#RockChip SoC

Google has announced that they are teaming up with China-based chipmaker RockChip to come up with a System-on-Chip that will be used on the modular Project Ara handset. A new social media platform called ZOOP is set to launch globally this April. But behind the scenes, a few key players had controlled the chips for “all the other” mobile devices; the affordable phones, non-flagships, entry-level, billions of users - with UNISOC being an integral competitor. The Early Days Unisoc actually started as Spreadtrum Electronics, a small company built by Chinese entrepreneurs freshly returned from Silicon Valley. The brand’s largest success Spreadtrum and RDA finally merged in 2018 under a new name: UNISOC, meaning UNIFIED Systems on Chips (SOC). The first chip launched under the UNISOC flag was the SC9863 (2018), embedded in devices like the Alcatel 1S (2019). Despite its shortcomings, that chip proved to be a good sign of things to come - as it was followed by the revolutionary UNISOC Tiger T618. UNISOC today The brand has made significant strides to get to its 14% global market share today. Read more in our articles including "Google teams up with RockChip for Project Ara SOC" and "Social media platform ZOOP to launch globally".