphics Processor

• Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output
• Programmable raster operations (ROP)
• Programmable polyphase scaling filter
• Supports multiple video formats 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 and multiple pixel formats (8/16/24/32 bits graphics layer)
• Fast color space conversion
• Advanced anti-flickering filter

Crypto Engine

• AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, standard 16 bytes block size and streaming ECB, CBC and CTR modes
• DES/TDES block cipher with ECB and CBC modes supporting 64 bits key for DES and 192 bits key for 3DES
• Built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine

Video/Picture CODEC

• Amlogic Video Engine (AVE) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
• Supports multiple “secured” video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
• Video/Picture Decoding
  • VP9 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
  • H.265  HEVC MP-10@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
  • H.264 AVC HP@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@30fps
  • H.264 MVC up to 1080P@60fps
  • MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-14496)
  • WMV/VC-1  SP/MP/AP up to 1080P@60fps
  • AVS-P16(AVS+) /AVS-P2 JiZhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps
  • MPEG-2 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-13818)
  • MPEG-1 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-11172)
  • RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps
  • WebM up to VGA
  • Multiple language and multiple format sub-title video support
  • MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
  • Supports JPEG thumbnail, scaling, rotation and transition effects
  • Supports *.mkv,*.wmv,*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.dat, *.avi, *.mov, *.iso, *.mp4, *.rm and *.jpg file formats
• Video/Picture Encoding
  • Independent JPEG and H.264 encoder with configurable performance/bit-rate
  • JPEG image encoding
  • H.264 video encoding up to 1080P@60fps with low latency

Video Post-Processing Engine

• Supports HDR10 and HLG HDR processing
• Motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter
• Advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine
• 3:2 pull-down support
• Programmable poly-phase scalar for both horizontal and vertical dimension for zoom and windowing
• Programmable color management filter (to enhance blue, green, red, face and other colors)
• Dynamic Non-Linear Luma filter
• Deblocking filters
• Programmable color matrix pipeline
• Video mixer:  2 video planes and 2 graphics planes per video output

Video Output

• Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with CEC, HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output
• CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
• Supports all standard SD/HD/FHD video output formats:  480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i/p and 4Kx2K

Audio Decoder and Input/Output

• Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
• I2S audio interface supporting 2-channel input and 8-channel (7.1) output
• Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
• Built-in stereo audio DAC
• Stereo digital microphone PDM input
• Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of analog+PCM or I2S+PCM

Memory and Storage Interface

• 16/32-bit SDRAM memory interface running up to DDR2133
• Supports up to 2GB DDR3/4, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 with dual ranks
• Supports SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash with 60-bit ECC, compatible to Toshiba toggle mode in addition to ONFI 2.2
• SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card and SDIO interface with 1-bit and 4-bit data bus width supporting spec version 2.x/3.x/4.x DS/HS modes up to UHS-I SDR104
• eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width fully supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
• Supports serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR Flash via SPI interface
• Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage

Network

• Integrated IEEE 802.3 10/100M Ethernet MAC controller with 10/100M PHY interface
• Supports Energy Efficiency Ethernet (EEE) mode
• WiFi/IEEE802.11 & Bluetooth supporting via SDIO/USB/UART/PCM
• Network interface optimized for mixed WIFI and BT traffic

Integrated I/O Controllers and Interfaces

• Dual USB 2.0 high-speed USB I/O, one USB Host and one USB OTG
• Multiple UART, I2C and SPI interface with slave select
• Multiple PWMs
• Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
• Built-in 10bit SAR ADC with 2 input channels
• A set of General Purpose IOs with built-in pull up and pull down

System, Peripherals and Misc. Interfaces

• Integrated general purpose timers, counters, DMA controllers
• 24 MHz crystal input
• Embedded debug interface using ICE/JTAG

Power Management

• Multiple external power domains controlled by PMIC
• Multiple internal power domains controlled by software
• Multiple sleep modes for CPU, system, DRAM, etc.
• Multiple internal PLLs for DVFS operation
• Multi-voltage I/O design for 1.8V and 3.3V
• Power management auxiliary processor in a dedicated always-on (AO) power domain that can communicate with an external PMIC

Security

• Trustzone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
• Secured boot, encrypted OTP, encrypted DRAM with memory integrity checker, hardware key ladder and internal control buses and storage
• Protected memory regions and electric fence data partition
• Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP) , video watermarking and secured contents (needs SecureOS software)
• Secured IO and secured clock

Package

• LFBGA,13x13mm, 20×20 ball matrix, 0.65 ball pitch, RoHS compliant

One of the first devices featuring Amlogic S905X could be the NEXBOX Q5

Quad core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 2GHz (DVFS)
ARMv8-A architecture with Neon and Crypto extensions
8-stage in-order full dual issue pipeline
Unified system L2 cache
Advanced TrustZone security system
Application based traffic optimization using internal QoS-based switching fabrics
3D Graphics Processing Uni

Penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU up to 750MHz+ (DVFS)
Dual Geometry Processors and triple Pixel Processors
Concurrent multi-core processing
Full scene over-sampled 4X anti-aliasing engine with no additional bandwidth usage
OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 support
2.5D Graphics Processor

Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output
Programmable raster operations (ROP)
Programmable polyphase scaling filter
Supports multiple video formats 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 and multiple pixel formats (8/16/24/32 bits graphics layer)
Fast color space conversion
Advanced anti-flickering filter
Crypto Engine

AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, standard 16 bytes block size and streaming ECB, CBC and CTR modes
DES/TDES block cipher with ECB and CBC modes supporting 64 bits key for DES and 192 bits key for 3DES
Built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine
Video/Picture CODEC

Amlogic Video Engine (AVE) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
Supports multiple “secured” video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
Video/Picture Decoding
VP9 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
H.265  HEVC MP-10@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
H.264 AVC HP@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@30fps
H.264 MVC up to 1080P@60fps
MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-14496)
WMV/VC-1  SP/MP/AP up to 1080P@60fps
AVS-P16(AVS+) /AVS-P2 JiZhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps
MPEG-2 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-13818)
MPEG-1 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-11172)
RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps
WebM up to VGA
Multiple language and multiple format sub-title video support
MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
Supports JPEG thumbnail, scaling, rotation and transition effects
Supports *.mkv,*.wmv,*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.dat, *.avi, *.mov, *.iso, *.mp4, *.rm and *.jpg file formats
Video/Picture Encoding
Independent JPEG and H.264 encoder with configurable performance/bit-rate
JPEG image encoding
H.264 video encoding up to 1080P@60fps with low latency
Video Post-Processing Engine

Supports HDR10 and HLG HDR processing
Motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter
Advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine
3:2 pull-down support
Programmable poly-phase scalar for both horizontal and vertical dimension for zoom and windowing
Programmable color management filter (to enhance blue, green, red, face and other colors)
Dynamic Non-Linear Luma filter
Deblocking filters
Programmable color matrix pipeline
Video mixer:  2 video planes and 2 graphics planes per video output
Video Output

Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with CEC, HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output
CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
Supports all standard SD/HD/FHD video output formats:  480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i/p and 4Kx2K
Audio Decoder and Input/Output

Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
I2S audio interface supporting 2-channel input and 8-channel (7.1) output
Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
Built-in stereo audio DAC
Stereo digital microphone PDM input
Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of analog+PCM or I2S+PCM
Memory and Storage Interface

16/32-bit SDRAM memory interface running up to DDR2133
Supports up to 2GB DDR3/4, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 with dual ranks
Supports SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash with 60-bit ECC, compatible to Toshiba toggle mode in addition to ONFI 2.2
SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card and SDIO interface with 1-bit and 4-bit data bus width supporting spec version 2.x/3.x/4.x DS/HS modes up to UHS-I SDR104
eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width fully supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
Supports serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR Flash via SPI interface
Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage
Network

Integrated IEEE 802.3 10/100M Ethernet MAC controller with 10/100M PHY interface
Supports Energy Efficiency Ethernet (EEE) mode
WiFi/IEEE802.11 & Bluetooth supporting via SDIO/USB/UART/PCM
Network interface optimized for mixed WIFI and BT traffic
Integrated I/O Controllers and Interfaces

Dual USB 2.0 high-speed USB I/O, one USB Host and one USB OTG
Multiple UART, I2C and SPI interface with slave select
Multiple PWMs
Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
Built-in 10bit SAR ADC with 2 input channels
A set of General Purpose IOs with built-in pull up and pull down
System, Peripherals and Misc. Interfaces

Integrated general purpose timers, counters, DMA controllers
24 MHz crystal input
Embedded debug interface using ICE/JTAG
Power Management

Multiple external power domains controlled by PMIC
Multiple internal power domains controlled by software
Multiple sleep modes for CPU, system, DRAM, etc.
Multiple internal PLLs for DVFS operation
Multi-voltage I/O design for 1.8V and 3.3V
Power management auxiliary processor in a dedicated always-on (AO) power domain that can communicate with an external PMIC
Security

Trustzone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
Secured boot, encrypted OTP, encrypted DRAM with memory integrity checker, hardware key ladder and internal control buses and storage
Protected memory regions and electric fence data partition
Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP) , video watermarking and secured contents (needs SecureOS software)
Secured IO and secured clock
Package

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the upcoming Amlogic S905M quad core Cortex A53 processor support 4K VP9 and 10-bit HEVC, but the silicon manufacturer seems to struggle with sticking with a name, as after the initial S908 part, they moved to S905M, before hopefully settling on Amlogic S905X, for which I received more information include a block diagram, and more detailed specifications.

