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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 27 January 2015
Handset solution vendors vying for wearable and peripheral device chip market
Handset solution vendors, including Qualcomm, MediaTek, Marvell Technology, Intel and Spreadtrum Communications, are expected to focus on expanding their product portfolio by rolling...
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 9 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft Mobile exit from feature phone market to benefit white-box makers and Samsung
Samsung Electronics and China-based white-box handset makers will benefit from Microsoft Mobile's decision to phase out its feature phone business within one and a half years, Digitimes...
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...
Monday 22 September 2014
Smartphone 4G solution prices to continue to fall in 1H15
Prices of entry-level 4G smartphone solutions have dropped to US$8-9 per unit recently and could slip to US$6-7 in the first half of 2015 as chipset solution vendors are applying...
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...
Monday 4 August 2014
China-based IC design houses ramping 28nm chip orders at TSMC
More than 10 China-based IC design houses and IC design service companies have placed 28nm chip orders at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), indicating the strengthening...