01-28-2023, 11:16 AM
Hello forum,
As you might know, Pine uses 4 rockchip models:
RK3288 (4 slow cores)
RK3399 (2 fast cores + 4 slow cores) 4GB RAM max
RK3566 (4 slow cores) 8GB RAM max
RK3588 (4 fast cores + 4 slow cores) 32GB RAM max
The Pinephone Pro is based on RK3399. The new Pine Tablet announced and under development would use RK3566.
But i am concerned this chip is not powerful enough. For a cool tablet a good single thread performance and good GPU performance is necessary. RK3588 seems to be right chip for that. RK3566 is much less powerful. Also the 3588 is produced on 8nm process node, which is very modern as the latest and greatest is now on 5nm. Not sure what process the other chips are produced on, but i recall they were very old process nodes. RK3588 is the bomb - a super upgrade for those loving libre arm64 hardware. Can boot blobless so privacy-wise this chip is pretty awesome.
So ideally, i would love to see:
- PinePhone Pro 2 or PinePhone Ultra based on RK3588
- PineBook Ultra based on RK3588
- PineTab Ultra based on RK3588.
If you make the product build quality good - use aluminium casing and have good feel quality - then these products could be considered medium/high-end. The RK3399 could be considered low/medium-end i guess. The upgrade will allow for gaming as the RK3588 has great GPU performance. But the drivers are still a WIP for many months i guess? So i am hoping the people behind Pine would consider upgrading to the RK3588 later this year. It would make an excellent laptop and tablet. The phone needs the upgrade less, but it is still a 'killer product' from pine as we have only Librem as competition.
What do you people think?
As you might know, Pine uses 4 rockchip models:
RK3288 (4 slow cores)
RK3399 (2 fast cores + 4 slow cores) 4GB RAM max
RK3566 (4 slow cores) 8GB RAM max
RK3588 (4 fast cores + 4 slow cores) 32GB RAM max
The Pinephone Pro is based on RK3399. The new Pine Tablet announced and under development would use RK3566.
But i am concerned this chip is not powerful enough. For a cool tablet a good single thread performance and good GPU performance is necessary. RK3588 seems to be right chip for that. RK3566 is much less powerful. Also the 3588 is produced on 8nm process node, which is very modern as the latest and greatest is now on 5nm. Not sure what process the other chips are produced on, but i recall they were very old process nodes. RK3588 is the bomb - a super upgrade for those loving libre arm64 hardware. Can boot blobless so privacy-wise this chip is pretty awesome.
So ideally, i would love to see:
- PinePhone Pro 2 or PinePhone Ultra based on RK3588
- PineBook Ultra based on RK3588
- PineTab Ultra based on RK3588.
If you make the product build quality good - use aluminium casing and have good feel quality - then these products could be considered medium/high-end. The RK3399 could be considered low/medium-end i guess. The upgrade will allow for gaming as the RK3588 has great GPU performance. But the drivers are still a WIP for many months i guess? So i am hoping the people behind Pine would consider upgrading to the RK3588 later this year. It would make an excellent laptop and tablet. The phone needs the upgrade less, but it is still a 'killer product' from pine as we have only Librem as competition.
What do you people think?
