(Source: Datamonitor)Spreadtrum Communications, Inc, a semiconductor provider in China, has announced that its new TD-SCDMA baseband chip, the SC8802G, is shipping in Samsung's GALAXY S II smartphone targeting China Mobile subscribers.
Designed with 40nm CMOS silicon technology, the SC8802G is the newest chip in Spreadtrum's SC88xxG series for the TD-SCDMA market.

Spreadtrum's advanced 40nm platform reportedly reduces power consumption, delivering standby and talk times that are a first in TD-SCDMA 3G. Spreadtrum's SC8802G enables TD-HSUPA, TD-SCDMA as well as GSM, GPRS and EDGE operation and supports TD-HSDPA at 2.8Mbps, TD-HSUPA at 2.2Mbps.

"We are honored to be selected by Samsung as a TD-SCDMA baseband chip supplier." said Leo Li, Spreadtrum's president and CEO. "We are seeing accelerating growth in the TD-SCDMA market as handset features and performance and network coverage align with consumer preference and expectations. Handsets such as Samsung's GALAXY S II will raise the bar in terms of what consumers can expect from a 3G experience."

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