Mobile and Wireless

Samsung selects Spreadtrum as chipset supplier

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ March 30, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Samsung, a player in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, has selected Spreadtrum Communications, a wireless baseband chipset provider in China, as a new chipset supplier.

Spreadtrum’s QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung’s mobile phone models that are to be shipped internationally. The company has commenced volume shipment of these two products to Samsung.

Spreadtrum claims its QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE chips are advanced in terms of radio performance and power consumption. These chips feature integrated quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE radio frequency (RF) transceivers and temperature sensors, the company said.

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Tags: Chips, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, Hardware, Wireless