HTC and ST-Ericsson will jointly develop chipsets

Reportedly, the Taiwanese company HTC intends to conclude a partnership agreement with ST-Ericsson to develop hardware platforms for its low-end phones. The newspaper China Times points out that the above-named company signed a memorandum of cooperation and the first chipset to appear as early as 2013. More specifically, the HTC is going to take the path chosen by Samsung and Apple - to develop chipsets for its own needs in order to have large differences from other market participants. Also, a company like Apple ST-Ericsson has its own production of processors, while the limited production of the HTC available - Project Image Chip, which was developed under a number of solutions applied in a series of smartphones One. In addition, previously reported that the Taiwanese manufacturer will get rid of the strong focus on Qualcomm. best example of diversification of processors for smartphones is the company Samsung, which more recently is the manufacturer's number one phone in the world. The Korean manufacturer has not only engaged in self-development of chipsets and buys them from other manufacturers, but also a producer autsorsnym chipsets for Apple. Takeover of the experience of the corporation by HTC seems logical. Some time ago, she successfully competed in the market of expensive solutions with Samsung, but the last few quarters of failed leadership HTC forced to reconsider many aspects of the policy.