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Wednesday 2 November 2011
IC orders for smartphones, tablets growing
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Nvidia and Spreadtrum Communications have all increased their wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to meet anticipated demand for...
Friday 21 October 2011
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Spreadtrum increases TD-SCDMA chip orders to TSMC, says paper
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...
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Handset solution vendors competing neck and neck in 3G smartphone market in China
Demand for smartphone solutions in emerging markets, particularly in China, is gaining momentum, pushing chipset vendors to compete neck and neck to grab a large piece for the growing...
Monday 5 September 2011
Samsung taps Spreadtrum as baseband supplier for TD-SCDMA smartphone
Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its newest TD-SCDMA baseband chip, the SC8802G, is shipping in Samsung's Galaxy S2 smartphone targeting China Mobile subscribers.
Thursday 18 August 2011
MediaTek, MStar, Spreadtrum looking to 5-10% revenue gains in 3Q11
Handset solution vendors MediaTek, MStar Semiconductor and Spreadtrum Communications all still maintain their guidance for a 5-10% growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011...
Monday 4 July 2011
MediaTek EDGE solutions to see high demand in 3Q11
MediaTek is expected to see its revenues grow 15-20% sequentially to NT$24-26 billion (US$833.19-902.62 million) in the third quarter due in part to increased shipments of EDGE solutions,...
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Spreadtrum acquires stake in UMTS/HSPA modem chipset developer
Spreadtrum Communications, a major fabless semiconductor provider in China with technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, has announced that it acquired an approximately...
Thursday 26 May 2011
MediaTek will not rush to cut chipset prices in 2Q11
MediaTek is expected to temporarily back off from a price war against China-based rival Spreadtrum Communications which has recently launched three handset solutions in China, according...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Handset 2.5G solution market likely to set in price war in late May
The global 2.5G handset solution market is likely see price competition after China-based IC vendor Spreadtrum Communications releases its new 2.5G solution, the SC6610, later in...
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group
With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...
Wednesday 27 April 2011
China handset and solution makers form alliance to push global image and sales
More than 30 makers in the upstream and downstream handset industries in China have recently formed an alliance, aiming to promote brand image as well as to push sales of China-made...
Friday 15 April 2011
China market: Spreadtrum mulling price cuts to maintain market share
MediaTek has recently seen a ramp-up in orders for its MT6252 solution, pressuring competitor Spreadtrum Communications to look for ways to maintain its China market share, according...
Thursday 7 April 2011
MediaTek 3Q11 sales to show substantial rebound, says president
MediaTek stands a better chance of generating a substantial rebound in revenues and profits in the third quarter of 2011, company president Hsieh Chin-chiang said at a recent analysts...
Friday 1 April 2011
MediaTek expected to cut MT6252 solution price in April
MediaTek is expected to cut the price of its single chip MT6252 handset solution in April when China-based Spreadtrum is scheduled to launch its new 6610 chip, according to industry...