RockChip unveils RK3188 quad-core chip aimed at Android Tablets


RockChip, a popular Chinese chip manufacturer has announced the launch of RK3188, their new quad-core chip at the CES 2013. It is based on ARM Cortex-A9 architecture and is built on 28nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) process that would offer less power consumption and better performance. It also has 533MHz Mali-400 MP4 GPU with OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 support for gaming. MediaTek launched the MT6589, their first quad-core processor last month that is also based on 28nm process, but it is based on Cortex A7 architecture.

The chip is aimed to mid range tablets and has support for 2048 x 1536 resolution multi-layer dual panel displays, 1080p video encoding for H.264 and vp8 at 30 fps and 1080p 60 fps multi-format video decoder. It has DDR3, DDR3L and LPDDR2 memory support, MLC NAND Flash, iNAND Flash, eMMC/SDMMC and USB booting. It also comes with USB OTG 2.0, USB Host 2.0, RMII Ethernet interface and GPS support.

RockChip would showcase tablets powered by their quad-core and dual-core chips at CES, but there are no details when the chip would be available. The older RockChip RK3066 dual-core chip is present in the recently launched Videocon VT10 and Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 Tablets. So we can expect some tablets with the RK3188 quad-core chip later this year.


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