• DshanPi-A1 AI Education is a single board computer (SBC) powered by a Rockchip RK3576 octa-core Cortex-A72/A53 SoC, and paired with up to 8GB RAM and 64GB eMMC flash, which I first discovered in theLinux 6.19 changelog. • The board features HDMI 2.1 video output, a mini HDMI video input port, a MIPI DSI display interface, two MIPI CSI connectors for up to four cameras, dual GbE, an M.2 Key-E socket for WiFi and Bluetooth, a few USB ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header compatible with some Raspberry Pi HAT boards. • DShanPi-A1 specifications: SoC -Rockchip RK3576CPU - Octa-core  CPU with 4x Cortex-A72 cores at 2.2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 cores at 2.0 GHz(1.6GHz for Industrial and Automotive)GPU - Arm Mali-G52 MC3 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, and 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, and Vulkan 1.2NPU - 6 TOPS (INT8) AI accelerator with support for INT4, INT8, INT16, BF16, TF32 mixed operations.VPUVideo DecoderH.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2 up to 8Kp30 or 4Kp120H.264/AVC and MJPEG up to 4Kp60Video Encoder - H.264, H.265, MJPEG up to 4Kp60 CPU - Octa-core  CPU with 4x Cortex-A72 cores at 2.2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 cores at 2.0 GHz(1.6GHz for Industrial and Automotive) GPU - Arm Mali-G52 MC3 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, and 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, and Vulkan 1.2 NPU - 6 TOPS (INT8) AI accelerator with support for INT4, INT8, INT16, BF16, TF32 mixed operations. • VPUVideo DecoderH.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2 up to 8Kp30 or 4Kp120H.264/AVC and MJPEG up to 4Kp60Video Encoder - H.264, H.265, MJPEG up to 4Kp60 Video DecoderH.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2 up to 8Kp30 or 4Kp120H.264/AVC and MJPEG up to 4Kp60 H.265, VP9, AV1, and AVS2 up to 8Kp30 or 4Kp120 H.264/AVC and MJPEG up to 4Kp60 Video Encoder - H.264, H.265, MJPEG up to 4Kp60 System Memory - 2GB, 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB LPDDR4 StorageMicroSD card slotOptional 32GB or 64GB eMMC flash MicroSD card slot Optional 32GB or 64GB eMMC flash Video OutputHDMI 2.1 up to 4Kp1204-lane MIPI DSI connector HDMI 2.1 up to 4Kp120 4-lane MIPI DSI connector Video InputMicro HDMI Inpu

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  • The DShanPi‑A1 AI Education SBC is a compact, low‑cost board built around Rockchip’s RK3576 octa‑core SoC, offering up to 8 GB LPDDR4 RAM and optional 64 GB eMMC storage. It supports HDMI 2.1 output, a mini‑HDMI input, dual MIPI‑CSI ports for up to four cameras, dual Gigabit Ethernet, an M.2 Key‑E slot for Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth, and a 40‑pin GPIO header compatible with many Raspberry Pi HATs. The board includes a Mali‑G52 GPU, 6 TOPS NPU, and 8K video decoding/encoding. Linux images (Armbian, Buildroot, OpenWrt) provide full feature support, while other OSes lack some peripherals. It sells on AliExpress for $82.90-$130.98, depending on RAM and storage.

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