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Ramos W41,a brand new and one of best Tablet PCs powered by ACT-ATM7029,is announced and available to ship

Ramos W41,a brand new and one of best Tablet PCs powered by ACT-ATM7029,is announced and available to ship

If we say 2012 is Dual Core year,then 2013 must be Quad Core year.

Nowadays,there are many Quad Core Chipsets available in the market. And many tablet manufacturer adopts Actions Semiconductor's ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core Chipset. Many people,like you,might have headache in making choice among so many ACT-ATM7029 powered Tablet PCs. Ainol announced many models powered by ACT-ATM7029. AMPE announced a few. And today,Ramos anounced two at the 2013 CES in Lasvegas US as well. And,we assume there will be more powering ACT-ATM7029 to come out in the near future. For more about ACT-ATM7029,please click to checkout.

Which one is best and worthy buying? Well,the answer to this question is up to you. Every one has every one's different thoughts and then different decisions and different choices.

At the 2013 CES in Lasvegas US,Ramos announced two more brand new Tablet PCs. They are Ramos W41 and Ramos W31 respectively. In this article,we mainly report about Ramos W41. For details about Ramos W31,please check back soon later.

Ramos W41 is a brand new Tablet PC with 9.4 inch 1280X800 pixel high definiton resolution IPS screen and ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core Chipset. Ramos W41 features 1GB DDR3 Ram and 16GB Nand Flash. Ramos W41 also features 4K*2K video playback.

Ramos W41 is in stock and available at only $219.99 to ship.

Ramos W41 is a sibling of Ramos W42. For the differences among them,please checkout Ramos W41,the very best ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core 9.4 inch Tablet PC,is available to ship.

Here's what Ramos W41 looks like.

Written by John Waterhouse

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January 13, 2013

Ramos W41,a brand new and one of best Tablet PCs powered by ACT-ATM7029,is announced and available to ship

January 10, 2013

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PCB board for Cube Peas Quad Core is exposed to public

January 08, 2013

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January 05, 2013

Onda advances to release Onda V972 and Onda V812 ahead of schedule by about one week,we will start shipping from Jan. 7th 2013

January 05, 2013

Firmware update tool and instructions for all ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core Tablet PCs,including Ainol Novo 10 Hero II and Ainol Novo 7 Venus

January 04, 2013

Ainol Novo 10 Hero II is available to ship,the shipment date of Ainol Novo 7 Venus is undecided yet

January 04, 2013

We are going to ship Onda V972 and Onda V812 around January 15th 2013

December 31, 2012

Announcement and release of Ramos W30HD- a more advanced Tablet PC than Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1,and Ramos W30-an alternative of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

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The first review for Ainol Novo 10 Hero II Quad Core is published

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December 28, 2012

The first video of review for Ainol Novo 10 Hero II Quad Core

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Intel Atom Processor Z2460

December 20, 2012

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The world's first ACT-ATM Quad Core Tablet Ainol Novo 7 Venus is released around Dec. 25 2012

Dec. 10th,2012. Shenzhen China.

As far as we dig inside Ainol today,Ainol is going to release its first ACT-ATM Tablet PC named Ainol Novo 7 Venus around Dec. 25th 2012.  Actually Ainol Novo 7 Venuswill the world's first released ACT-ATM Quad Core Tablet as well. 

We reported about Ainol Novo 7 Venus in many articles in Oct. 2012. Such as Full Specifications of Ainol/Ainovo Novo 7 Venus, Specifications of all Ainol Novo Tablets on the Ainol Catalog for 2012~2013 and Ainol Catalog of 2012~2013 - Insight to Ainol future plans and future products.

From those articles,we can see that Ainol Novo 7 Venus will be the first Quad Core 7 inch Tablet released by Ainol. Ainol Novo 7 Venus powers ACT-ATM7029 Chipset based on Cortex A9 Quad Core CPU ( Checkout ACT-ATM7029 A9 Cortex Quad Core by Actions in Zhuhai China to explore more about ACT-ATM7029 ),runs at up to 1.5GHz,features Mali400 Quad Core GPU,arms 1GB ultra-fast DDR3 Ram and 8GB Nand Flash. Ainol Novo 7 Venus features a 7 inch high definition 1280X800 pixel resolution 5-point touch IPS full viewing angle screen,the same resolution 1280X800 of the screen of Google Nexus 7 and much higher than the current mainstream 1024X768 IPS screen. Ainol Novo 7 Venus runs on the latest Android Operating System - Android 4.1 Jelly Bean,and is upgradable to Android 4.2. Ainol Novo 7 Venushas built-in GPS antenna so that you can use it as a GPS in your car. It has dual cameras - 0.3M pixel front facing camera and 2.0M pixel rear facing camera. Ainol Novo 7 Venus has HDMI port so that you watch video or play on the big screen. Ainol Novo 7 Venus has Google Play Store pre-installed so that you can access tons of thousands of apps for free. Ainol Novo 7 Venus features Bluetooth 2.1 so that you can connect a Bluetooth device,like a Bluetooth headset or Bluetooth keyboard,to Ainol Novo 7 Venus. Ainol Novo 7 Venus has a large volume battery - 4000mAh battery so that you will enjoy long battery life without charge.

