In the annual report, Intel mentioned that it entrusts the issue of certain custom-designed solutions for individual customers with a high degree of integration to third-party companies. Apparently, there was the TSMC, which produces Spreadtrum processors with built-in modems for use in the Chinese market. It is known that in the next half-year Intel will start producing for its own Spreadtrum 14-nm eight-core processors SC9861G-IA with Airmont architecture, graphics system PowerVR GT7200 and integrated LTE-modem for Chinese cellular networks.
The site DigiTimes yesterday reported that in the third quarter will be presented processors Spreadtrum SC9853, which will also be released on 14-nm technology company Intel. Thus, it will be the second processor that will be produced for Spreadtrum at Intel production facilities. The previous processor SC9860 was manufactured using 16-nm technology from TSMC. Cooperation with the latter, however, does not stop - Spreadtrum intends to receive solutions from TSMC on 28 nm technologies with a high degree of integration.
If Spreadtrum supplied about 100 million solutions with support for 4G (LTE) networks last year, this year it expects to increase the volume of supplies by more than 50%. This will be achieved, including, and by expanding the range of proposed processors with built-in modems.