At CES 2015, Chinese ARM processor manufacturer Rockchip announced its first 64 bit eight core chip RK3368.

The RK3368 is an eight core Cortex-A53 architecture with a maximum frequency of 1.5GHz. It supports the simultaneous operation of eight cores. The chip adopts 28nm process, supports up to 2560 × 1600 pixel screen, supports OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL 1.2 and DirectX 3.9, and supports 4K@60fps H. 265 video hard decoding, supports HDMI 2.0 interface, and can output 4K video losslessly.

The prototype at the exhibition is also very original, with an external 7.85-inch 2048 × 1536 resolution touch screen, Android 5.0 Lollipop system, 2G RAM+8G ROM, 2 megapixel front and 8 megapixel rear cameras.

Its performance is estimated to be similar to Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4 * 1.7GHz+4 * 1.0GHz) with the same 8-core A53 architecture. The A53 architecture focuses on low power consumption, which is a substitute for A7. Its performance is only slightly improved compared with Cortex-A9, but its power consumption has decreased significantly.

As a chip solution provider commonly used in domestic tablets, RK3368 is expected to be the mainstream processor of domestic high-end tablets this year. As for the shipment time, it is unknown.