These are most of the specifications currently available for Amlogic S905 processor with highlights in bold:

• CPU Sub-system –  Quad core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 1.5GHz (DVFS) with Neon and Crypto extensions
• 3D Graphics Processing Unit – Penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU up to 750MHz+ (DVFS) with two geometry/vertex processors, three pixel processors supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG 1.1.
• 2.5D Graphics Processor – Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output, programmable raster operations (ROP) and polyphase scaling filter, etc..
• Crypto Engine – AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, DES/TDES block cipher, Hardware crypto key-ladder operation and DVB-CSA for transport stream encryption,  built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine
• Video/Picture CODEC
  • Amlogic Video Engine (AVE-10) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
  • Supports multiple “secured” video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
  • Video/Picture Decoding
    • VP9-10 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.265 HEVC MP-10@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.264 AVC HP@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@30fps, H.264 MVC up to 1080p @60fps
    • MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-14496)
    • WMV/VC-1 SP/MP/AP up to 1080P@60fps
    • AVS-P16(AVS+) /AVS-P2 JiZhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps
    • MPEG-2 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-13818)
    • MPEG-1 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-11172)
    • RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps
    • WebM up to VGA
    • MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
    • Supports JPEG thumbnail, scaling, rotation and transition effects
  • Video/Picture Encoding
    • Independent JPEG and H.264 encoder with configurable performance/bit-rate
    • JPEG image encoding
    • H.264 video encoding up to 1080P@60fps with low latency
• Video Post-Processing Engine – HDR10 processing, REC709/BT2020 processing, motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter, advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine, 3:2 pull-down support, deblocking fliters, etc..
• Video Output
  • Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with 3D, CEC, HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output
  • CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
• Camera Interface – 2x ITU 601/656 parallel video input with down-scalar, supports camera input as YUV422, RGB565,16bit RGB or JPEG
• Audio Decoder and Input/Output
  • Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
  • I2S audio interface supporting 8-channel (7.1) input and output
  • Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
  • Built-in dual-channel audio DAC with amplifier
  • Dual-channel digital microphone PDM input
  • Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of I2S+PCM
• Memory and Storage Interface
  • 16/32-bit SDRAM memory interface running up to DDR2133 (Product brief) or DDR2400 (comparison table)
  • Supports up to 2GB DDR3/4, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 with dual ranks
  • Supports SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash with 60-bit ECC
  • SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card and SDIO interface with 1-bit and 4-bit data bus width supporting up to UHS-I SDR104
  • eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width fully supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
  • Supports serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR Flash via SPI interface
  • Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage (That must be where DRM / HDCP keys are programmed)
• Network
  • Integrated IEEE 802.3 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet MAC controller with RGMII interface
  • Integrated 10/100M PHY interface
  • Supports Energy Efficiency Ethernet (EEE) mode
• Digital Television Interface
  • Transport stream (TS) input interface with built-in demux processor for connecting to external digital TV tuner/demodulator and one output TS interface
  • Built-in PWM, I2C and SPI interfaces to control tuner and demodulator
  • Integrated CI+ port and ISO 7816 smart card controller
• Integrated I/O Controllers and Interfaces
  • 2x USB 2.0 high-speed USB I/O, one USB Host and one USB OTG
  • Multiple UART, I2C and SPI interface with slave select
  • Multiple PWMs
  • Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
  • Built-in 10bit SAR ADC with 2 input channels
  • General Purpose IOs with built-in pull up and pull down
• System, Peripherals and Misc. Interfaces
  • Integrated general purpose timers, counters, DMA controllers
  • 24 MHz crystal input
  • Embedded debug interface using ICE/JTAG
• Power Management
  • Multiple external power domains controlled by PMIC, and internal ones controlled by software
  • Multiple sleep modes for CPU, system, DRAM, etc.
  • Multiple internal PLLs for DVFS operation
  • Multi-voltage I/O design for 1.8V and 3.3V
  • Power management auxiliary processor in a dedicated always-on (AO) power domain that can communicate with an external PMIC
• Security
  • Trustzone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
  • Secured boot, encrypted OTP, encrypted DRAM with memory integrity checker, hardware key ladder and internal control buses and storage
  • Protected memory regions and electric fence data partition
  • Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP) , video watermarking and secured contents (requires SecureOS software)
  • Secured IO and secured clock

While we’ve now got much more details, the main features of Amlogic S905X have not changed since last month, so they’ll probably stay that way. I don’t have specific information about availability of the processor yet.

