Allwinner technology

Allwinner Technology Co., Ltd.
Allwinner Technology Co., Ltd.
Base	2007
Location	China : Zhuhai , Shenzhen , Hong Kong ;
Industry	Semiconductor device manufacturing
Number of employees	500 (2013)
Site	www.allwinnertech.com

Allwinner Technology Co., Ltd. ^[1] - Founded in 2007, the Chinese factoryless ( fabless ) semiconductor manufacturer, headquartered in Zhuhai in Guangdong . In addition to its headquarters, the company has a technology center in Shenzhen , as well as a logistics center in Hong Kong . The company mainly produces systems on a chip (SoC) based on the ARM architecture ^[2] , as well as graphic processors and single-board computers . The mentioned systems on a chip are used in smartphones , tablet computers , digital television receivers , video cameras and video systems in the automotive industry.

Among the known systems on a chip, the Allwinner A10 single-core processor ^[3] , based on the ARM Cortex-A8 , as well as the Allwinner A20 (dual-core) and Allwinner A31 (s) (quad-core) multi-core processors designed on the Cortex A7 architecture stand out . Allwinner A10 is used on a Cubieboard single-board computer, and Allwinner A20 is used on Cubieboard 2 , Cubietruck, Orange Pi, Banana Pi , Olimex Olinuxino-Micro.

Content

Backdoors

The company has seen embedding a backdoor in its version of the Linux kernel, which is offered for devices based on the Allwinner processors of the sun8i family (H3, A83T and H8). The backdoor allows you to obtain root privileges by writing the string "rootmydevice" to the file "/ proc / sunxi_debug / sunxi_debug". ^[four]

GPL Violation

Allwinner has been repeatedly reported violating the terms of the GPL . ^[five]

OpenBSD Support

In connection with porting OpenBSD to the ARMv7 architecture, it became possible to install this system on systems based on the Allwinner A1x / A20 family of chips. ^[6] The OpenBSD / armv7 project has existed since 2013. ^[7]

FreeBSD Support

The FreeBSD operating system is actively ported to different Allwinner processors. Currently supported: A10, A13, A20, A31, A31S, A64, A83T and H3 ^[8]

Products

List of ARM systems on a chip
SoC	Number of Cores	Architecture	GPU	VPU	Video decoder	Video encoder	Body	Application	Examples
A10 ^[9]	one	ARM Cortex A8	Mali-400	Cedarx	2160p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA 441 19 mm × 19 mm, 0.80 mm Pitch	Tablets , Smart TV	Cubieboard , Gooseberry, MarsBoard
A10s ^[10]					1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA336 14 mm × 14 mm, 0.65 mm Pitch	HDMI stick	OLinuXino A10S
A12 ^[11]					1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA336 14 mm × 14 mm, 0.65 mm Pitch	Smartphones
A13 ^[12]					1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	eLQFP 176 20 mm × 20 mm	Tablets , E-Reader	CCE Motion Tab TR71, OLinuXino A13
A20 ^[13]	2	ARM Cortex A7	Mali-400mp2	Cedarx	2160p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA441 19 mm × 19 mm, 0.80 mm Pitch	Tablets , Smart TV	Cubieboard2 , Cubietruck , Banana Pi , Vivaldi Tablet, OLinuXino A20, MSI Primo 73, ampe a65, Apical M7098, RF M722JH, Bmorn K80, 10moons X6, MarsBoard, pcDuino, GoTab GBT10
A23 ^[14]	2		Mali-400mp2		1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA280 14 mm × 14 mm 0.80mm Pitch
A31 ^[15]	four		PowerVR SGX544MP2	Cedarx	4K resolution	H.264 1080p @ 60 fps	BGA609 18 mm × 18 mm, 0.65 mm Pitch	Tablets , smartphones , Smart TV	Readboy G50, GoClever Orion 70, Foxconn InFocus, Mele A1000G ， Onda V972, Ployer MOMO19HD, Bmorn K23, Ampe A10 Flagship, Epudo ES1006Q
A31s ^[16]			PowerVR SGX544MP2		2160P	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA460 18 mm × 18 mm, 0.80 mm Pitch	Tablets , Smart TV	iView CyberPad iView-788TPC, MSI Primo81, Teclast P88s mini, Ainol Novo 9 Firewire, Apical M7853, Ployer momo mini, Gajah MD7019, JWD m785, MELE AHD10A04, HP 8
A33 ^[17] ^[18] ^[19]			Mali-400mp2		1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	BGA282 14 mm x 14 mm, 0.80 mm Pitch	Tablets	A33-OLinuXino-4GB, A33-OLinuXino
A80 ^[20] ^[21]	eight	big.LITTLE : ARM Cortex A15 + ARM Cortex A7	PowerVR G6230 (Rogue)		4K resolution	H.265 / VP9 1080p @ 30fps, H.264 HP / VP8 4K × 2K @ 30fps	FCBGA636 19 mm x 19 mm, 0.65 mm Pitch	Tablets , smartphones , Smart TV	Cubieboard4 , PCDuino 8, Onda V989 ^[22] , Tronsmart Draco AW80 ^[23]
A83T ^[24]	eight	ARM Cortex A7	PowerVR SGX544		1080p	H.264 1080p @ 30 fps	FCBGA345 14 mm x 14 mm, 0.28 mm Pitch
A64 ^[25]	four	ARM Cortex A53			4K resolution	H.265 / VP9 1080p @ 30fps, H.264 HP / VP8 4K × 2K @ 30fps		Tablets
H2 / H2 +	four	ARM Cortex A7	Mali-400mp2		1080p	H.265 / HEVC 1080P @ 60fps		Embedded PC, Routers, IoT, Robots	Orange pi zero
H3	four	ARM Cortex A7	Mali-400mp2		4K	H.265 4K @ 30fps		Embedded PC, TVbox, Robots	Orange Pi PC, Pi Lite, Pi Plus, Pi Plus 2 / E, Pi Mini 2
H5	four	ARM Cortex A53 64bit	Mali-450MP 6-core		4K	H.265 4K @ 30fps		Embedded PC, TVbox, Robots	Orange Pi PC 2
H8	eight	ARM Cortex A7	PowerVR SGX544		4K	4K @ 30fps		Embedded PC, TVbox

