Collection: Amlogic S905X3 Quad Core

Amlogic S905X3 is described as an “advanced application processor designed for hybrid OTT/ IP Set Top Box (STB) and high-end media box applications.

Amlogic S905X3 specifications:

• CPU Sub-system
  • Quad core Arm Cortex-A55 CPU with Armv8-A Neon and Crypto extension, 8-stage in-order full dual issue pipeline, unified system L3 cache
  • Arm Cortex-M3 core for system control processing
  • Optional Arm Cortex-M4 core for always-on processing
  • TrustZone
  • Internal QoS based switching fabrics
• Optional Neural Network Accelerator – 1.2 TOPS NN inference accelerator supporting TensorFlow and Caffe
• 3D Graphics Processing Unit – Arm Mali G31MP2 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0 support
• 2.5D Graphics Processor
  • Fast bitblt engine with dual inputs and single output
  • Programmable raster operations (ROP)
  • Programmable polyphase scaling filter
  • Support for 4:2:0, 4:2:2, and 4:4:4 video formats, and multiple pixel formats (8/16/24/32 bits graphic layer)
  • Fast color space conversion
  • Advanced anti-flickering filter
• Crypto Engine
  • AES block cipher with 128/256 bits keys
  • TDES block cipher with ECB and CDC modes
  • SM4 block cipher with ECB, CBC, CTR modes
  • Hardware crypto key-ladder operation and DVB-CSA for transport stream encryption
  • TRNG, CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine
• Video/Picture CODEC
  • Amlogic Video Engine (AVE) with dedicated hardware decoders and encoders
  • Support multi-video decoder up to 4x 1080p60
  • Support multiple secured video decoding sessions and simultaneous decoding and encoding
  • Video/Picture Decoding
    • VP9 Profile-2 up to 4Kx2K @ 60 fps
    • H.265 HEVC MP-10 @ L5.1 up to 4Kx2K @ 60 fps
    • AVS2-P2 Profile up to 4Kx2K @ 60 fps
    • H.264 AVC HP @ L5.1 up to 4Kx2K @ 30 fps
    • MPEG-4 ASP @ L5, WMV/VC-1, AVS-R16/AVS-R2 JiZhun Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, and RealVideo 8/9/10 up to 1080p60
    • Multiple language and multiple format sub-title video support
    • MJPEG and JPEG unlimited pixel resolution decoding (ISO/IEC-10918)
    • Support 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/bitrate
    • JPEG image encoding
    • H.265/H.264 video encoding up to 1080p60 with low latency
• 8th Generation Advanced Amlogic TruLife Image Engine
  • Supports Dolby Vision (optional), HDR10+, HDR10, HLD and Technicolor HDR processing
  • Motion compensated noise reduction, and 3D digital noise reduction for random noise
  • Block noise, mosquito noise, spatial noise, contour noise reduction
  • Motion compensated and motion adaptive de-interlacer
  • Edge interpolation with low angle protection and processing
  • Smart sharpness with Superscalar technology including de-contouring, de-ring, LTI, CTI, de-jaggy, peaking
  • Dynamic non-linear contrast enhancement
  • All dimension multiple regions smart color management including blue/green extension, flesh-tone correction, wider gamut for video
  • 2 video planes and 3 graphics planes hardware composer
  • Independent HDR re-mapping of video and graphic layer
• Video Input/Output Interface
  • Built-in HDMI 2.1 transmitter including both controller and PHY supporting CEC, Dynamic HDR and HDCP 2.2, 4Kx2K @ 60 Hz max resolution output, ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode)
  • CVBS 480i/576i standard definition output
  • Support all standard video output formats: 480i/p, 576i/p,. 720p, 1080i/p, 4Kx2K
• Audio Decoder and Input/Output
  • Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RM, FLAC, Ogg and programmable with 7.1/5.1 down-mixing
  • Low-power VAD (Voice Activity Detection)
  • Built-in serial digital audio SPDIF/IEC958 input/output and PCM input/output
  • 3x TDM/PCM/I2S ports with TDM/PCM mode up to 384 KHz x 32 bits x 16ch or 96 KHz x 32 bits x 32 ch, and I2S mode up to 384 KHz x 32 bits x 16 ch
  • Digital microphone PDM input with programmable CIC, LPF & HPF, support up to 8 DMICs
  • Built-in Stereo audio DAC
  • Supports concurrent dual audio stereo channel output with combination of analog+PCM or I2S + PCM
• Memory & Storage Interface
  • 32-bit DRAM memory interface with dual ranks and max 4GB total address space
  • Compatible with JEDEC standard DDR3-2133 / DDR3L-2133 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR3-2133 / LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM
  • Support SLC/LMC/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 mode
  • eMMC and MMC card interface with 1/4/8-bit data bus width supporting spec version 5.0 HS400
  • Support serial 1, 2 or 4-bit NOR flash via SPI
  • Built-in 4k bits One-Time-Programming memory for key storage
• Network
  • Integrated 10/100/1000M Ethernet MAC with RGMII interface
  • Integrated 10/100M Ethernet PHY interface
  • WiFi & Bluetooth supported via PCIe, SDIO, USB, UART, or PCM
  • Network interface optimized for mixed WiFi and Bluetooth traffic
• Digital Television Interface
  • One serial and one parallel Transport Stream (TS) input interface with built-in demux processor for connecting to external digital TV tuner/demodulator
  • Built-in PWM, I2C and SPI interfaces to control tuner and demodulator
  • Integrated ISO7816 smart card controller
• Integrated I/O controllers and interfaces
  • 1x USB XHCI OTG 2.0 port
  • One USB SS and PCIe 2.0 combo port up to 5 Gbps configurable with either:
    • 1x USB 2.0 host port + PCIe
    • 1x USB 3.0 without PCIe
  • Multiple PWM, UART, I2C and SPI interfaces with slave select
  • Programmable IR remote input/output controllers
  • Built-in 10-bit SAR ADC with 4 input channels
  • GPIOs 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
  • Integrated Power On Reset (POR) module
• Power Management
  • 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 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
  • Separated secure/non-secure Entropy true RNG
  • Pre-region/ID memory security control and electric fence
  • Hardware based Trusted Video Path (TVP), video watermarking and secured contents (needs SecureOS software)
  • Secured IO and secured clock
• Package – FCBGA, 14 x 14mm, RoHS compliant

The Cortex-A55 cores deliver up to twice the performance compared to Cortex-A53 in memory benchmarks, and a more typical 20 to 30% performance improvement for common tasks at the same frequency.