Unveiling ESP32-P4: High-performing SoC with extensive IO connectivity, HMI, and security features

[@Toleich]

in 15 years these guys will be making RiscV desktop systems. Screenshot this.

[@laithzraikat9071]

In 15 years I hope "desktop" will be an old word, like "phone line", "dial a number", and "hand up" :)

[@VynVdragon]

That would be very late lol, there's already a couple desktop chips available and sg2380 is coming this year supposedly.

[@SLRNT]

Can't wait to run my arduino blink sketch on this!

[@pakorn2484kongthong]

555 New features cannot be found in arduino ide

[@vassilieff1]

🤣🤣

[@Fazal828]

Wasn't going to click on this video but then I saw the thumbnail and started noticing all the different things. Wow. Cannot wait!

[@Tracing0029]

What I still love the most about ESP is their build system.

[@netmonk]

So when will it be availble on market ?

[@teapot401]

Every step I take, ESP32(s) get powerful. Keep the hard work!

[@mairswartz]

Nice presentation guys. Looks incredible. Really looking forward to trying it out

[@balintradocz]

Intriguing indeed. Looking forward to get a good training material about it. ;)

[@HyeokKIM]

I am waiting for ESP32-P4 because of the rgb 24bit interface

[@lptf5441]

As with all ESP devices, it looks fantastic, but will it take 2-3 years for the development environment to catch up, like it has with devices like the ESP-C6? The people in control of your software are often rude, arrogant, unhelpful and very, very slow to do anything. This can be seen over and over again on your Github. Please make some changes so that people can actually make use of your wonderful products.

[@8wj5as712js]

Hi @lptf5441, over the last year we have been improving the workflow for new chip support in ESP-IDF, so it shouldn't take 2-3 years for the new chip to get supported. Most of ESP32-P4 peripherals will be supported by the time ESP-IDF v5.3 is released this summer. You can check the progress over here: github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/12996 - we are updating this page regularly. I apologize for the bad experience you had interacting with us on Github! We are genuinely trying to make working with our projects a good experience for all the developers. Apparently we have failed there, we'll try to improve.

[@esp32Software]

I tend to believe that the guys who are working hard on the framework have been rather decent to us over at Github. But sometimes the marketing department does come off rude and arrogant.

[@akauppi2]

Overwhelmed. You are spoiling us!!🎉

[@Ncky]

Guys, you should make one ESP32 with EMAC and Wifi6/Bluetooth 5.x/802.15.4. Combine features from old esp32 and new ones. Single SoC for low power communication gateway. EMAC for uplink(good speeds, 80M compared to 30M via spi), lots of gpios (40+), and radio supporting 802.15.4 and BLE v5.x. Wifi 6 can be there just when emac is not used. Basically you should add EMAC to ESP32-C6 and add a bit more GPIO. That would be amazing.

[@devrim-oguz]

Now, this is the chip I've been expecting. Both powerful and RISC-V instruction set. I hope you won't put unusable pins in the wroom packages again... (ESP32-WROOM had lots of unusable pins, ESP32-S3-WROOM has some pins not usable because were connected to octal flash in some variations)

[@isasamett]

Agreed!

[@quadcorei8085gen2]

This is not a WIFI chip.

[@coderhex1675]

Everything is included except 4-lane MIPI-DSI.Come on Espressif we live in 2024 with big lcd screens. All in all. Great job.

[@quadcorei8085gen2]

Except WIFI

[@PeetHobby]

We've been ready for almost a year now, just bring it out and take our money! 😋

[@Sama_09]

New devices are gonna flood the market soon !!

[@TheWhitde]

wow... finally a micro controller with pins, grunt, memory, FPU and a heap more. The s3 for the price made all my other MCU's relics. If the price is decent this thing will create a storm.

[@JeffN-yy6rw]

Must be getting close to release for marketing to be doing this

[@SirioAstarot]

When will the ESP32-P4 model be available? There is no documentation available yet and I can't use it for new designs?

[@AnujDeshpande]

Any idea about the release date for P4?

[@Darkk6969]

Ditto!

