The SoCs incorporate the ARM Cortex-A8 as their main processor[4] and the Mali 400 as the GPU.
The Allwinner A1X is known for its ability to boot Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and other ARM architecture-capable distributions from an SD card, in addition to the Android OS usually installed on the flash memory of the device.
Video acceleration Display controller Memory Connectivity Storage and boot devices Many manufacturers have adopted the Allwinner A1X for use in devices running the Android operating system and the Linux operating System.
Recent mainline versions of the kernel run, but do not offer NAND access and have only limited 3D-acceleration.
As of May 2015, OpenBSD's armv7 port supports the Cubieboard and pcDuino boards based on the Allwinner A1X.