Read more: http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/01/12/amlogic-s905x-processor-specifications/#ixzz45U4f4OCo

CNX-Software has found the net an interesting document. It ‘a roadmap “internal”, and probably “confidential” Amlogic relative to programs of the company until mid-2016, where three new processors emerge: Amlogic S905X, S912 and Amlogic Amlogic S905D all based on quad and octa-core ARM Cortex A53 and able to support Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
Amlogic S905X, S912 and S905D
Since the three SoCs are currently under development, their specifications could change over the next few months but for all we know Amlogic S905X is a quad-core while Amlogic S912 is an octa-core, and both have a frequency of clock of 2.0GHz (1.5GHz and not as reported in the past). The first will support 2-layer PCBs, compared to other SoC latest Amlogic requiring 4-layer PCB, and this makes us think that will be directed at 4K TV Box (H.265 and VP9) very cheap. And again Amlogic S912 will not support USB 3.0, but three USB 2.0 interfaces.
Amlogic S905D is like Amlogic S905X and stands out only because it supports Gigabit Ethernet (RGMII), video input TS that would make it suitable for tuners and RGB interface, which instead brings him closer to the tablet. Here are below the summary characteristics of the new SoC Amlogic:
CPU: quad core Cortex A53 @ up to 2.0 GHz
GPU – ARM Mali-450MP @ up to 750 MHz
Memory: 16/32-bit DDR3 / 4, LPDDR2 / 3 up to 2GB DDR2400
Storage: NAND flash @ BCH60, 5310 eMMC, SD, NOR flash
Video Decoder: 4Kp60 10-bit H.265, 4Kp60 VP9 Profile 2, H.264 4Kp30
Video Encoder: 1080p60 H.264
Ethernet: 10/100/1000 RGMII, 10 / 100M PHY
Audio: Stereo DACs, I2S, S / PDIF, DMIC
USB: 2x USB 2.0
Video Output: HDMI 2.0a 4Kp60, CVBS, RGB
Video Input: TS, DVP
HDR: HDR10, royalty-free Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)
Dimensions: 15 x 15 mm BGA (S905 and 13 x 13 mm)
PCB: 4-layers

Amlogic adds two new chip line of CPU-specific media center and mini PC. S905 and S912 are carried out on the 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 design with 4 cores and production process to 28 nm.

All the technical details are not yet known (Amlogic them is exposing in CCBN China Content Broadcasting in these hours) but we know that S912 will support hardware decoding 4K @ 60 Hz file 10-bit HEVC and AVS +, both able to manage DTS and Dolby audio hardware, and that their video outputs are HDMI 2.0 with support DHCP 2.2. Promotional material about a good energy management for installations and PC keys stick.

On the software side, we will support Linux and SDK for Android 5.1. In short, S905 will be a SoC for the low-end sector and S912 will be used for media player quality. Mass production of the first is scheduled for Q2 2015 (by June) while S912 to wait until Q3 2015, probably this summer.

Hard to say whether S905 and S912 will replace the current S805 and S812 (the CPU of Neo-X8 H Plus) or if they will remain part of the offer low-cost company. The availability is not forthcoming, then we will be able to deepen.

Today I received the roadmap from Amlogic and it includes the S912, as we know, S905 is on sampling stage, probably available for massive production after one or two weeks. But the most interesting is the recived information about S912, the next SoC from Amlogic. Accord to this manufacturer it should be ready (at least for sampling) at the first quart of 2016, what is really near. Some informations received from Amlogic revealed that the S912 whould be delayed to Q2 or even Q3, but their latest information is different than expected. If everything is as shown at their roadmap, we can also know more about this SoC. Then, these are the specifications provided byAmlogic for S912:

• CPU – ARM Cortex-A53 Octacore 64 bits
• Multicore Next-Generation Mali GPU
• 4Kp60 HEVC Main – 10 decoding
• VP9 decoder – VP8 codec
• DVB CI+
• SDIO 3.0
• USB 2.0
• Ethernet 10/100/1000
• eMMC 5.0
• HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2
• Enhaced Security Cores
• Dual channel DDR3/LPDDR3
• Google Android 6.0 / Linux

I am not sure if Amlogic will offer S912 at the time they are showing, but it should be good news if they can. It is good to know that Amlogic introduced USB 3.1 that features the called “SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbit/s” and backward compatible with 3.0 and 2.0 versions. S912’s GPU is unknown yet, but at least, Amlogic is talking about a coming MALI generation. It is well known Amlogic graphics and video performace is probably higher than others on the same range as Rockchip or Allwinner. Then, there are good news from this chinese manufacturer. Hope can see some new Android TV Box models based on this SoC soon at 2016.

Update: Someones said the S912 has been cancelled. Well, I could confirm with Amlogic that the S912 is NOT cancelled. Also Amlogic is going to launch a new SoC named S905X what is NOT a replacement for S912 but a “low cost” version of S905.