[@JoseRoberto-bv7qk]

X2

[@P.g.L.123]

Got this reply from Aliexpress ESPRESSIF Official Store ESP32-P4 Q2 2024(around May).

[@JoseRoberto-bv7qk]

Thank's P.g.L

[@BillDemos]

400MHz! WOW!

[@hatobeats]

Do you even know the use of this SoC?

[@BillDemos]

@@hatobeats Having written two robots for ESA, and having finished an MSc in hardware design (VLSI, etc) I think I am in a better position to understand microcontrollers than you. Go on now, go back to your mixers, you've had enough time to play with the internet today your mama says.

[@x-gamessimulator1067]

Não é preciso ser agrecivo na resposta!😐

[@hatobeats]

He probably needs to release all the frustration he got from all that success. The fact that I, still playing in the basement, can come up with really great ideas for using this SoC, while he, with all that knowledge, cannot, must mean something. 🤣@@x-gamessimulator1067

[@Freshbott2]

@@hatobeats what are you even talking about

[@amoahfrank5162]

Amazing! Has preorders started?

[@OutOfNameIdeas2]

Im genuinely curious. How would you use this for vr? Not even snapdragon chips are fast enough for that well.

[@ibewatchinu]

Well you've certainly got interest. How about a release date before that interest goes elsewhere?

[@vwestTube]

I may don't understand what is this thing for but isn't 4K 60 better to start with? 1080 is a bit outdated in my opinion ...

[@snopz]

That seems to be very cool!! Continue the hard work ❤

[@EspressifSystems]

We will!

[@ugetridofit]

Simply awesome, but with one problem. Keep everything you have in the P4, and put back in WiFi & BT. That would have been the golden ticket!!!

[@petersonsenha2872]

TWAI é o CAN 2.0 ou já é CANFD ?

[@fabriziomusiu1517]

go go goooo!!!! need more info about i2s support and dsp (HiFi4 or 5 I hope)!!!

[@sadteeto]

I’m not sure how wearable it is given that massive qfn package, would there be bga packages available?

[@rabiraju9414]

What is price for of 1 piece for 1000 units ?

[@ChillyWilly3D]

😮 Wow...! 400MHz and 768kb sram! and... DAC's???

[@noorhaq8721]

I am not finding this anywhere? Like is it listed on aliexpress store yet? Or how to pre order it?

[@haddonist]

This is a teaser video - the chip hasn't been released to market yet

[@noorhaq8721]

Yes I am seeing this teaser like from a year. They announced it I think dev conference last year. Then again and on LinkedIn they say it will be available soon.

[@ofresh333]

So, the P4 doesn't come with built-in wifi?

[@x-gamessimulator1067]

No

[@JoseRoberto-bv7qk]

Es un producto sensacional! Cuándo estará disponible para su venta mundial?

[@AhmadMehraGohar]

I needed this ic. Please provide the ideal model of 7 to 10 inch LCD with camera.

[@quadcorei8085gen2]

calm down guys. It DOES NOT INCLUDE WiFi or BLE: "If the application requires wireless connectivity, ESP32-P4 can easily connect, as a wireless companion chip, to any product of the ESP32-C/S/H series over SPI/SDIO/UART, by using the ESP-Hosted or ESP-AT solutions. ESP32-P4 can also function as the Host MCU for other connectivity solutions, such as ACK, AWS IoT ExpressLink, etc."

[@floppa9415]

This really seems like a brand new product category. Tailor made for tasks involving video processing or ones the ESP32 family doesn't offer nearly enough raw power. Curious though how it will be priced.

[@Foysalispbroadbandmetrowifi]

Remote Drone, Wireless and Camera?

[@platin2148]

Sadly no BLE so i have to use a C2/3 for that i guess? Makes it a bit more complicated.

[@ugetridofit]

IT has Wifi

[@anlpereira]

Indeed. How they make a powerful Soc without any wireless connection. You need to use a C2, C3 or C6 to do it.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@ugetridofit it doesn’t have wifi, they say for wifi you need to connect it to a wifi or matter capable ESP32 chip, like the C6.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@anlpereira not everyone needs wifi, bluetooth or matter. For IoT tasks you are better with one of their other chips

[@polarbear6794]

is it an April fool's joke or is it real?

