02-11-2022, 09:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2022, 09:28 PM by stuartiannaylor.)
I have been puzzled by the offerings with the rk356x as the SoC has some killer features but as a general purpose SBC its not.
Could of been the lowest cost 3 sata board with 1gbe nic going and a amazing board for that.
0.8Tops NPU is OK for some AI likely vision that CSI gives and the cut down Mali G52 2EE can also be used as a co-processor with arm-nn but it is a cut down G52 and think single core as 2EE does not mean MP2.
It seemed to get offered as a general purpose SBC because we make GP SBC but when you look at the end product of format given it does little more than what was already avail.
The mux for the RK356x looked initially quite exciting for some specific purpose boards filling some niches that do have a market where less is likely more.
![[Image: RK3568-multiplexed-sata-usb-3.0-pcie.jpg?lossy=1&ssl=1]](https://eji4evk5kxx.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/RK3568-multiplexed-sata-usb-3.0-pcie.jpg?lossy=1&ssl=1)
I think Rockchip created a very flexible SoC but don't think they intended for every interface to be populated for a single application, so likely ended up less cost effective than intended.
Could of been the lowest cost 3 sata board with 1gbe nic going and a amazing board for that.
0.8Tops NPU is OK for some AI likely vision that CSI gives and the cut down Mali G52 2EE can also be used as a co-processor with arm-nn but it is a cut down G52 and think single core as 2EE does not mean MP2.
It seemed to get offered as a general purpose SBC because we make GP SBC but when you look at the end product of format given it does little more than what was already avail.
The mux for the RK356x looked initially quite exciting for some specific purpose boards filling some niches that do have a market where less is likely more.
I think Rockchip created a very flexible SoC but don't think they intended for every interface to be populated for a single application, so likely ended up less cost effective than intended.