Update 2: Amlogic confirmed S912for Q3.

Update 3 (MAR 3rd 2016): Amlogic S912 is almost here. Accord to the information provided by INPHIC who plans to start working with the first S912 reference motherboards by THIS WEEK.

I had heard some news that Amlogic S912 was delayed, and even possibly canceled, while talks about a new S908 processor surfaced recently with support for VP9 up to 4K resolution. We now have some more details as I’ve received some more information about Amlogic product roadmap, and S908 should be renamed S905M [Update: The name will apparently be changed to S905X now, the saga continues…]

While Amlogic S905 and S905M will have a hard-limit to 2GB RAM, S912 will support dual channel memory and up to 4GB RAM. The two new processors will also support 4K VP9 video decoding, feature a DAC, HDMI 2.0a, support for HDR10 media profile and/or Dolby Vision. Both will also an embedded 10/100M PHY which will bring the cost down for devices with Fast Ethernet. Amlogic S912 will also support USB 3.0 interface and H.265 video encoding up to 1080p60. The document did not reveal the details about the GPU used in the two new processor, but it’s clear Amlogic S912 will have a powerful one good enough to be used in Android gaming console, and there have been some clues that S912 GPU could be Mali-T830 in the past.

The company has also improved DRM support in their latest processors, including S905 itself, with support for Google Widewine Level 1 & 3, Verimatrix Standard and Advanced, Microsoft Playready 2.0 (TVP and non TVP), Internet Marlin 1.7, and Vudu DRM. DRM is enabled thanks to “Secure OS”, but it’s not needed for the most basic DRM solutions such as Widewine Level 3, Verimatrix Standard, and  PlayReady 2.0 Non-TVP. So as we’ve seen recently that most Amlogic S905 TV box lack DRM support, a firmware upgrade should be enough to enable these, but any DRM scheme that requires Secure OS is likely impossible on devices that have not been flashed with Secure OS at the factory.

Amlogic S905M/S905X will come before Amlogic S912, but so far I don’t have exact ETA for either processors, so we’ll need to be patient.

Read more: http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/12/17/amlogic-s905m-and-s912-processors-to-support-4k-vp9-hdmi-2-0a-built-in-dac-and-more/#ixzz45U8YA8Or

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Amlogic S905 is one of the most popular SoC’s at the moment, mostly because of it’s 4K @ 60Hz and H.265 capabilities. There are devices on the market that range from $35 to $150, but the SoC was intended to fill a need for low cost Mini PC’s.

There’s a new SoC on the market that addresses the same market segment: Rockchip RK3229.
Announced at CES 2016, Rockchip RK3229 is now making it’s appearance and the first prices are unbelievably low for a H.265-capable device (see below).
In some respects, RK3229 is better than S905 and has a better price, but don’t keep your hopes up until someone actually tests these devices.
On paper, RK3229 has some impressive video decoding capabilities for a spectacular price, but the lack of faster connectivity (USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11ac) might prove to be a troublesome.
One major drawback for RK3229 when compared to Amlogic S905 is the OS – the difference between Android 4.4 and 5.1 is not to be ignored.

So I thought that a comparison between the chipsets is in order.
Work in progress: this page will be updated with new products and specs after I get to test a RK3229 device.

Amlogic S912 processor is based on Cortex A53 Octa-core @ up to 2.0 GHz, but the GPU will be much more powerful.

The KEY specifications of Amlogic S905, S905X and S912

Detailed Features of Amlogic S912

Amlogic S912 specifications with highlights in bold showing differences with Amlogic S905X:

