On September 24, 2025 – Allwinner Technology successfully held the “Allwinner Industrial Ecosystem Seminar & T153 Chip Launch Event” in Shanghai, officially introducing the T153 processor positioned as the “Cost-Effective Industrial Chip.” This chip is widely applicable to industrial applications such as PLCs, HMIs, and industrial gateways, providing customers with high-performance, highly reliable, and supply-stable solutions for industrial intelligent devices.

Core Architecture: Multi-core Heterogeneous Design

The T153 features a unique multi-core heterogeneous architecture, integrating a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 high-performance CPU with a frequency of up to 1.6GHz, alongside a single-core RISC-V XuanTie E907 real-time co-processor running at 600MHz. This design achieves a balance between high performance and real-time capabilities:

• Cortex-A7 Cores: Handle complex upper-layer applications, data communication, and human-machine interaction tasks.
• RISC-V E907 Core: Dedicated to real-time control tasks, such as motor control and sensor data acquisition.

Interface Configuration

Network & Industrial Bus Interfaces

• 3x Gigabit Ethernet interfaces: Support multi-node network deployment.
• 2x CAN-FD interfaces: Support data transfer of up to 64 bytes, compatible with CAN 2.0A/2.0B standards.
• 1x LocalBus parallel bus: Supports 8/16/32-bit width, with a maximum interface speed of 150MHz@16bits or 100MHz@32bits.

General Peripheral Interfaces

• 10x UART serial ports
• 30x PWM interfaces
• 24x GPADC: 12-bit sampling resolution, maximum sampling rate of 1MHz
• 6x TWI interfaces: Compatible with I2C standard
• 4x SPI interfaces: Maximum clock frequency of 100MHz
• 141x GPIO

Display & Image Processing Capabilities

• Display Interfaces: Supports RGB, LVDS, and MIPI-DSI interfaces (multiplexed), with a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60fps.
• Image Processing: Integrated ISP, supports 2x sensor inputs, processing capability up to 1M@30fps online or 2M@30fps offline.
• Graphics Acceleration: Built-in G2D graphics acceleration unit.

Industrial-Grade Reliability Design

• Operating Temperature Range: -40°C to +85°C
• Long Lifecycle: Guaranteed supply for 10-15 years.
• Security Features: Supports secure boot and Chinese National Cryptographic Algorithm IP, meeting industrial security certification requirements such as IEC-60730 Class-B and PSA L1.

Software Ecosystem & Development Support

The T153 supports AMP multi-core heterogeneous systems, capable of running multiple operating systems simultaneously, including Tina Linux, RTOS, and Baremetal. Allwinner provides a comprehensive software development kit and has gained support from software ecosystem partners like CODESYS and OneOS, forming a complete development ecosystem from chip to system.

Application Scenarios

• Industrial Control: PLC equipment, where the Cortex-A7 cores handle logic operations and data communication, and the RISC-V core implements real-time I/O control, improving device response speed.
• Power Industry: Power monitoring terminals, where the wide-temperature design and national cryptographic security features adapt to outdoor scenarios like substations and distributed energy resources, ensuring the stability of data acquisition and transmission.
• New Energy: PV inverters, monitoring the status of photovoltaic components via CAN-FD interfaces, and controlling power devices via PWM interfaces to achieve Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT); Charging piles, supporting 4G module and payment system integration, and connecting metering modules via the LocalBus interface to improve charging service efficiency.

Ecosystem Cooperation & Productization Progress

Forlinx Embedded has released an SoM solution based on the T153 – the FET153-S core board, measuring 44mm × 35mm, using a stamp hole + LGA connector, and exposing 185 pins. Simultaneously, they launched the OK153-S development board as an evaluation platform, equipped with rich expansion features including an RGB LCD interface, 3x USB 2.0 HOST interfaces, and 2x RS485 interfaces.

Touchtux has also simultaneously released a T153 core board, sized 38×38mm, using an 8-layer board with immersion gold process, supporting NAND Flash/eMMC storage options, with all components supporting an industrial operating temperature range of -40~85°C.

At the launch event, Allwinner Technology presented certification certificates to five initial certified ecosystem partners: Forlinx Embedded, MYIR Electronics, Tronlong Technology, Hezhong Hengyue Technology, and Rayson Technology, to jointly promote industrial intelligent upgrading.

With the ongoing advancement of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, the T153, leveraging its high performance, high reliability, and stable supply, is expected to play a significant role in fields such as industrial control, power energy, and intelligent transportation, aiding China’s industrial intelligent upgrade.