#UNISOC

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. UNISOC further evolved on the Tiger line to meet the modern-day requirements of 5G connectivity and AI. In 2020, UNISOC released its first 5G chipset. Read more in our articles including "Rise of the Dragon: The UNISOC Story" and "UNISOC just launched the T8300 5G for mid-range smartphones with satellite connectivity".