Leadcore Technology
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.
According to the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Leadcore was the fourth largest integrated circuit design company in China by revenue in 2008. 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.
On May 26, 2017, Qualcomm 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 Ltd.. The joint venture will focus on the smartphone chipset business in China.
Product list
Smartphone/tablet processors
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.The LC1813/1913 were released in 2013 and support Android 4.3. Both chips have a 13M pixels ISP. The LC1913 tablet processor has USB-OTG support as an extra feature.
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. 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.
The company also offers feature phone processors, including the LC1712, manufactured at 55 nm, and the 65 nm L1808B.