Notes

↑ Allwinner Technology - official page Archived on January 1, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Roland Quandt: Chinesen holen auf: Allwinner & Co setzen ARM-Riesen wie Qualcomm unter Druck. Entry at Mobilegeeks on March 11, 2013. (German)
↑ Rhombus-Tech: Allwinner A10 - ARM Cortex A8 SoC , September 17, 2013. (eng.)
↑ OpenNews: Backdoor in the debugging code of the modified Linux kernel for Allwinner systems (unspecified) . www.opennet.ru. Date of treatment May 10, 2016.
↑ More Proof That Allwinner Is Violating The GPL (German) . Phoronix (25. Februar 2015). Date of treatment February 25, 2015.
↑ For example: Cubieboard , LinkSprite, pcDuino , OpenBSD / armv7 ( unspecified ) . openbsd.org .
↑ OpenBSD / armv7 ( unspecified ) . web.archive.org . Archived November 12, 2013.
↑ FreeBSD / arm / Allwinner (neopr.) . https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner .
↑ Allwinner A10 product description Archived on November 22, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A10s product description Archived on April 14, 2015. (eng.)
↑ ' Allwinner Technology A Series Archived on July 14, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A13 product description Archived on May 25, 2016. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A20 product description Archived on July 12, 2016. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A23 product description Archived November 15, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A31 product description Archived on February 21, 2016. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A31s product description Archived December 4, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A33 product description Archived on November 9, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A33 processor Archived on June 8, 2014. GSM-Insider
↑ Allwinner Downloadcenter Archived June 24, 2014. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A80 product description Archived December 31, 2014. (eng.)
↑ Richard Lai: China's Allwinner also has an octa-core chip, touts powerful graphics. Engadget.com, February 25, 2014.
↑ Product Description Onda V989 (English)
↑ Tronsmart Draco AW80 Archived November 23, 2015 on Wayback Machine
↑ Allwinner A83t product description Archived on January 2, 2015. (eng.)
↑ Allwinner A64 product description

[1] Allwinner Technology - official page Archived on January 1, 2015. (eng.)

[2] Roland Quandt: Chinesen holen auf: Allwinner & Co setzen ARM-Riesen wie Qualcomm unter Druck. Entry at Mobilegeeks on March 11, 2013. (German)

[3] Rhombus-Tech: Allwinner A10 - ARM Cortex A8 SoC , September 17, 2013. (eng.)

[4] OpenNews: Backdoor in the debugging code of the modified Linux kernel for Allwinner systems (unspecified) . www.opennet.ru. Date of treatment May 10, 2016.

[5] More Proof That Allwinner Is Violating The GPL (German) . Phoronix (25. Februar 2015). Date of treatment February 25, 2015.

[OpenBSD_arm7-6] For example: Cubieboard , LinkSprite, pcDuino , OpenBSD / armv7 ( unspecified ) . openbsd.org .

[OpenBSD_arm7_wayback-7] OpenBSD / armv7 ( unspecified ) . web.archive.org . Archived November 12, 2013.

[FreeBSD_Allwinner-8] FreeBSD / arm / Allwinner (neopr.) . https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Allwinner .

[9] Allwinner A10 product description Archived on November 22, 2015. (eng.)

[10] Allwinner A10s product description Archived on April 14, 2015. (eng.)

[11] ' Allwinner Technology A Series Archived on July 14, 2015. (eng.)

[12] Allwinner A13 product description Archived on May 25, 2016. (eng.)

[13] Allwinner A20 product description Archived on July 12, 2016. (eng.)

[14] Allwinner A23 product description Archived November 15, 2015. (eng.)

[15] Allwinner A31 product description Archived on February 21, 2016. (eng.)

[16] Allwinner A31s product description Archived December 4, 2015. (eng.)

[17] Allwinner A33 product description Archived on November 9, 2015. (eng.)

[18] Allwinner A33 processor Archived on June 8, 2014. GSM-Insider

[19] Allwinner Downloadcenter Archived June 24, 2014. (eng.)

[20] Allwinner A80 product description Archived December 31, 2014. (eng.)

[21] Richard Lai: China's Allwinner also has an octa-core chip, touts powerful graphics. Engadget.com, February 25, 2014.

[22] Product Description Onda V989 (English)

[23] Tronsmart Draco AW80 Archived November 23, 2015 on Wayback Machine

[24] Allwinner A83t product description Archived on January 2, 2015. (eng.)

[25] Allwinner A64 product description