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Were the HDMI output and audio DSP licensed IP blocks from another company? On other Allwinner chips, the HDMI phy is from a different company than Allwinner.
by simfree 5y ago
Were the HDMI output and audio DSP licensed IP blocks from another company? On other Allwinner chips, the HDMI phy is from a different company than Allwinner.
Guess this is a super budget respin of this chip, where most licensed IP blocks have been removed.
- monocasa 5y agoOr even just that the chip was designed to fuse these blocks off for the low price options. It's not uncommon for those license agreements to allow disabled blocks without the licensing fees.
- brucehoult 5y agoIt saves millions of dollars to not have to do a different mask set, so quite likely. The downside is wasted silicon area and thus per-unit cost, but you've got to make a lot before that bites.
- phlipski 5y agoHIFI4 is Cadence IP.