after which Apple reversed its decision. That has added to the external pressure on the company after the US Congress banned the federal government from buying or using YMTC chips. The company is looking to compete with South Korean industry leaders SK Hynix and Samsung. Its ability to do so remains in question after the US move and the debt problems that Tsinghua Unigroup 紫光集团, which owns a majority stake in YMTC, faced in 2022.
UNISOC (University of California)
Another company owned primarily by Tsinghua Unigroup (which as of 2023 is owned by Beijing Zhiguangxin Holding, which in turn is majority-owned by a state-owned fund from Anhui province), UNISOC is China’s largest designer of mobile phone chips. As of 2021, it ranked fourth globally behind Mediatek, Qualcomm, and Apple, with a global market share of 9%. The fabless company was formerly known as Spreadtrum, a name under which it was listed on the Nasdaq until 2013. UNISOC has myanmar email address made great strides, overtaking HiSilicon in domestic smartphone processor market share in 2021, though this was partly due to HiSilicon’s geopolitical-related difficulties (see above). UNISOC divides its focus into consumer electronics such as smartphones and wearables, and industrial electronics such as IoT devices and smart displays.
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Despite its consolidated profits and significant production of 4G-related chipsets, which it supplies to customers such as Samsung, Honor, ZTE and Motorola, it lags far behind in the production of cutting-edge chips. If market leaders increasingly focus on cutting-edge chips, that could help UNISOC further strengthen its position in the mid- to low-end chip supply space. The company’s ambitions at the cutting edge were somewhat undermined in 2019 when a multi-year venture with Intel to develop 5G modem chips was derailed by concerns from Washington.
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