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RDK TicketPriorityComcast ETASoC/OEM/App Partner ETATargeted platformsTargeted code changes in RDK-Next

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Build Standardization  RDK can control the number of components/packages installed in the image package. This also helps to validate the system performance and benchmark the new changes and SOC’s

RDKVREL-76

P2NANA
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4

2024 Q2Q3



Yocto 4.0

Upgrading the Yocto build to the latest open-source components improves quality, security, performance, and maintainability.

RDKVREL-52

P0Q1Q2
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4

2024 Q2


Android Common Kernel 5.15

1) The Android kernel is more popular and has more footprints compared to the Linux kernel, which leads to more support worldwide

2)SOC vendor supporting Android kernel doesn’t need to work to provide Linux kernel support to bring in RDK-V stack.

RDKVREL-53

P0NAQ2
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4

2024 Q2


Lightning 3.0Lightning 3.0 release comes with a new set of feature upgrades including - New and improved font rendering, Batched rendering, dynamic shaders and Multi threading 


NANA

2024 Q2

Standalone Release: The release is backward compatible with previous releases.
Patch UpstreamUpstream RDK Common patches

RDKVREL-155

P2NANA
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4

2024 Q2


DAB 2.0

YouTube requires DAB support for YT certification

RDKVREL-96

P1
Amazon Alexa Q1
  • Amlogic
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4
2024 Q2DAB Compliance Test Suite is required here.
Firebolt Native SDK

Firebolt Native SDK API integrations with Netflix Native application

 

RDKVREL-147P0Q1NAPremium Apps

2024 Q2Q3


Firebolt Apps (Lightning)

Standardizing ecosystems and pre-validation of Apps 


P0


2024 Q2

Firebolt Lightning apps will be ready by Q2 24, which is tracked as a separate program
MemcrApp checkpoint/restore functionality - MemcrRDKVREL-145P1Q1NA
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4
2024 Q2Q3

Remove QT from RDK  Middleware

Create a clean build, Reduce maintenance costs, and improve the build time.

Remove QT dependencies from BLE RCU Daemon so that RDK middleware can be built without QT. 

RDKVREL-61

P0Q1NA
  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4

2024 Q2


Thunder 4.4.1

Thunder WPE Framework process to self-heal after any crash in the WPE Framework process which is triggered by an incoming JSON-RPC request to a plugin so that the system is able to continue working without any interruption

RDKVREL-54

P0Q1(BCM)NA

2024 Q3


Firebolt 2.0

Reference Implementation (Ripple)

Lifecycle management

Standardized Firebolt™ interfaces published, implemented, and certified for easy on-boarding of lightning applications

LCM  - RDKVREL-188P0
NA
2024 Q3
Hardware porting kitTo standardize the HAL Layer Across RDK devices and provide a more advanced documentation 

RDKVREL-192

P1


2024 Q3
Update RDK DocumentationUpdate RDK Documentation including HAL for RDK7RDKVREL-160P1


2024 Q3
Reference app (Firebolt Based)Reference implementation for Firebolt Spec based RDK UI, Performance improvement and improved customer experience for better scale.

RDKVREL-73

P0

  • Amlogic VA
  • Amlogic TV
  • Realtek
  • Broadcom
  • RPI4
2024 Q3

Amazon Prime AVPK6

Amazon prime deployment

RDKVREL-65

P0NANA
  • Amlogic(AH212)
2024 Q4
Netflix 7*Netflix Firebolt port

RDKVREL-111

P0

  • Realtek(Reference board)
2024 Q4

YouTube 25

Pre-certified Native apps for RDK global deployment. YouTube's requirement is to update their native player on the device every year.

RDKVREL-69

P0NAPre release from Google (July)
  • Amlogic(AH212)
  • Realtek(Reference board)
    Broadcom(Reference 972126)
  • RPI4
2024 Q4

TDK

RDK device and app certification 
P0


2024 Q4Certified Annual RDK release

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