We are taking pre-orders of Ainol Novo 7 Venus at only $149.99 with worldwide standard shipping flat rate $14.99. We have 2 shpping options - worldwide standard shipping flat rate $14.99 and worldwide express shipping flat rate at $24.99. However,all orders of Ainol Novo 7 Venus will be upgraded to express shipping by DHL(main carrier or other express carrier). All orders will be processed and shipped according to the payment time. Once the order is processed and shipped,a tracking number will be sent to buyer's email address. Please note phone number is required by express carrier for delivery. Please do not forget to include your phone number in the billing address or payment note.

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Quad Core CPUs Review among Samsung Exynos 4412,ACT-ATM7029 and Intel Atom Z2460

At the China Sourcing Fair held by Global Sources in Hong Kong from Oct. 12 to Oct 15,2012, Tablet PC was still one of the hottest spotlight,as before. At the China Sourcing Fair in 2012,the Chinese household digital brand Ramos announced Ramos W30,Ramos W30HD and so on. All of them are of Quad Core Tablet PCs. Ramos also announced Chinese first  Quad Core Tablet PC named Ramos 31 powered by ACT-ATM7029 and Chinese first Tablet PC named Ramos W32 powered by Intel Atom. All these spotlights attracted lots of oversea buyers.

Lots of oversea buyers gathered around the booth of Ramos at the China Sourcing Fair in 2012.

Now,let's start Quad Core CPUs Review among Samsung Exynos 4412,ACT-ATM7029 and Allwinner A31.

1. Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU ( powered on Ramos W30 and Ramos W30HD )

The first one that got spotlight is the one powered by Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU and named Ramos W30. Ramos W30 features a 10.1 inch 1280X800 pixel high resolution wide viewing angle IPS screen. Ramos W30 is powered by a Quad Core CPU based on Cortex A9,runs at up to 1.4GHz,in the meantime it also features Mali400 MP4 high frequency many core processor,1GB DDR3 Ram and 16GB Nand Flash Rom.

The specifications of Ramos W30HD powered by Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU and featured with HD IPS screen.

Not limited to Ramos W30,Ramos further announced the upgrade version of Ramos W30 - Ramos W30HD. Ramos W30HD is powered by the same Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU,but it is featured with a better screen. The screen of Ramos W30HD is 1900X1200 super high definition pixel and full viewing angel IPS screen,which is quite close to that of iPad 3 and that of iPad 4. This gives users awesome user experiences. From the specifications shown on the picture above,we can see that Ramos W30HD is powered by Quad Core CPU based on Cortex A9,featured with VFPv3 Module,NEON Coordinator and built-in Mali400 MP4 graphic processor,and supports OpenGL ES 2.0 graphic rendering technology for the super high definition screen.

Ramos W30HD and its inner PCB board.

As the core component of Ramos W30 and Ramos W30HD,Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU got and gets lots of attention - this is for certain. Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU is made in the lastes and most advanced 32nm HKMG LP. HKMG LP means it's to utilize high dielectric constant metal oxides to replace with silica and as a gate insulating layer,this enhances the capability of volume the gate to host more electron and the capability of control over the groove,which further lowers electricity leakage. HKMG is able to lower the electricity leakage by 10% at the same frequency while comparing with SiON/Poly-Si process. When at the same electricity leakage,HKMG is able to increase the frequency by up to 40%.

So,first,we see that Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU is made in a better 32nm LP,which targets more transistors in every unit square. In the meantime,the lengthen of the inner circuit of Exynos 4412 becomes smaller,therefore the heat dissipation is less. All these bring awesome performance and smart power consumption for Ramos W30 and Ramos W30HD and so on. Second,HKMG process also targets higher performance and lower power consumption. There's research pointing out that Samsung Exynos 4412 only consumes 80% of the power of last generation CPU. More than these,Samsung Exynos 4412 is also much more power saving than Nividia Tegra 3 due to better process in which itself is made. These are to say Ramos W30 and Ramos W30HD both powered by the same Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU would be much better than most Dual Core Tablet PCs and Quad Core Tablet PCs in the current market in battery life and heat dissipation.