• CPU Sub-system –  Octa core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 2 GHz (DVFS) with two CPU clusters one optimized for high performance (big) and the other for low power (LITTLE)
• 3D Graphics Processing Unit –ARM Mali-T820MP3 GPU up to 750MHz (DVFS) with 3 shader engines supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.03.1, DirectX 11 FL9_3, OpenCL 1.1/1.2 full profile and RenderScript.
• 2.5D Graphics Processor – Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output, programmable raster operations (ROP) and polyphase scaling filter, etc..
• Crypto Engine – AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, DES/TDES block cipher, hardware crypto key-ladder operation and DVB-CSA for transport stream encryption,  built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine
• Video/Picture CODEC
  • Amlogic Video Engine (AVE-10) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
  • Supports multiple “secured” video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
  • Video/Picture Decoding
    • VP9-10 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.265 HEVC MP-10@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.264 AVC HP@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@30fps, H.264 MVC up to 1080p @60fps
    • MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-14496)
    • WMV/VC-1 SP/MP/AP up to 1080P@60fps
    • AVS-P16(AVS+) /AVS-P2 JiZhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps
    • MPEG-2 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-13818)
    • MPEG-1 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-11172)
    • RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps
    • WebM up to VGA
    • MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
    • Supports JPEG thumbnail, scaling, rotation and transition effects
  • Video/Picture Encoding
    • Independent JPEG and H.264 encoder with configurable performance/bit-rate
    • JPEG image encoding
    • H.264 video encoding up to 1080P@60fps with low latency
• Video Post-Processing Engine – Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG HDR processing, motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter, advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine, 3:2 pull-down support, deblocking filters, etc..
• Video Output
  • Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with 3D, CEC, HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output
  • CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
  • RGB888 TTL interface up to 1920×1080
• Camera Interface – ITU 601/656 parallel video input with down-scalar, supports camera input as YUV422, RGB565,16bit RGB or JPEG
• Audio Decoder and Input/Output
  • Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
  • I2S audio interface supporting 8-channel (7.1) input and output
  • Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
  • Built-in stereo audio DAC
  • Dual-channel digital microphone PDM input
  • Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of analog+PCM or I2S+PCM
• Memory and Storage Interface
  • 16/32-bit SDRAM memory interface running up to DDR2400
  • Supports up to 2GB DDR3/4, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 with dual ranks
  • Supports SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash with 60-bit ECC
  • SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card and SDIO interface with 1-bit and 4-bit data bus width supporting up to UHS-I SDR104
  • eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width fully supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
  • Supports serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR Flash via SPI interface
  • Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage (That must be where DRM / HDCP keys are programmed)
• Network
  • Integrated IEEE 802.3 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet MAC controller with RGMII interface
  • Integrated 10/100M PHY interface
  • Supports Energy Efficiency Ethernet (EEE) mode
• Digital Television Interface
  • Transport stream (TS) input interface with built-in demux processor for connecting to external digital TV tuner/demodulator and one output TS interface
  • Built-in PWM, I2C and SPI interfaces to control tuner and demodulator
  • Integrated CI+ port and ISO 7816 smart card controller
• Integrated I/O Controllers and Interfaces
  • 3x USB 2.0 high-speed USB I/O, 2x USB Host and one USB OTG
  • Multiple UART, I2C and SPI interface with slave select
  • Multiple PWMs
  • Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
  • Built-in 10bit SAR ADC with 2 input channels
  • General Purpose IOs with built-in pull up and pull down
• System, Peripherals and Misc. Interfaces
  • Integrated general purpose timers, counters, DMA controllers
  • 24 MHz crystal input
  • Embedded debug interface using ICE/JTAG
• Power Management
  • Multiple external power domains controlled by PMIC, and internal ones controlled by software
  • Multiple sleep modes for CPU, system, DRAM, etc.
  • Multiple internal PLLs for DVFS operation
  • Multi-voltage I/O design for 1.8V and 3.3V
  • Power management auxiliary processor in a dedicated always-on (AO) power domain that can communicate with an external PMIC
• Security
  • Trustzone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
  • Secured boot, encrypted OTP, encrypted DRAM with memory integrity checker, hardware key ladder and internal control buses and storage
  • Protected memory regions and electric fence data partition
  • Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP) , video watermarking and secured contents (requires SecureOS software)
  • Secured IO and secured clock
• Package – LFBGA 15 x 15 mm, 0.65 ball pitch, RoHS compliant

All of the new chips that will appear in Q1 (Amlogic S905X) and Q2 2016 (Amlogic S912) will have four to eight ARM Cortex A53 cores and Android 6.0.

NEXBOX S912 TV Box uses a high performace S912 Quad core 64bit chipset which is known for a maximum clock speed of up to 1.5GHz. Apps will never run so smoothly in other chipset devices. People can easily enjoy many hot games and APKs with its 2GB DDR3 RAM and 8/16GB Flash ROM.

Free 4K*2K H.265 Video Playback
With HDMI2.0 technology, NEXBOX N8 TV box supports to stream 4K*2K UHD video. Let you enjoy crisp and clear video with fantastic sound. People can get access to thousands of free films, TV, live sports and your favorite music services like Spotify and Radio and online radios like Pandora. Plug and play.

SNS Applications
NEXBOX S912 support SKYPE video call, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, QQ ,Local Media playback, HDD, flash disck, SD card, etc. Support apps download freely form Android market, Amazon appstore, etc.

Great Gift
Gift is a timeless way to remember birthdays or special moments, and NEXBOX N8 can be a great gift for your families and friends. As a popular consumer electronics brand, NEXBOX delivers love for people.

Description:

NEXBOX N86 is a practical home smart media player. It will bring you much fun and convenience! The powerful octa-core A53 2.0GHz RockChip 3368 processor with the Octa Core PowerVR G6110 graphics chip provides stellar performance for high definition video playback. Android 5.1 gives you the ability to run virtually any Android Apps on your TV. You can freely enjoy all your favorite movies, food shows and entertainment programs.

