Spreadtrum Introduces 1GHz $100 Smartphone Platforms for TD-SCDMA & EDGE/WiFi

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

today introduced a 1GHz Android smartphone platforms for TD-SCDMA (SC8810) and EDGE/WiFi and announced that both products are now sampling with customers. With these two new solutions, Spreadtrum is redefining the performance standard for low-cost smartphones, enabling OEMs to deliver 1GHz performance at US$100 retail prices. "Our 1GHz Android platform sets a new bar for low-cost smartphone performance," said Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum's president and CEO. "The graphics and web browsing performance of the SC8810 and SC6820 compares favorably to one of the most popular smartphone models globally, delivering a high performance applications and gaming experience for consumers. This type of experience has previously been available only in mid- to high-end handset models and can now be delivered by OEMs in US$100 smartphone models. This will reshape the definition of and consumer expectations for a low-cost handset." Spreadtrum's 1GHz platform is the most highly integrated, lowest power smartphone platform for the TD-SCDMA market. The solution delivers the lowest chip count with a multimode single-chip RF transceiver supporting TD-SCDMA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM and integrates power management. The platform's Cortex A5 processor architecture delivers more than 40% lower power consumption compared to ARM11-based products and more than 70% lower power consumption than Cortex A9 products, delivering differentiated standby and talk time performance relative to other smartphone models.