About Banana Pi BPI-W2 with Realtek RTD1296 chip design
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Banana PI BPI-W2 is a highly integrated multimedia network router;it can be used for high wireless performance, homeentertainment,home automation and so on...
BPI-W2 integrate a Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 MPcore operating up to 1.5GHz, The Router also includes a variety of peripherals, including HDMI RX/TX, Mini DP, PCIe2.0,PCIe1.1&SDIO,M.2 interface, USB2.0 , USB3.0 Port, SATA port,2 Gbps Port Gigabit Ethernet port, also support 802.11ac/n WLAN connection thru PCI-e port
More specs follow below.
Realtek RTD1296, Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
PCIE 2.0 interface.PCEe 1.1&SDIO
MicroSD slot supports up to 256GB expansion
8G eMMC flash (option 16/32/64G)
2 port 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port
(1) USB 3.0 and (2) USB 2.0,otg port
1080P high-definition video playback
Android 6.0 system support
Linux system support : now we test at kernel 4.1.35 , will try to update to kernel 4.9