RK3588 is a high-end general-purpose SoC using 8nm process technology. The CPU adopts the eight-core architecture of quad-core A76 and quad-core A55. The GPU adopts Mail G610MP4, integrates 6TOPS independent NPU, and supports four-channel LPDDR5, which effectively guarantees the performance of the RK3588 chip. output. RK3588 is also very prominent in video encoding and decoding. It supports hard encoding and decoding of 8K video, and is very suitable for VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality) and XR (extended reality) products, which can meet Application requirements for high-end entertainment, medical care, industrial assistance and individual soldier assistance.
RK3588 has powerful decoding and touch screen capabilities. RK3588 supports 8K video hardware decoding, up to 8K@60fps decoding and output, and can provide stable high-definition images for VR applications. The resolution of 8K can basically reach the sensory limit of the human eye, which can create a more realistic visual perception. RK3588 uses an independent hardware decoder, which has higher decoding efficiency, can effectively reduce power consumption, does not occupy CPU resources, and the CPU can continue to process other applications, ensuring performance. In addition, RK3588 supports the latest LPDDR5 memory particles, and the running memory adopts a four-channel design, which can fully guarantee the performance of the RK3588 platform.
RK3588 has a rich video input interface design. In terms of MIPI interface, it supports two MIPI DC (DPHY/CPHY) combination physical layers, MIPI4K@60FPS input, and multi-camera combination input. Can realize 2 MIPI DCPHY+4 MIPI CSI DPHY (2 channels), support 6 camera inputs; 2 MIPI DCPHY+1 MIPI CSI DPHY (4 channels)+2 MIPI CSI DPHY (2 channels), total Support 5 camera inputs; 2 MIPI DCPHY+2 MIPI CSI DPHY (4 channels), a total of 4 camera inputs are supported. The powerful computing power of RK3588 can be used to post-process the data collected by the camera to realize image optimization processing, splicing processing, superposition processing, etc. RK3588 has powerful video acquisition and processing capabilities to provide sufficient performance support for AR and MR applications.
Built-in independent large computing power NPU
RK3588 comes with 6TOPS NPU, which can provide sufficient computing power support for mainstream AI algorithm models. Rockchip is the first chip designer to build an independent NPU into SoC, and it can be said to be the first in the application of artificial intelligence. Although RK3399Pro does not have large-scale market applications, Rockchip has accumulated a lot in the ecology of artificial intelligence. The AI development kit Rock-X SDK launched by Rockchip has accumulated a lot of application examples, and users can call them through simple codes, which greatly reduces the technical threshold and accelerates product landing. The 6TOPS computing power of RK3588 can basically meet the computing power requirements of terminal equipment, and obtain a good user experience in machine vision, which is very necessary for the application of AR, MR and XR.
RK3588 has a strong expansion capability in wireless transmission. Different from chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek, most of Rockchip’s wireless transmissions use external chips. Although external chips will increase the PCBA area, the choice of chips is more flexible. RK3588 can support the expansion of WiFi6 and 5G data communication, can provide performance guarantee for high bit rate video transmission, and can effectively guarantee the transmission experience of 8K streaming media.
RK3588 has a wealth of expansion interfaces to meet the diverse needs of XR. XR is a hybrid application of VR, AR, and MR. In addition to high requirements on video encoding and decoding performance, it is necessary to process complex sensor information, control signals and other data. RK3588 itself is a SoC for industry applications. It can be said to be quite rich in terms of interface expansion. IIS, IIC, SPI, Uart, GPIO, SDIO and other interfaces are very rich and large in number, which can ensure stable and diverse data communication. And RK3588 also supports a full-featured Type-C interface, whether it is a head-mounted all-in-one device or a split host device, you can use RK3588 to land.