[@D9ID9I]

What is the performance of AI in TOPS?

[@bilelboumediene257]

In 8 bits : There is 128 bits vector simd (16*8bits) 400 mhz * 2 cores * 16 vectorUnits = 12,8 Gops (int8)

[@AhmadMehraGohar]

Very nice good work ❤ 🎉 🎉

[@ToTo-od9wz]

One word: WOW!

[@keithsummers2842]

The device is likely to be another 6 months away. The marketing department pretty much never delivers on time. I suspect they light the fire with promises for which the engineering staff must respond to and catch up with.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

these specs were released at least 1 year ago

[@petermaxwell6748]

The marketing department overpromises, before manufacturing has even thought about when it will be available. @Nobody-Nowhere is right, in many ways this is old news. What we need is an ACCURATE expected release date from Espressif Systems.

[@platin2148]

Still no CAN-FD?

[@vassilieff1]

CAN esp32 name is twai :)

[@platin2148]

@@vassilieff1 Actually by newer idf not anymore they named it twai because of bosch holding a name patent but can-fd id something different to that.

[@tosemusername]

So since it doesn't have BLE/WiFi, it won't depend on any closed source code?

[@8wj5as712js]

That's correct. There is still an option for running part of the Wi-Fi stack on the ESP32-P4, if you are using it with a companion chip like C3 or C6 for Wi-Fi communication. If you are not using that option, then no closed-source libraries are necessary.

[@erlendse]

Not sure how open the MIPI parts will be. Time will tell.

[@8wj5as712js]

Source code for both MIPI CSI and the DSI drivers is already included in ESP-IDF. They should get documented in the TRM as well.

[@erlendse]

@@8wj5as712js So no blobs at all for the P4?

[@ronalerquinigoagurto555]

First soc with 2d graphics! great

[@vassilieff1]

no STM32H7.... 480Mhz cortex M7

[@ronalerquinigoagurto555]

@@vassilieff1 from espressif.... I misses it. I expect a lower price than stm32h7 anyway

[@kozlovskyi]

But Can It Run Crysis?

[@EasyOne]

when will it be availble

[@rajkumarsaras1]

When it’s available?

[@jerry27syd]

Wish the price is right!

[@sblantipodi]

Too many chips with too similar specs. Do we really need to create more fragmentation?

[@conorstewart2214]

What are you on about? This isn’t similar to any of their other chips, this is much higher performance and more capable than even the ESP32S3. Go and look at the specs again and you will see this isn’t similar to any of their other MCUs.

[@saiautomations12]

Incredibly Awsomeee...... i was excited

[@Maxjoker98]

It does seem like a very powerful SoC, and is probably Linux capable(at least uClinux is definitly going to work), but I don't get why they don't include Wifi, Bluetooth, or any other RF peripheral. I mean sure you can always add just another ESP for that purpose, but I would have thought an integrated solution would have been more efficient.

[@damny0utoobe]

Is there a CCP backdoor option?

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

This is great!

[@baskoro961]

i need the ic to audio dsp

[@nicolasfelipe1]

awesome! too much goodies.

[@bardofscience2440]

it was released on 1st april, are you sure it is not a prank, cause i can't believe the capabilities, when i first 5 UART channels, i fell from my chair. If it is true i can't wait to develop some serious shit on it.

[@mumblic]

Bluetooth ??

[@Amir1300aht]

64mg psram is very good, but we need some chips with higher memory

[@SLLabsKamilion]

Use a rockchip, allwinner, or mediatek then. Or one of the cvitech chips in the MilkV duo. All the other ESP32s are pretty limited to either 4MB or 128MB address space anyway.

[@TechInventorAman]

MUSIC ?

[@HAL9000system]

full risc-v cores with mcu....thinking in linux

[@AvitoBot]

AR/VR 400MHz Vision PRO 🔥

[@Sultan___]

we can %100 run linux on this

[@tenhope3206]

i love you espressif

[@guatagel2454]

Can't wait to see if node-red runs on the ESP32-P4. After that, good bye Raspberry Pi.

