Allwinner released T2 SOC working -40+85C targeting automotive entertainment, it’s re-branded A20 with expanded operating temperature


T2

Allwinner released recently their T2 SOC targeting automotive entertainment panels.
Looking at the specs we saw that it suspiciously looks like A20.

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This is not the first time Allwinner releases their old silicons under new names like A13-R8, A33-R16, R40-T3 etc.  I personally find this quite confusing.

We got some T2 samples and now assembly A20-OLinuXino-LIME, A20-OLinuXino-LIME2, A20-OLinuXino-MICRO and A20-SOM with them to test for hardware and software compatibility.
Once we are sure everything works OK will release T2-OLinuXino boards which will be with industrial temperature grade -40+85C for all components on the boards.

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To this moment all our A20-XXX-IND boards has components for or exceeding -45+85C, but A20 SOC was specified -20+70C.

5 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. jonsmirl
    May 31, 2018 @ 16:40:34

    The names are because of Allwinner’s lunatic scheme of competing business units. Each business unit has a different letter.

    The competing business unit scheme was in vogue in the US during the 1980’s and it was a complete disaster. Far too much is wasted internally when the groups don’t cooperate.

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  2. diego
    Jun 01, 2018 @ 00:07:58

    Is this just a qualification testing issue or are there in general any differences between normal and ext. Temp versions to expect?

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  5. geeken
    Jun 06, 2018 @ 08:38:14

    I wonder if the T2 is fabbed at lower nanometers to reduce power consumption ?

    It would be good to measure operating and standby currents and comparing this to the A20, to prove if this were possible.

    The A20 was 55nm ?

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