Spreadtrum ships 28nm Quad-Core 5-mode LTE and WCDMA mobile phone SoCs

China based fast growing mobile phone fabless SoC chip vendor Spreadtrum started volume shipments of two new quad-core 28 nm mobile phone SoC chips, the SC9830A, which supports 5-mode LTE, and the SC7731G, which supports WCDMA. The SC9830A integrates a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 application processor at speeds up to 1.5GHz and supports TD-LTE, LTE FDD, TD-SCDMA/HSPA(+), WCDMA/HSPA(+) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE multimode communication standards with dual-SIM dual-standby capability. The chip further integrates a dual-core ARM Mali 400MP for 2D/3D graphics acceleration and a NEON multimedia processing engine and multi-standard multimedia accelerators, supporting 1080p HD video and a 13 megapixel camera. The SC7713G integrates a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 application processor at speeds up to 1.3GHz and supports WCDMA/HSPA(+) and dual GSM/GPRS/EDGE communication standards with dual-SIM dual-standby capability, 1080p HD video and an 8 megapixel camera. Both solutions integrate with Spreadtrum's WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/FM connectivity chip, support Android 5.X and are offered as a turnkey platform which includes Spreadtrum's customizable user interface, applications and options....