Spotlights:

Octa-core TV Box
NEXBOX N86 is a powerful Octa-core TV Box in the market. You can greatly enjoy videos, music, photos, etc and install or uninstall software, games and application programs. All you need to do is connect this device with internet.

Faster and Smart
NEXBOX 809VI is small, but very powerful. This model is beautifully designed, and its octa-core CPU is attracting enough. This model combines the octa-core processor with 2GB RAM, and 16GB eMMC.

Internet Connectivity
H.265 video decoding technology, 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and RJ45 10/100/1000M LAN. All of these enable you to have the absolute best and most versatile home media experience.

LED Display
LED Display is a special spotlight for this model, because only few expensive models of TV boxes come with this function. The LED display can show time, alarm clock and video status.

Android 5.1
With Android 5.1 system, people will have high speed feedback and smooth response. Now, people can greatly enjoy videos, install or uninstall software, games and application programs easily.

NEXBOX Amlogic S905X Android TV Box will be available soon!

S905X TV BOX is hot topic for many users of TV Boxes, and NEXBOX unveils its S905X TV BOX models and settings as follows:

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 1+8G)

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 2+8G)

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 2+16G)

NEXBOX A5 (S905X CPU, 1+16G)

NEXBOX A5 (S905X CPU, 2+16G)

Amlogic S912 specifications with highlights in bold showing differences with Amlogic S905X:

• CPU Sub-system –  Octa core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU up to 2 GHz (DVFS) with two CPU clusters one optimized for high performance (big) and the other for low power (LITTLE)
• 3D Graphics Processing Unit –ARM Mali-T820MP3 GPU up to 750MHz (DVFS) with 3 shader engines supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.03.1, DirectX 11 FL9_3, OpenCL 1.1/1.2 full profile and RenderScript.
• 2.5D Graphics Processor – Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output, programmable raster operations (ROP) and polyphase scaling filter, etc..
• Crypto Engine – AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, DES/TDES block cipher, hardware crypto key-ladder operation and DVB-CSA for transport stream encryption,  built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine
• Video/Picture CODEC
  • Amlogic Video Engine (AVE-10) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
  • Supports multiple “secured” video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
  • Video/Picture Decoding
    • VP9-10 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.265 HEVC MP-10@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@60fps
    • H.264 AVC HP@L5.1 up to 4Kx2K@30fps, H.264 MVC up to 1080p @60fps
    • MPEG-4 ASP@L5 up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-14496)
    • WMV/VC-1 SP/MP/AP up to 1080P@60fps
    • AVS-P16(AVS+) /AVS-P2 JiZhun Profile up to 1080P@60fps
    • MPEG-2 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-13818)
    • MPEG-1 MP/HL up to 1080P@60fps (ISO-11172)
    • RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080P@60fps
    • WebM up to VGA
    • MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
    • Supports JPEG thumbnail, scaling, rotation and transition effects
  • Video/Picture Encoding
    • Independent JPEG and H.264 encoder with configurable performance/bit-rate
    • JPEG image encoding
    • H.264 video encoding up to 1080P@60fps with low latency
• Video Post-Processing Engine – Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG HDR processing, motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter, advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine, 3:2 pull-down support, deblocking filters, etc..
• Video Output
  • Built-in HDMI 2.0a transmitter including both controller and PHY with 3D, CEC, HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K@60 max resolution output
  • CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
  • RGB888 TTL interface up to 1920×1080
• Camera Interface – ITU 601/656 parallel video input with down-scalar, supports camera input as YUV422, RGB565,16bit RGB or JPEG
• Audio Decoder and Input/Output
  • Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
  • I2S audio interface supporting 8-channel (7.1) input and output
  • Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 output and PCM input/output
  • Built-in stereo audio DAC
  • Dual-channel digital microphone PDM input
  • Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of analog+PCM or I2S+PCM
• Memory and Storage Interface
  • 16/32-bit SDRAM memory interface running up to DDR2400
  • Supports up to 2GB DDR3/4, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 with dual ranks
  • Supports SLC/MLC/TLC NAND Flash with 60-bit ECC
  • SDSC/SDHC/SDXC card and SDIO interface with 1-bit and 4-bit data bus width supporting up to UHS-I SDR104
  • eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width fully supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
  • Supports serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR Flash via SPI interface
  • Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage (That must be where DRM / HDCP keys are programmed)
• Network
  • Integrated IEEE 802.3 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet MAC controller with RGMII interface
  • Integrated 10/100M PHY interface
  • Supports Energy Efficiency Ethernet (EEE) mode
• Digital Television Interface
  • Transport stream (TS) input interface with built-in demux processor for connecting to external digital TV tuner/demodulator and one output TS interface
  • Built-in PWM, I2C and SPI interfaces to control tuner and demodulator
  • Integrated CI+ port and ISO 7816 smart card controller
• Integrated I/O Controllers and Interfaces
  • 3x USB 2.0 high-speed USB I/O, 2x USB Host and one USB OTG
  • Multiple UART, I2C and SPI interface with slave select
  • Multiple PWMs
  • Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
  • Built-in 10bit SAR ADC with 2 input channels
  • General Purpose IOs with built-in pull up and pull down
• System, Peripherals and Misc. Interfaces
  • Integrated general purpose timers, counters, DMA controllers
  • 24 MHz crystal input
  • Embedded debug interface using ICE/JTAG
• Power Management
  • Multiple external power domains controlled by PMIC, and internal ones controlled by software
  • Multiple sleep modes for CPU, system, DRAM, etc.
  • Multiple internal PLLs for DVFS operation
  • Multi-voltage I/O design for 1.8V and 3.3V
  • Power management auxiliary processor in a dedicated always-on (AO) power domain that can communicate with an external PMIC
• Security
  • Trustzone based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
  • Secured boot, encrypted OTP, encrypted DRAM with memory integrity checker, hardware key ladder and internal control buses and storage
  • Protected memory regions and electric fence data partition
  • Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP) , video watermarking and secured contents (requires SecureOS software)
  • Secured IO and secured clock
• Package – LFBGA 15 x 15 mm, 0.65 ball pitch, RoHS compliant

