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Leadcore Technology

Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd.
Native name
联芯科技有限公司
IndustryFabless semiconductors
Headquarters
Shanghai
,
China
Number of employees
1,000+[1]
ParentDatang Telecom Technology
Websitewww.leadcoretech.com

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]

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

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Smartphone/tablet processors

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About Leadcore". Leadcore. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14". DigiTimes. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  5. ^ "LC1810". Leadcore. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "GPU GFLOPS". GPU GFLOPS. 2014-07-29. Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  7. ^ "LC1811". Leadcore. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "LC1813". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Leadcore Introduces LC1810, LC1811, LC1813, and LC1913 SoCs for Smartphones and Tablets". CNXSoft. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  10. ^ a b "LC1913". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  11. ^ a b "???????????????3S????4G??". Leadcore. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  12. ^ a b "LC1860 TD-LTE / LTE FDD / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GGE LTE SoC Chip". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  13. ^ a b "LC1860C TD-LTE / LTE FDD / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GGE LTE SoC Chip". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  14. ^ "INNOPOWER LC1712 TD-HSPA/GGE FP". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  15. ^ "DTivy L1808B". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
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