[@BrainTrance]

wow that's a serious beast

[@originalmianos]

Now let's hope all the board vendors like Lilygo and friends don't keep putting 200mA regulators on these boards.

[@gimpsonkura2624]

Finally!

[@h1tec]

can we buy it yet lol?

[@sanjaychopraeng]

Amazing

[@jonathanr4242]

How much?

[@tylerufen]

when, Wen?

[@xiv3r]

Very interesting..

[@TheCitygear]

좋아 보이네.

[@saiautomations12]

400mhz......😍😍😍😍😍😍👌

[@master6hifi893]

Hints me for Linux install Inside ❤❤🎉🎉😊😊

[@platin2148]

Does it have a MMIO unit? Without that makes linux a bit less useful.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

no point running linux on MCU:s... the whole point is that you dont need an OS.

[@alba-ado]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Well, it is nice that you can run it if you want to

[@floppa9415]

@@alba-ado that would defeat the whole purpose of a mcu. It would be like using a CNC mill to cut a slice of bread.

[@alba-ado]

@@floppa9415 Well the MCUs are getting pretty cheap and powerful. So having the capability to run Linux on them would be pretty nice if you need to. Actually, the ESP32-S3 is capable of running Linux, which I have tried and it works. But it lacks an MMU unit, so it is not like completely supported. Having Linux support opens whole new possibilities. I'm not saying every application should run on Linux, but having the ability to run it if you want is nice. There are plenty of programs written for Linux which would just work when you have a MCU capable of running it. They just need to add a proper MMU.

[@slygg]

00:00 Well this doesn't look plagiarised from apple at all.

[@wobblynl1742]

when

[@justinc2633]

the esp32-c3 is overkill for most peoples' projects

[@kickbaktube]

768KB SRAM.. noice

[@engr.sajeebsutradhar5361]

Wow ❤

[@zhiqutv]

好家伙！

[@jfk4229]

The fuq is I3C?!

[@jackshen1028]

over kill Pentimum III

[@ame7165]

april fools 😁

[@k2xttechnology]

Wow

[@marciodias7728]

April fools day?

[@shyne2643]

Ignoring all the interesting parts of the GPIO, interesting marketing...

[@ClayTheFoxx]

no fucking way when will it be available and can it run Linux? also lmao the ai gneerated imagery

[@JustinPerry-y2f]

April Fools!!

[@fritzlb]

yeah 400mhz cpu and 1.5gbit/s interface kinda doesn't work together EDIT: this is bs, thanks for pointing that out :)

[@conorstewart2214]

@@fritzlb how does it not? There is no reason it can’t work. The 1.5 gbps is for a specific peripheral which will be implemented as its own hardware with a connection to the CPU. By your logic a desktop CPU can’t handle 10 gbps Ethernet or high speed USB. It is a 32 bit CPU and it’s DMA should be 32 bit too. 1.5 gbps is only around 190 megabytes per second or around 47 million 32 bit words per second. Edit: they also have other peripherals designed for handing video streams that will likely be able to handle it.

[@fritzlb]

@@conorstewart2214 oh, sorry ofc, you’re right. I thought about a single serial wire bus which this clearly isn’t

[@conorstewart2214]

@@fritzlb it doesn’t matter if it is a single wire serial bus or not. The MCU can have parts of it designed to handle those speeds especially with specialised peripherals or co-processors and DMA which the ESP32P4 has. It has a basic 2D GPU capabilities as well as image processors and a h264 encoder. What matters is the speed of the peripheral, not the speed of the processor and you can have peripherals much faster than the processor since they tend to be simpler and just have a standard bus connection to the processor, usually 32 bit on 32 bit processors.

[@fritzlb]

@@conorstewart2214 maybe should’ve added software serial bus which clearly doesn’t make sense for any internal peripheral, so yeah my comment should probably be deleted

[@NoorquackerInd]

So is this an april fools joke?

[@chrisrock9937]

april fool?

[@die4drax315]

please don't like cyberpunk game release

[@KartikKashyap-g5w]

Arduino 🤮 Esp32. 😎