Leadcore Technology

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Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd.
Native name
联芯科技有限公司
Industry Fabless semiconductors
Headquarters
Shanghai
,
China
Number of employees
1,000+ [1]
Parent Datang Telecom Technology
Website www.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]

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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

Smartphone/tablet processors

Model NumberAppli-cation Fab CPUGPUDisplay resolutionMemory interfaceModemReleased
ISA μarch CoresFreq. (GHz)L2 cache μarch Freq. (MHz)
LC1810 [5] Smart phone40 nmARMv7-A Cortex-A9 21.2512 KB Mali-400 MP2 [6] 300Up to 1920x1080400 MHz LPDDR22G/3G (GSM, GSM-DSDA, TD-HSPA+)
LC1811 [7] Up to 1280x800
LC1813 [8] [9] Cortex-A7 4 ?400LPDDR, LPDDR2, DDR32G/3G (GSM, GSM-DSDS, TD-HSPA)2013
LC1913 [10] Tablet1.4 ?
LC1860 [11] [12] Smart phone28 nm62.0 ? Mali-T628 MP2 [6] 600Up to 2KDual-channel LPDDR34G (TD-LTE, LTE FDD Cat 4)2014
LC1860C [13] 41.5 ?Up to 720pSingle-channel 32-bit LPDDR2, LPDDR3
LC1960 [11] Tablet62.0 ? ? ?

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]

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  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "LC1813". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "Leadcore Introduces LC1810, LC1811, LC1813, and LC1913 SoCs for Smartphones and Tablets". CNXSoft. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  10. 1 2 "LC1913". Leadcore. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  11. 1 2 "???????????????3S????4G??". Leadcore. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  12. 1 2 "LC1860 TD-LTE / LTE FDD / TD-SCDMA / WCDMA / GGE LTE SoC Chip". Leadcore. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  13. 1 2 "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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