Allwinner A523

Overview

Allwinner A523 features high-performance platform processors for medium- and high-end tablets and interactive display applications. It integrates octa-core Cortex-A55 CPU, RISC-V, and G57 MC01 GPU to ensure rapid response and smooth running for daily applications, such as online video, web browsing, and 3D gaming. Allwinner A523 also supports DDR3/DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X, eMMC, NAND, SPI NAND, high-speed interfaces (PCIe2.1 and USB3.1 GEN1), multi-video output interfaces (RGB/Dual-LVDS/2xMIPI-DSl/eDP), and video input interfaces (MIPI CSI). In addition, it supports 4K@60fps H.265 decoder, 1080P@60fps H.264 encoder, DI, and SmartColor system, providing users with outstanding experience. Allwinner A523 can be used in tablet PC market and interactive terminal market.

Outstanding performance with 8 x A55 CPU, RISC-V, G57 MC01 GPU, and 4GB DDR3/DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X

Support full format video playback, 4K@60fps H.265 video decoder, and 1080P@60fps H.264 video encoder

Output interfaces including RGB888, MIPI-DSI, dual link LVDS, eDP, and integrated MIPI CSI supporting maximum 4-ch HD camera input

Rich interfaces including 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x PCIE 2.1 & USB 3.1 combo, 1 x GMAC, 10 x UART, 9 x TWI, 30-ch PWM, and 4-ch GPADC

Block diagram

Specifications

CPU

Octa-core ARM Cortex-A55, up to 2.0 GHz

Single RISC-V CPU, up to 200 MHz

GPU

ARM G57 MC01

Support OpenGL ES 3.2/2.0/1.0, Vulkan 1.1/1.2/1.3, OpenCL 2.0

Memory

32-bit DDR3/DDR3L/DDR4/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X interfaces

Support maximum capacity of 4GB

4 chip select lines for LPDDR3, LPDDR4, and LPDDR4X

SD3.0/eMMC5.1 interface

8-bit Nand flash intertace with maximum 80-bit/1KB ECC

Video decoder

H.265 MP decoder up to 4K@60fps

H.264 BL/MP/HP decoder up to 4K@30fps

VP9 decoder up to 4K@60fps

Multi-format 1080p@60fps video playback, including VP8, MPEG1/2 SP/MP, MPEG4 SP/MP, AVS+/AVS JIZHUN

Video encoder

H.264 encoder up to 1080P@60fps

MJPEG encoder up to 4K@15fps

JPEG encoder up to 8K x 8K resolution

Video input

4+4-lane, 2+2+2+2-lane, or 4+2+2 MIPI CSI, up to 1.5 Gbit/s per lane in HS transmission, compliant with MIPI-CSI2 V1.1 and MIPI DPHY V1.1

Maximum video capture resolution of 8M@30fps

Support YUV422, YUV420, RAW-8, RAW-10, RAW-12

Video output

4+4-lane MIPI-DSI output interface up to 2.5K@60fps

LVDS interface with dual link, up to 1080p@60fps

One RGB interface with DE/SYNC mode, up to 1080p@60fps

eDP 1.3 up to 2.5K@60fps

Audio

2 DACs and 3 ADCs

2 x audio outputs: LINEOUTLP/N, LINEOUTRP/N, HPOUTL/R

3 x audio inputs: MICIN1P/N, MICIN2P/N, MICIN3P/N

I2S mode supports 8 channels, and 32-bit/192kbit sample rate

I2S and TDM modes support maximum 16 channels, and 32-bit/96kbit sample rate

Security engine

Support Full Disk Encryption

AES, DES, 3DES, and SM4 encryption and decryption algorithms

MD5, SHA, and HMAC tamper proofing

RSA, ECC signature and verification algorithms

Support 160-bit hardware pseudo random number generator (PRNG) with 175-bit seed

Support 256-bit hardware true random number generator (TRNG)

Integrated 4K-bit EFUSE for chip ID and security application

Connectivity

1 x USB2.0 Host, 1 x USB2.0 DRD, 1 x USB3.1 DRD & PCIe2.1 Combo

1 x GMAC (10/100/1000 Mbit/s port with RGMII and RMII interfaces)

2 x CIR RX, 1 x CIR TX, 9 x TWI, 4 x SPI (4-wire), 10 x UART

30-ch PWM, 4-ch GPADC, 2-ch LRADC

SDIO 3.0, LEDC, SPIF (8-wire)

PMIC

Companion Allwinner Power Management IC

Package

FCCSP 522balls

15 mm x 15 mm size, 0.5 mm ball pitch, 0.3 mm ball size

Process

22nm HPC

Octa-core 64-bit platform processor