展讯力推100美元/1GHzAndroid智能手机平台ZZ
Peter Clarke
1/4/2012 12:36 PM EST
LONDON – Spreadtrum Communications Inc. has announced that it has Android platforms that should enable customers to make $100 retail TD-SCDMA and EDGE/Wi-Fi smartphones with 1-GHz clock performance. The TD-SCDMA platform is based on the SC8810 chip and the EDGE/Wi-Fi platform is based on the SC6820 chip, Spreadtrum (Shanghai, China) said.
These chips are both a step up from the 600-MHz clocked SC8805G for TD-SCDMA and the SC6810 for EDGE/WiFi intended for $40 handsets. It is not clear whether the chips are physically different or essentially identical and priced differently to reflect the different clock frequencies.
"Our 1GHz Android platform sets a new bar for low-cost smartphone performance," said Leo Li, Spreadtrum's CEO, in a statement. "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 $100 smartphone models. This will reshape the definition of and consumer expectations for a low-cost handset."
The SC8810 and SC6820 are both based on the Cortex-A5 processor core licensed from ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) and implemented in 40-nm CMOS. The chips include a Mali GPU with 3D/2D graphics acceleration and supports high definition video playback, a 5 megapixel camera, a WVGA touch panel and connectivity features including Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS. Both products combine silicon hardware with turnkey Android software.
Industry analysts expect the smartphone market in China to exceed 100 million units in 2012, leading global demand for smartphone products.
流片回来还没有几个月，恐怕还在测试阶段。能大规模商用的话恐怕要年底了。
显然不会，明年中就量产了，主打的就是移动定制的低端smartphone市场，明年底双核版本都量产了
展讯的technical market还看不到世界末日之后的市场情况。。。
智能机又不能像电脑那样diy，纯比拼硬件有什么意思？低价是王道，软件是王道，低功耗电源管理是王道，通讯/多媒体/无线连接/android应用 等等的用户体验是王道。要不然以高通硬件之强悍，怎么被MTK 600m的arm11抢食了呢？
有数据说cortexA5比A8便宜多少么？
还有mali300比400便宜多少？
如果你说的是license费用，这个是商业秘密了，各个公司不一样。
A5的core logic size大概是A9的1/3，mips大概一半（同频），最重要的是功耗低，所谓的单位mips功耗还不到A9的1/3
mali300做低端够用了，跑egypt的得分，已经超过iphone 4了，u880之前不是很火吗？得分还不到这颗芯片的一半呢，呵呵。
vivant??
这家公司的老板好像和戴伟利是ggmm的关系
量产和大规模商用是两个概念。
920前年就推出来了，大规模商用是今年下半年。再看展讯当年的6600l，09年第二季度量产，到了10年才大规模商用，除了铁杆客户大家都会持观望态度。所以8810年底能够大规模商用已经是很乐观了。至于双核版本如果一次流片就能量产倒是理论上存在年底量产的可能。
高通的硬件并不强悍，尤其是低端产品和mtk伯仲之间。
山寨机的时代低价是王道，智能机和山寨机的消费群体差异很大，在大白菜都几块钱一斤的情况下，有几个人会在意一两百元的差价？更何况展讯还做不到竞争对手那样，自家芯片一起兜售。
不过，8810的性能在千元手机上并不算低了。但是令人担忧的是展讯越来越庞大的产品线，从GSM到TD到WCDMA，从功能机到智能机，以展讯的实力是不可能在所有产品线全面开花，那么其资源会极大地浪费在非核心产品上。
像刚刚推出的8805和6810，这种产品是根本不可能大规模出货，这次推出的6820前景也不会乐观。如果把这些精力放在横向拓展产品线上（比如开发wifi和GPS）是不是能取得更大的成绩呢？
如果要等到年底量产，黄花菜都凉了。芯片出来到量产，这个周期取决于执行力