Mediatek X20 development board

96Boards compliant community board based on new Mediatek X20 Soc is ready for launch. This is first development board in the industry to use Tri-Cluster, deca-core and ARM Cortex-A72 technology.Developers can use the advanced board to build solutions for existing and emerging markets.

Here is what MediaTek Executive Vice President Jeffrey Ju said about this board:

"With our new development board we give developers amazing computing performance and unmatched power efficiency of the MediaTek helio X20 that our customers use for commercial products. This goes to MediaTek's core of finding new ways to bring technology to the masses"

MediaTek X20 series of SoCs. X20 is a highly integrated application processor that includes Dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 processors operating at up to 2.3GHz, Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processors operating at up to 1.95GHz, Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processors operating at up to 1.4GHz and a Mali T880 GPU operating at up to 800MHz.

In addition, an extensive set of interfaces and connectivity peripherals are included to interface to cameras, touch-screen displays and MMC/SD cards. It also fully supports wireless communication, including WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS. The board only runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow at this stage.

Technical characteristics of Mediatek Helio X20 :

• SoC -Mediatek Helio X20 (MT6797) deca-core processor with two ARM Cortex A72 cores @ 2.1~2.3 GHz, four Cortex A53 @ 1.85 GHz, four Cortex A53 @ 1.4 GHz, and ARM Mali-T880 GPU @ 700 MHz
• System Memory - 2GB LPDDR3 @ 933 MHz
• Storage - 8GB eMMC 5.1 flash + micro SD 3.0 (UHS-I) slot
• Video Output - HDMI up to 1080p @ 30 fps
• Video Support 8211; 32MP @ 24fps / 25MP @ 30 fps; WQXGA 2560x1600 60fps; FHD 1920x1080 120fps; 4Kx2K 30fps H.265 w/HDR
• Connectivity - 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1 (MT6631), GPS with antenna connector
• USB - 2x USB 2.0 host ports, 1x micro USB port (device only).
• Expansion:
  • 1x 40 pin low speed expansion connector - UART, SPI, 2x I2C, 12x GPIO, DC power
  • 1x 60 pin high speed expansion connector - 4L-MIPI DSI, USB, 2x I2C, 2L+4LMIPI CSI
  • Optional 16-pin analog expansion connector - Stereo headset/line out, speaker, analog line-in, and more
• Misc - Power, reset and volume buttons. 6 LEDS (4x user, 1x Wifi, 1x Bluetooth)
• Power Supply - 8 to 18V DC input
• Dimensions - 85 x 54 mm
• Weight – 77 grams