Amlogic T972 Android Dvelopment Board

Amlogic T972

The Amlogic T972 chip uses a quad-core Cortex-A55 architecture. The CPU is clocked at up to 1.9GHz. Compared with the previous generation’s 1.5GHz clock speed, the T962 performance is increased by 63%. At the same time, the Amlogic T972 integrates about 1.5 billion transistors, which is about three times as many as the previous generation. In terms of graphics, the GPU was upgraded from Mali 450 to Mali-G31. The latter now supports the latest OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1 APIs.

The Amlogic T972 uses a 12nm FinFet (Fin Field Effect) 3D transistor technology. This significantly increases operating speed while reducing power consumption by 55% compared to the previous generation of 28nm process technology with a planar structure.

Moreover, this chip supports 8K (7680×4320) 10bit YUV4:2:0 high dynamic HDR format video decoding. The color level of each color channel is increased from 256 levels of 8 bits to 1024 levels of 10 bits.

Amlogic T972 SBC specifications:

• SoC – Amlogic T972 (or T962X2) quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 processor @ 1.98 GHz with Arm Mali-G31 MP2
 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 and OpenCL 2.0
• System memory – 2GB or 4GB DDR4
• Storage – 16GB eMMC flash, MicroSD card socket
• Display I/F
  • 40-pin 2.0mm pitch 8-/10-bit LVDS connector up to 1080p resolution
  • V-By-One connector up to 4K resolution
  • TP header, backlight header
• Video Inputs –  3x HDMI inputs, AV input
• Audio  – 3.5mm headphone jack, 4-pin header for 10W8Ω stereo speakers, I2S header, PDM header
• Connectivity
  • 10/100M Ethernet RJ45 port
  • 2.4 GHz WiFi 4 & Bluetooth (optional dual-band WiFi, Ampak AP6256 as on photo)
  • Optional 4G LTE modem via mPCIe socket + SIM card slot
• USB- 2x USB Type-A host ports, 3x USB interfaces via headers, including one OTG port
• Expansion
  • 1x mini PCIe socket
  • 4x UART headers
• Misc – IR receiver, RTC + battery backup
• Power Supply
  • 12V input via DC power jack or 4-pin header
  • 5V header likely output
• Dimensions – 160 x 115 mm