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU is based on Cortex A9 and runs at up to 1.4GHz. At the same time,Mali400 MP4 graphic processor is able to run at up to 400MHz. So we see that the overall performance of Tablet PCs powerd by Exynos 4412 would be 60% higher,the graphic computing 50% higher.

Antutu Performance Scores for Ramos W30HD is 11859.

In the performance testing run by Antutu,Ramos W30HD hit 11859. This result is ahead of most other Quad Core Tablet PCs. 

2. ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core ( powered on Ramos W31  )

At the 2012 China Sourcing Fair,Ramos also announced its first powered by ACT-ATM7029 Tablet PC named Ramos W31. This Ramos W31 also attracts and attracted lots of buyers.

Chinese first ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core Tablet PC - Ramos W31 ( there are many companies claiming theirs are the first one )

Action Semiconductor is a Chinese semiconductor technology company specializing in integrated circuit and manufacture. ACT-ATM7029 is its first time to enter the field of Tablet PC. It really makes sense that Ramos works with Action to delelop Ramos W31 powered by ATM7029 for the first time. Ramos W31 features a 10.1 inch 1280X800 wide viewing angle IPS screen. The logo of Action can be seen while the booting logo is being loaded and displayed.

Ramos W31 powered by ATM7029 was exposed to public for the first time.

Actually ACT-ATM7029 was exposed to public for the first time as well. It is based on Cortex A9 Quad Core architecture,runs at up to 1.5GHz and has built-in Mali400 GPU graphic processing unit,supports OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0,OpenVG 1.1 and so on. In addition,Ramos W31 also features many memory chips,the total memory volume reaches 1GB and 2 Nand Flash chips targeting 16GB volume.

ACT-ATM7029 on Ramos W31

ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core CPU is made in advanced LP,and features awesome performance and lower power consumption. It also features advanced power management technology and dynamic freqency adjustment system in order to make OS run at a low level of power consumption to lengthen battery life. There is one more spot,that is it features USB 3.0 as well which targets much faster data transition. This is the first time in China so far ever. And ACT-ATM7029 supports 60fps full video decoding for HDMI 1.4A HD 1080P Output. Ramos W31 will run on the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

3. Intel Atom Z2460 Silverthorne ( powered on Ramos W32 )

Except the two Tablet PCs shown above,Ramos annouced another one powered by Intel Atom Z2460 as well,which is named Ramos W32. Ramos W32 features a 10.1 inch 1280X800 wide viewing angle IPS screen.

The booting view of Ramos W32 powered by Intel Atom Z2460

The logo of Intel can be seen while Ramos W32 is booting.

The specifications of Ramos W32

We can see more information about the hardware from the Antutu. We see that the Atom Z2460 on Ramos W32 is based on Saltwell X86 architecture,runs at up to 1.6GHz. In the meantime,this processor features Hyper-Threading design which enhances the effeciency and targets better optimization. Intel Atom Z2460 features PowerVR SGX540 GPU and supports OpenGL ES 2.0 graphic rendering technology.

Intel Atom Z2460 Silverthorne Processor powered on Ramos W32

Intel Atom Z2460 Silverthorne SoC is made in 32nm LP utilizing Co-POP packing,the size of packing is 12mm X 12mm. We can see the high build quality from the circuit and chip shown in the pictures above. You might not believe that Ramos W32 keeps low power consumption and high performance is because of the adoption of Intel Atom Z2460. Especially Intel Atom Z2460 supports deep sleep mode by C6E state and C4E state to save power consumption to further lengthen battery life. Intel Atom Z2460 integrates VDX385 and VDE285 of Imagination Technologies into itself,so it supports 1080P local video hard decoding.

The testing score by Antutu for Ramos W312 is 7326.

In the testing run by Antutu for Ramos W32,the result is 7326. Among the result are 4151 for CPU,1447 for Ram,693 for I/O. So we can conclude that  Ramos W32 is much more powerful than other Dual Core Tablet PCs based on Cortex A9. We can also see the great potential for the X86 Architecture from the high score 4151 for CPU. Ramos W32 features PowerVR SGX 540 graphic processing unit which runs at up to 400MHz. So the performance of 3D image is pretty high as well. 

Last words, we see that Ramos annouced many Tablet PCs at the 2012 China Sourcing Fair. Ramos W30 and Ramos W30HD power Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU,Ramos W31 powers ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core CPU and Ramos W32 powers Intel Atom Z2460. All these tell the evolution on design from Ramos.  We hope you could have an overall knowledge of the 3 Quad Core CPUs. Ramos powers its brand new Tablet PCs with these 3 great powerful CPUs,this will give user more choices and more breaking news.

