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Tuesday 7 April 2015
Spreadtrum looks to expand shipments for smartphones in 2015, says chairman
China-based Spreadtrum Communications expects to enjoy significant growth in shipments for 3G and 4G LTE smartphones in 2015, according to company chairman and CEO Leo Li. Sales generated...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Spreadtrum volume shipping 28nm quad-core 5-mode LTE and WCDMA SoC solutions
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced two new quad-core SoC platforms, the SC9830A, which supports 5-mode LTE, and the SC7731G, which supports WCDMA. Both solutions were designed...
Monday 23 March 2015
China market: Falling handset IC prices put supplier gross margins under pressure
Handset IC suppliers including Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum tend to lower prices to win orders from their major clients, which may negatively affect their gross margin performance...
Thursday 19 March 2015
China handset solution market to become more volatile in 2015
The competition in China's smartphone chipset solution market is likely to become a fierce race among three or four major players in 2015 as compared to a tug-of-war between Qualcomm...
Friday 13 February 2015
Spreadtrum announces support for Tizen operating system
IC design house Spreadtrum Communications has successfully completed the integration of Tizen operating system (OS) with its WCDMA chipsets, according to the China-based company....
Wednesday 11 February 2015
China smartphone AP shipments – 4Q 2014

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Monday 2 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Smartphone AP shipments in China to slide 10% on quarter in 1Q15
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors (AP) in China are expected to decline 10% sequentially but up 28.6% on year in the first quarter of 2015, according to Digitimes...
Wednesday 28 January 2015
Intel cooperates with Spreadtrum, Rockchip to tap China mobile chip solution market
Intel has closely cooperated with China-based IC design houses Spreadtrum Communications and Rockchip Electronics to promote its platforms in the China market in order to compete...
Tuesday 30 December 2014
Chip vendors to roll out 8-core and 64-bit processors for high-end tablets in 2015
Chipset vendors are expected to focus on rolling out 8-core and 64-bit-enabled solutions for high-end tablets in 2015 as brand tablet vendors are upgrading the hardware specifications...
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone AP shipments growth to be driven by LTE solutions in 4Q14
China's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are expected to grow 33.8% on year and 9.5% sequentially in the fourth quarter. The on-year growth will be 8.7pp more than...
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Xiaomi invests in 4G chip development, says sources
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology and China-based IC design house Leadcore Technology have established a joint venture specifically for developing 4G chip solutions,...
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Intel may stop providing subsidies for mobile solutions; switch to providing support through different methods
With better-than-expected performance in the third quarter of 2014, some market watchers have speculated that Intel will stop providing subsidies for its mobile device solutions to...
Monday 29 September 2014
Intel investments in Tsinghua may benefit China over processor development
Intel has signed a contract with China-based Tsinghua Unigroup and will invest CNY9 billion (US$1.5 billion) in the company. Sources from PC players believe China is looking to acquire...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Intel looking to promote x86 architecture to China chip designers
Rumors that Intel is considering investing in China-based Spreadtrum have been circulating in China's IT industry recently and Digitimes Research believes the rumors can explain why...
Monday 15 September 2014
China market: 4G chipset market heading for price competition
Price competition in the 4G solution market in China will heat up soon with Qualcomm unveiling its Snapdragon 210 CPU for entry-level 4G LTE smartphones, according to industry sour...