That means Amlogic S905X and S912 have the exact same video playback capabilities, although S912 will also support Dolby Vision HDR standard. The main differences are the eight Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz (instead of 4x A53 @ 1.5 GHz), and the more power ful Mali-T820MP3 GPU, as well as support for LCD panel (e.g. for tablets) thanks to an extra RGB interface. Finally S912 has three USB interfaces, instead of just two for S905X.

Amlogic 2016 roadmap shows S905X is scheduled for Q1 2016, and S912 for Q2 2016,  but it’s likely we need to add one or two more quarters before we get any Android 6.0 devices based on the new processors.
Read more: cnx-software.com

NEXBOX states that 2016 is the first year of “True 4K”, which means H.265, 10 bit and 4K@60Hz.

In 2015 or before, there are too many so-called “4K” in the market. With the development of chipset or CPU, consumers will know what is the true 4K in 2016.

Amlogic S912 TV Box Featuring Octa-core 64-bit 4K@60Hz 10-bit HEVC VP9.

S912 will support dual channel memory and up to 4GB RAM.

S912’s Octa core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU is up to 2 GHz (DVFS) with two CPU clusters one optimized for high performance (big) and the other for low power (LITTLE). Its 3D Graphics Processing Unit –ARM Mali-T820MP3 GPU is up to an amazing 750MHz (DVFS) with 3 shader engines supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.03.1, DirectX 11 FL9_3, OpenCL 1.1/1.2 full profile and RenderScript.

Moreover, S912’s Video Post-Processing Engine features Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG HDR processing; it also become attractive for the motion adaptive 3D noise reduction filter, advanced motion adaptive edge enhancing de-interlacing engine, 3:2 pull-down support, deblocking filters, etc..

Click here for more.

NEXBOX has recently introduced its another another S905X TV Box model: NEXBOX A95X, which is a mini TV Box and a person can put it in a palm. The model is designed to explore the overseas market.

The model’s specifications are like A5’s and they are both featured with Amlogic S905X chipset.

S905X TV BOX is hot topic for many users of TV Boxes, and NEXBOX unveils its S905X TV BOX models and settings as follows (CPU, RAM+ROM):

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 1+8G, Android 6.0)

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 2+8G, Android 6.0)

NEXBOX A95X (S905X CPU, 2+16G, Android 6.0)

NEXBOX A5 (S905X CPU, 1+16G, Android 6.0)

NEXBOX A5 (S905X CPU, 2+16G, Android 6.0)

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Today, we got Amlogic S912 chipset, and only a few samples. We have lots of job on it, and the engineer team is working hard for this high-end project. Our S912 model has been confirmed: NEXBOX A1. Awaiting good news coming soon!

Amlogic S912 is Amlogic high end CPU with 64bit Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 with High performance OpenGL 3.1 3D GPU on ARM Mali-T830 GPU for higher performance gaming. Amlogic S912 supports 4K HDR including Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG, 4K@60fp 10bit video decode and picture in picture display, multi-format video playback including VP9, H.265 10-bit and AVS+, with complete Dolby, DTS certifications, support operators level hardware security 4K DRM. Mass production and shipping will start from Q3 2016. Click for more tech details about Amlogic S912.