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More rumors about ACT-ATM7029 Quad Core 1.5GHz CPU by Actions Semiconductor in Zhuhai China

Obviously,ACT-ATM7029 is the now fighter in the Chinese Quad Core CPU field. No body doubts this. The Quad Core P85HD from Teclast,the new brand new Android Tablets Ramos showcased at China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong from Otc 12 to 15 and the new brand new Quad Core Tablets from Ainol,all of them adopt ACT-ATM7029 of Actions Semiconductor. Some guys doubt ACT-ATM7029 also belongs to Allwinner. Because both companies (Actions Semiconductor and Allwinner) are in Zhuhai City Guangdong Province.

Anyway,now let's address the concerns and questions we all have.

1. Is the maximum frequency of Cortex A9 1.5GHz?

News and info about ACT-ATM7029 claims that the maximum frequency of the Quad Core based on Cortex A9 is 1.5GHz. Maybe many guys already know that Chinese companies exaggerates and like fudging time over time. So these guys always question Chinese companies. Leave alone personal feeling,we need to question the claims. If ACT-ATM7029 is manufactured in the 40nm LLP process of TSMC( Don't know tsmc? Click to visit.),it would be a problem for ACT-ATM7029 to run at 1.5GHz. If ACT-ATM7029 is really the first Quad Core CPU manufactured in the 28nm LP process,then such problem wouldn't exist - ACT-ATM7029 can run at 1.5GHz. And the reports of ACT-ATM7029 never mentioned what process it is manufactured in. So we have no idea so far.

2. Is ACT-ATM7029 manufactured in 40nm LLP process or 28nm LLP process?

If it is 40nm LLP process,then it most probably be the 40nm LLP process for which SMIC and Cisco co-work,because it helps save a lot of cost in budget. It might also be the 40nm LLP of TSMC.We have no expectation for 28nm LLP process. But as Chinese,we really hope ACT-ATM7029 can surprise us in big,because it will be the first ARM chip of China that's made in 28nm LLP process.

3. The GPU is GC1000 Quad Core or Mali400 Quad Core?

If it's GC1000 Quad Core,then there is no future for ACT-ATM7029. The Quad Core GPU of Freescale came out 3 months ago,it's Quad Core GC2000. But the problems of getting heat and incompatibility exist and annoy users. This should be resulted by the power management technology. So if ACT-ATM7029 adopts the less advanced GC1000 than GC2000,what would you think? If it's Mali400 Quad Core,being made in 40nm LLP process,it's certainly 266MHz and the stability and performance is good; and if it is made in 28nm LLP process,then it can run at 400MHz. So we prefer it to be Mali400 Quad Core,we would have much better experiences in gaming.

4. What about USB3.0?

ACT-ATM7029 should default to USB 3.0,so the data transition will be ultra-fast. The key is if the USB 3.0 port is integrated with built-in charging. The charging of USB3.0 matters. If ACT-ATM7029 integrates the charging feature for GPU,then it would be a great spot. We hope it do so. As of now,we haven't see the integrated DC charging port on the motherboard of Ramos tablets. So most probably,it will be charged by USB 3.0,because this helps,too,in saving a lot of cost in budget.

5. What about the price of ACT-ATM7029?

We found one of Ainol Tablets even is featured with 800X480 and Quad Core ACT-ATM7029. This means the cost of ACT-ATM7029 is almost same as RK3066. Many guys also cited that the downsizing ARM ACT-ATM7029 is resulted in by the purpose of lowering the cost. Anyway,the possibility exists. ACT-ATM7029 has RAM,Flash,WiFi and PMU around,no more.

6. L2 cache.

The L2 cache of Quad Core should be at least 1M. But if it needs to serve for low cost,then 512K would be possible. The smaller the L2 cache of ARM,the easier the design,and the less the cost.

7. The bit

Except that Tegra3 is 32 bit,all rest is 64 bit,including Freescale's 6 seriers Quad Core. So ACT-ATM7029 should be 64 bit. If it's 32 bit,then it helps again in saving cost.

8. Power Management

The power management on ACT-ATM7029 should be more out-standing. The old power management solutions of Actions were great. They served with less heat and lower power consumption. On contrary,Freescale's Quad Core CPU heats up fast and consume much power and resulted in incompatibility as well. And Samsung 4412 is undoubtedly great,its 32nm LLP process is a great spot.

9. Flash hard coding

Actions is good at hard coding for Flash. In the past Actions is the main one providing chips for PSP in China. And many Flash games are also from Actions. So,Flash hard coding should be another great spot of Actions.

Last words. In the first half year of 2012, each wafer contributes US $1,194 for TSMC,US $798 for UMC, US $752 for smics. All these differences are resulted in by the process applied.

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