AllWinner processor development plans through 2015: A23, A6X, A7X, A8X, and A9X

Allwinner, a Chinese chip maker, recently announced plans to release AllWinner's SoC until 2015. A processor based on the cortex A7 / A15 big.LITTLE architecture is planned for 2014. For 2015, the Cortex A53 / A57 Big.LITTLE processor (the number of cores is not known).

• AllWinner A23 - dual-core cortex A7 @ 1.5 Ghz with Mali-400MP2 GPU, and 40nm manufacturing process. Scheduled for the third quarter of 2013, tablets will be presented later this month.
• AllWinner A6X - quad-core cortex A7 / A15 (big.LITTLE) @ 2.0GHz, GPU with increased performance by 1.7x (in comparison with SGX544MP2 in A31?). Scheduled for the 2nd quarter of 2014.
• AllWinner WX is a quad-core processor for wearable devices (for example: smartwatches). Scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2014.
• AllWinner A8X (A80) is an eight-core cortex A7 / A15 @ 2.0GHz processor with 2 times increased GPU performance. Scheduled for the first quarter of 2014.
• A llWinner A7X (A70) - “The economical big.LITTLE configuration option” is an eight-core processor. Scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.
• AllWinner A9X is an eight-core processor with A53 / A57 cores (64-bit!) With 4 times increased GPU performance, compared to SGX544MP2 in A31. It will be manufactured according to 16 or 20 nm manufacturing process, and will be available in the 4th quarter of 2015.
  

The published plans mean the appearance of fairly cheap devices based on the big.LITTLE AllWinner A80 eight-core processors in the near future (first or second quarter of 2014.
No more accurate information, except for the new AllWinner A23

processor. AllWinner A23 processor specifications

• CPU - ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-Core with 128KB L1 Cache, 256KB L2 Cache
• GPU - ARM Mali 400MP2 with OpenGL ES 2.0 / VG 1.1 support
• Video
  
  • 1080p @ 60fps, FHD. Formats Mpeg1 / 2, Mpeg4 SP / ASP GMC, H.263, H.264, WMV9 / VC-1.
  • H.264 High Profile 1080p @ 60fps
  • stream with RTSP, HTTP, HLS, RTMP, MMS
  • OpenMax protocol support
  
  
• Screen
  
  • 1/2/4-lane MIPI DSI up to a resolution of 1280 × 800
  • MIPI DSI V1.01 and MIPI D-PHY V1.00
  • command mode and video mode
  • RGB / CPU / LVDS LCD up to 1280 × 800
  
  
• Camera
  
  • Integrated Parallel Camera Interface
  • 5M CMOS sensor support
  • support 8-bit YUV sensor
  
  
• Memory - DDR3 / DDR3L SDRAM, and 8-bit NAND Flash controller
• Audio - Integrated Hi-Fi audio codec, two integrated independent lines for microphone and headset, support for standby conversation for very low power consumption.
• Power - AXP223 PMIC. Supports 21-channel power supply and 2.1A in charging mode, compatible with USB 3.0 standard.

For this processor, AllWinner provided the Android 4.2.2 SDK.

AllWinner A23, is a budget version of the A20 AllWinner, without Ethernet and SATA support, with a maximum resolution of 1280 × 800, which indicates the use in cheap tablets. We increased the frequency from 1.0 GHz to 1.5 GHz, possibly due to the transition to a smaller manufacturing process (40 nm versus 55 nm). The power consumption was reduced by 50 mA in audio playback mode, by 2.6mA in standby mode. OpenMAX
support will make software development easier and cheaper for developers, as you don’t have to pay deductions if you use CedarX.

A23-based tablets will be available this month, but some Chinese news sites have finished prototypes of devices (8 ”, with a resolution of 1024 * 768), with a performance of 12,500 points in Antutu 4.0.3. You can read in more detail (in Chinese): 1pad.cn and imp3.net.