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Tuesday 24 June 2014
Smartphone vendors trending to develop more ICs in-house
Some brand handset vendors reportedly have accelerated their in-house development of smartphone-use ICs, while reducing the ratio of ICs purchased from outside, according to component...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Spreadtrum finding smartphone AP business difficult
China-based Spreadtrum's application processor (AP) shipments have been dropping since China Mobile began subsidizing dual-core smartphones, as opposed to single-core models, in June...
Monday 19 May 2014
MediaTek facing challenges in maturing China AP market
With the China smartphone market maturing, application processor (AP) providers are facing new challenges to increase their market share. According to the latest Digitimes Research...
Thursday 20 March 2014
Digitimes Research: MediaTek to continue eating into Spreadtrum market share
Despite the slow-season performance of China's smartphone market, chipmaker MediaTek's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments in the first quarter continue to see strong...
Tuesday 25 February 2014
Is a US$25 smartphone possible?
Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicked off with a bang, with Mozilla announcing a US$25 smartphone built around a turnkey solution that features silicon from China-based Spreadtrum and...
Monday 24 February 2014
Mozilla, Spreadtrum partner to deliver US$25 smartphone
Mozilla and Spreadtrum Communications announced on February 23 that they have teamed up to deliver turnkey Firefox OS reference designs with Spreadtrum's entry-level smartphone chi...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Spreadtrum launches single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced its next-generation single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE, which integrates a Cortex-A7 CPU running at speeds up to...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Spreadtrum enters tablet market
Spreadtrum Communications announced on January 22 that it has entered the tablet market by introducing a quad-core chipset and a turnkey reference design.
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Spreadtrum launches quad-core 3G smartphone chipset portfolio
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced a portfolio of quad-core smartphone chipsets supporting both WCDMA and TD-SCDMA 3G standards for mid-range and high performance smartphones...
Monday 18 November 2013
Tsinghua Unigroup acquires Spreadtrum, RDA to compete with Qualcomm, MediaTek
China-based business group Tsinghua Unigroup has acquired China-based handset IC design houses Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics for US$1.78 billion and US$910 million...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Spreadtrum announces mass production of WCDMA/HSPA+ smartphone chipset
Spreadtrum Communications has achieved mass production of its SC7710 chipset, a single-core WCDMA/HSPA+ smartphone chipset designed for entry-level 3G devices shipping globally, according...
Monday 28 October 2013
Spreadtrum selects ARM Artisan physical IP and POP IP for 28nm SoC development
ARM and Spreadtrum have announced a license agreement providing Spreadtrum with the full range of ARM Artisan physical IP, including POP IP, for the broad range of IC foundry and...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Multi-core smartphone application processor market grows more than 2-fold in 1H13, says Strategy Analytics
The global multi-core smartphone applications processor (MCSPAP) market registered more than two-fold on-year growth in first-half 2013, according to the Strategy Analytics.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Spreadtrum announces WCDMA design win
Spreadtrum Communications has reached mass production of its first WCDMA baseband chipset, the SC7701B, according to the China-based IC design house.
Friday 28 June 2013
MediaTek, Spreadtrum advance in China market as Qualcomm chip sales decline, says TrendForce
MediaTek has been making an impressive run lately; not only is the Taiwan-based chip manufacturer commanding its way in the mid-to-high end smartphone space, it has also successfully...