China-based handset solution vendor Spreadtrum Communications will increase its orders for TD-SCDMA baseband chips to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Spreadtrum has avoided directly competing with MediaTek in the 3G and 4G segments and instead focuses on TD-SCDMA chips in cooperation with China Mobile. Spreadtrum currently holds 56% of the TD-SCDMA chip market in China, the paper said.
The TD-SCDMA chips will be made on a 40nm process at TSMC, while Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) will handle the backend packaging and testing, said the paper.
Article translated by Steve Shen
