Introduction to Rockchip RK3576 AIoT Chip: Specs & App Scenarios

The RK3576 is the latest AIoT chip under Rockchip. Its product positioning is between the RK3588 and the RK3399/RK3568. Its performance is slightly weaker than that of the RK3588, and it has slightly fewer expandable peripheral interfaces. However, it still maintains an NPU with a computing power of 6 TOPS and also supports UFS storage. It is a highly cost-effective chip and is very suitable for commercial display devices, live video streaming devices, hosts of smart classrooms, smart home hubs, intelligent monitoring AI devices, industrial control hosts/industrial control boards, robot AI intelligent control boards, automotive electronics, ARM PCF/cloud terminals and other embedded systems and intelligent devices. It adopts an advanced manufacturing process, has a high-performance multi-core CPU and a powerful graphics processing unit, and is capable of handling various complex tasks such as image processing, video playback and audio processing.

System block diagram of RK3576

Specification parameters of the RK3576 chip (For reference only. Subject to Rockchip.)

• CPU： 4-core A72 @ 2.2 GHz + 4-core A53 @ 1.8 GHz
• GPU：G52 MC3@1GHz
• NPU：6TOPS
• DRAM：LP4/LP4X-4266/LP5-4800，Data-bus 32-bit@16GB（single - die）
• Flash：eMMC5.1-HS400/UFS2.1-G3
• Video：4K 120FPS decoding - H264/H265/VP9, 4K 120FPS decoding - AV1/AVS2, 4K 30FPS encoding - H264/H265, and the codec supports 4K @ 30FPS MJPG.
• Display：Maximum 4k 60fps. It supports three different displays (2.5K + 2.5K + 2K, or 4K + 2K). It also supports HDMI/EDP + DP + MIPI DSI.
• Camera：It supports ISP 16MP×1, three 4-Lanes MIPI CSI, among which two can be split into 2*2 Lanes, and also supports BT656/BT1120.
• Connectivity：PClex2/USB3.1/SATAx1/TypeCx1/GMACx2/CANx3
• Package：16.1*17.2mm，0.65pitch

Introduction to the Application Scenarios of RK3576

Commercial Display Devices

The RK3576 features abundant display interfaces, which can meet the requirements of 4K commercial display. Moreover, it has an AI computing power of 6 TOPS, capable of fulfilling edge AI applications. It can be widely used in devices such as advertising machines, digital signage, and smart large screens.

Video Live Streaming Devices

The RK3576 has powerful audio and video codec capabilities. It supports the input of multiple video sources and multiple audio sources, as well as communication interfaces like PCIE WIFI6, 4G/5G, and Gigabit Ethernet. It is highly suitable for products such as all-in-one video conferencing devices, conference tablets, and live streaming machines.

Smart Classroom Hosts

Smart classrooms require a CPU with powerful performance and rich interfaces for expanding peripheral devices. The RK3576 precisely meets such demands perfectly.

Smart Home Hubs
The RK3576 supports two RGMII interfaces and two PCIE interfaces, which can be used to expand multiple Ethernet connections, external switches, and WiFi network cards. It can be developed into a smart home hub gateway. With a built-in high-computing-power AI core NPU of 6 TOPS, it can bring users a more intelligent experience and broad imagination space for development.

Industrial/Vehicle Control Hosts
The RK3576 can perfectly replace the RK3399/RK3568 and be applied in a wide range of industrial control scenarios. With lower power consumption, smaller packaging, stronger performance, and a more powerful AI brain, it provides a comprehensive upgrade for industrial control.

Security Monitoring Devices
The RK3576 offers an AI computing power of 6 TOPS and has powerful codec capabilities. It can be used for edge video analysis, such as face recognition, voice recognition, text recognition, scene recognition, and behavior analysis, providing powerful support for public security scenarios like smart security, smart cities, and natural disaster monitoring.

ARM PC/Cloud Terminals
The RK3576 is also an excellent choice for ARM PCs and cloud terminal devices. It can be used to develop some industry-specific laptops, tablets, mini PCs, and other devices.

AIoT Teaching Development Boards
With powerful performance, comprehensive functions, appropriate price, and strong compatibility, the RK3576 is a chip highly suitable for development boards. It can cover all application scenarios of AIoT and supports operating systems such as Android, Linux Buildroot/Debian/Ubuntu, and OpenHarmony. Whether it's for teaching and scientific research in universities or for enterprise project evaluation, it is the best choice.