Leadcore Technology is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company that provides system-on-chip solutions for smartphones and tablets, specializing in the TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE network standards used in China and in other countries.[1][2]
Native name | 联芯科技有限公司 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fabless semiconductors |
| Headquarters | , China |
Number of employees | 1,000+[1] |
| Parent | Datang Telecom Technology |
| Website | www |
According to the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Leadcore was the fourth largest integrated circuit design company in China by revenue in 2008.[3] DigiTimes said that in Q2 2014 Leadcore was the sixth-largest supplier of smartphone application processors in China with a market share of 3% of all units, which represents unit shipments of about 3 million.[4]
On May 26, 2017, Qualcomm (China) Holdings Co., Ltd., Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co., Ltd., Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhilu Asset Management Co., Ltd. jointly signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company - Lingsheng Technology (Guizhou) Ltd. (JLQ Technology). The joint venture will focus on the smartphone chipset business in China.
Product list
editSmartphone/tablet processors
edit| Model Number | Appli-cation | Fab | CPU | GPU | Display resolution | Memory interface | Modem | Released | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISA | μarch | Cores | Freq. (GHz) | L2 cache | μarch | Freq. (MHz) | |||||||
| LC1810[5] | Smart phone | 40 nm | ARMv7-A | Cortex-A9 | 2 | 1.2 | 512 KB | Mali-400 MP2[6] | 300 | Up to 1920x1080 | 400 MHz LPDDR2 | 2G/3G (GSM, GSM-DSDA, TD-HSPA+) | |
| LC1811[7] | Up to 1280x800 | ||||||||||||
| LC1813[8][9] | Cortex-A7 | 4 | ? | 400 | LPDDR, LPDDR2, DDR3 | 2G/3G (GSM, GSM-DSDS, TD-HSPA) | 2013 | ||||||
| LC1913[10] | Tablet | 1.4 | ? | ||||||||||
| LC1860[11][12] | Smart phone | 28 nm | 6 | 2.0 | ? | Mali-T628 MP2[6] | 600 | Up to 2K | Dual-channel LPDDR3 | 4G (TD-LTE, LTE FDD Cat 4) | 2014 | ||
| LC1860C[13] | 4 | 1.5 | ? | Up to 720p | Single-channel 32-bit LPDDR2, LPDDR3 | ||||||||
| LC1960[11] | Tablet | 6 | 2.0 | ? | ? | ? | |||||||
The LC1810/1811 are an older generation platform supporting the Android 4.0 platform. For the camera interface, LC1810 has a 20M pixels ISP, the LC1811 an 8M pixels ISP.[9]
The LC1813/1913 were released in 2013 and support Android 4.3.[8][10] Both chips have a 13M pixels ISP. The LC1913 tablet processor has USB-OTG support as an extra feature.[9]
The LC1860 and LC1960 with hexa-core CPU and LTE support were announced in 2014 and support Android 4.4. The LC1860 has a 20M pixels ISP.[12] The LC1860C is a lower-end version of the LC1860 with quad-core CPU, lower GPU speed, single-channel memory interface and a 13M pixels ISP.[13]
The company also offers feature phone processors, including the LC1712, manufactured at 55 nm,[14] and the 65 nm L1808B.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About Leadcore". Leadcore. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "联芯科技：士别三日当刮目相待" [Leadcore Technology: A Change in Perspective After Three Days Apart]. OFweek (in Chinese). 2015-07-30. Archived from the original on 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ Clarke, Peter (2009-11-05). "Top ten Chinese chip design houses ranked". EE Times. Archived from the original on 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ "Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14". DigiTimes. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ^ "LC1810". Leadcore. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ a b "GPU GFLOPS". GPU GFLOPS. 2014-07-29. Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ "LC1811". Leadcore. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ a b "LC1813". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Leadcore Introduces LC1810, LC1811, LC1813, and LC1913 SoCs for Smartphones and Tablets". CNXSoft. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ^ a b "LC1913". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ a b "???????????????3S????4G??". Leadcore. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ a b "LC1860 TD-LTE / LTE FDD / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GGE LTE SoC Chip". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ a b "LC1860C TD-LTE / LTE FDD / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GGE LTE SoC Chip". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ "INNOPOWER LC1712 TD-HSPA/GGE FP". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ^ "DTivy L1808B". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-08-16.