Multi mode will become the mainstream trend of the smart phone chip

1. Multi-mode will become the mainstream trend of the smart phone chip
Today, smart phones is advancing rapidly, a variety of new technologies and new features
gradually integrated into the smart phone. The research firm's data show that China's smart
phone shipments this year will increase to more than 54 million, far higher than the 35 million
last year, 2015, China's smart phone market will expand to 112 million.
Chip as the brains of the phone, but also bear a greater responsibility and increasing mobile
phone functions, higher demands on chip design and development from the current global
perspective of the development of TD-LTE multi-mode chip and the terminal is still a The
development trend of TD-LTE and FDD-LTE need to develop multi-mode chip and terminal, the
Ministry will actively promote the chip companies to seize the development of TD-LTE
multi-mode chip and terminal. The development of multi-mode platform, so that the terminal
equipment can have access to LTE, and backwards compatible with other mobile wide do
network functions.
According to the compatibility of the development of continuity of the market and user needs,
the future terminal must be multi-mode capabilities, including multi-mode multi-mode LTE and
3G and 2G, as well as the LTE standard. Development of multi-mode platform, device
manufacturers can develop countries around the world can access the LTE network and
equipment, and, when necessary, but also backward compatible with the mobile wide network.
Operators while retaining their existing 3G networks, backward compatibility at the same time,
you can seamlessly switch to LTE, so that users get more freedom and a consistent experience.
Commercialization of LTE terminal, Verizon Wireless to launch LTE / EV-DO multi-mode smart
phone, the HTC ThunderBolt using the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip MDM9x00 of modem. The
Innofidei launch 40nm process The WarpDrive 5000 chip compatible with the 3GPP R9 version of

2. TD-LTE FDD / TDD common mode compatible with the 3GPP LTE standard. ST Ericsson R & D team
focused on the development of multi-mode platform, including the platform can support both
LTE-FDD and TD-LTE.
Manufacturers to enter the field of LTE chips from the present situation, there are three types of
first category is the traditional communications chip manufacturers, most of them tend to
support 2G/3G/LTE multi-mode products; second class WiMAX chip manufacturers, the general
tendency of the single-mode chip ; is a new chip manufacturers, there is no history of
communications chips, and just want to seize the LTE market opportunities, and generally will
choose LTE single-mode direction. However, of LTE multi-mode terminals will become the
mainstream trend of industrial development.