Amlogic

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Amlogic Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Mountain View, California. Founded in 1995, it designs and sells system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors used in Android TV boxes, streaming sticks, tablets, and smart TVs around the world. The company licenses ARM technology and has used ARM Mali GPUs in many of its chips.

Amlogic’s product lines include several families of SoCs such as AML8726, M8, MX, S802/S805/S812, and S9/S905/S912. These chips power a range of devices, offering features like 4K video playback, multiple video codecs (H.264, HEVC, VP9), and connectivity such as Gigabit Ethernet and dual-band Wi‑Fi. Some models also carry Dolby/DTS licenses for advanced audio.

In 2016, some S9 models were reported to run at lower clock speeds than advertised. The company targets Android TV boxes and media dongles as well as smart TVs and projectors, with several SoCs designed for TV and home entertainment personas. Amlogic has indicated plans for hardware AV1 video decoding in newer generations and publicly showcased second‑generation media processors around 2018–2019.

Amlogic also provides Linux kernel code and Android SDK resources to partners, though access to some development tools requires a non-disclosure agreement. The company competes with Rockchip, MediaTek, Allwinner, Realtek, and others in the Chinese tablet and Android TV box market.