I got a reply from Allwinner... doesn't sound like it will be useful for us at all.
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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:42:50 +0800 From: service service@allwinnertech.com To: 'Michael Mrozek' mrozek@openpandora.org Subject: 答复: Allwinner A80 SoC for Pyra Handheld
Hello,
Thanks for your interest in A80. Please see my reply below in your mail.
- When would development boards be available (A80 OptimusBoard)------
Presently the baord is just for internal development and we don't have plan to sell it till now.
- When would the A80 go into production?
Maybe in Q2
- Are the needed technical documents and design guides already
available? If not, any approximate date?
not ready yet, release time is undetermined.
- We are planning quantities of about 10,000 per year.
Production at the beginning is planned in quantities of 1000, so it would be great if we could buy in batches similar to that. Is that quantity possible? What would the approx. price per SoC be?
need to be decided after the chipset release
- Will Linux drivers be available? We are aware that some drivers
(like the PowerVR) will only have sourcecode for the kernel part available, and the firmware itself will be a binary blob. That is perfectly fine.
to be confirmed
- Are there any informations about power usage (perf/W curves) and max. heat development available already?
not ready yet
- Is there a distributor available in Germany?
Presently we don't have German distributor