ES8000 teardown by Chipworks

[sbav1]

http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-c ... -smart-tv/

MAX3222, I guess we can expect normal ex-link jack in this model
1GB (4*256) onboard RAM (yet still only 2 channels)
2GB flash (MovieNAND, MMC I/F)
Ethernet PHY still just 10/100.. Cheapsakes!

[erdem_ua]

Good review.

[maxprasak]

http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-c ... -smart-tv/

MAX3222, I guess we can expect normal ex-link jack in this model
1GB (4*256) onboard RAM (yet still only 2 channels)
2GB flash (MovieNAND, MMC I/F)
Ethernet PHY still just 10/100.. Cheapsakes!

Yes, I can confirm these:

- MAX3222 => service port as 3,5" jack as serial line with ttl logic level (115200 8n1)
- onboard RAM is 2 channels DDR (see from debug output)
- Eth PHY is 10/100 only (communicate only at 100Mbs even if I use 1Gbs at second side of direct cross cable)

A also can confirm some main chip features:

SDP1106 - Flamengo chip (2011)
- CPU_V7 - Cortex A9 (32KB/23KB/256KB)
- VFP - ARM Floating point math coop
- NEON - ARM Advanced SIMD Extension support
- PL330 - AMBA and DMA master
- ARM_GIC

(containing also 2xUSB OHCI,4xUART,GMAC,MMC,SMC,SPI,INTR)