There are a lot of chips in the Shenzhen tablet market currently. We've got classic ARM9/ARM11-based ones, ARM Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 ones as well. Sometimes it can get a little confusing, especially if you're on the lookout for chips that do something specifically well - you may be willing to accept worse performance in one area for better performance in another. Well, inspired a very useful post by MICDigi, we've decided to compile a brief list of some of the more commonly found chips in Shenzhen tablets, and what their strengths / weaknesses are and some examples of tablets that use them. Without further ado...
Rockchip chips are some of the most common you'll find in low-cost Shenzhen tablets - that is, the classic ARM9-based Rockchip chips (RK2808 and RK2818). The former is es
This prototype tablet holds an Amlogic Cortex-A9 based SoC, what we believe is the AML8726-M (see their press release). This is reportedly the same chip that both the Ramos W10 and W12 will be using. The Amlogic chip will be clocked between 800MHz and 1GHz and offers an on-board Mali-400 GPU package. It does Android 2.2 and can do full HD 1080p video playback - there is little reason to not be excited. The prototype tablet imaged above has been in curious hands and a Quadrant benchmark run was performed, with the prototype scoring 1273. It's not an overly impressive score - is this a reflection on how the AML8726-M will perform in the Ramos tablets, or are we seeing here a limitation in the Android implementation on the tablet? We certainly hope that it is only the latter.
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RAmos have been busy bees recently, what with their recent firmware updates (one improving flash support), their Q28Cam release and more on the horizon, and now the apparent listing of the T17HD 4.3-inch player. Though I would swear I've seen this player floating around the net before (the similar model T17FHD received a glowing review here), it seems that RAmos have only recently officialy listed their T17HD player - the 8GB version. Since a few reviews of the player have cropped up around the net, some dating as far back as April, this announcement seems a little surprising. Moving forward regardless, the T17HD is a 4.-3inch player capable of playing videos at up to 1080p resolution so it is probably using the new Amlogic processor which it has recently begun to adopt in full force,
According to iMP3, the RAmos T12FHD should be nearing availability - at the very least in the Chinese market so you can expect it to filter to international sellers in the coming few weeks. To refresh your memory on specs, the T12FHD will have a 5-inch 800×480 screen, use the new Amlogic processor (the same as in the T17FHD so video playback is expected to be strong with video decoding capabilities of up to 1080p), will support a wide variety of video formats such as AVI, MKV, RMVB, TS, FLV, VOB, H.264 etc. and a wide variety of audio files, including lossless.
This T12FHD is a refresh and the updated component is the new Amlogic processor. This is the same media processor as is used in the T17FHD, so video playback will be its strong point. Until i see how the UI is on thi
The good people over at iMP3 have broken down the MP4 market in terms of the chips that the various players use, listing their pros, cons and general feature sets. This is an in-depth article which you really should read, but we'll give you the gist over here.
Telechips, credited with being integral to the original Mp4 HD capability push, and their TCC8901 chip is which is based upon ARM11 architecture and clocked at 600MHz is given a generally good appraisal, while the Sochip SC9800 is regarded as the ultimate chip for 1280P decoding. The Amlogic AML8726-H is said to have good 1080p video playback as well as supporting Flash and OTG in a more than adequate capacity. The Rockchip RK2806 receives commendable appraisal, and is compared to a 720p master but therein also lies its weakness,
Though the news is a little old, and spotted by a forum member a few days ago, an upcoming firmware for the T13FHD is supposed to boost the flash performance on these players, something that has previously dogged them slightly with their Amlogic processors. The firmware upgrade should provide a boost in performance of SWF games which is never unwelcome.
Discuss this in the forums (also, some resources for games).
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Back when the RAmos T12FHD player was reported, street pricing and a release date hadn't been announced for the player. Now news has filtered through that the RAmos T12FHD player will be priced at around 499 Yuan, which is directly equivalent to around $75 USD but I would take a grain of salt with that direct conversion pricing as distributer to a global market may likely increase the price to varying extents. Also filtered down is word that the T12FHD is starting to become accessible in certain cities in the Chinese market.
To refresh your memory on specs, the T12FHD will have a 5-inch 800x480 screen, use the new Amlogic processor (the same as in the T17FHD so video playback is expected to be strong with video decoding capabilities of up to 1080p), will support a wide variety of vi
The new RAmos T13FHD is now in stock, we have the 8GB version in right now and in a white back cover, i don't know if a 16GB or alternative color version will be released.
The RAmos T13FHD uses an Amlogic SoC, if you're wondering why that name sounds familiar, it's because its the same brand chip we have in our new Nationite HDVP-2. Like the HDVP-2, the T13FHD is a very good video player, capable of decoding videos that are upto 1080p and supports video out upto 1080p resolution.
The touch screen interface uses a resistive touch panel, 5.0" 800 x 480 screen and is coupled with a UI based on flash, however unlike other flash based UI's i have seen, the T13FHD is a bit more clunky and scrolling is not as smooth. This is made up for by the very good video playback as well as the ve
iMP3 looks to have got their hands on a new RAmos T13FHD and have snapped a few pictures for everyone to see.
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The RAmos T13FHD is the latest touch screen based PMP from RAmos, the player runs on a Amlogic media processor and will have a flash based UI.
The latest promo images released for this player show it to have a similar intergace to that of the T11RK. With the UI being flash based, it could be possible that RAmos is just porting their UI from the T11RK to this player but making slight modifications.
More images on the forum
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