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Rockchip (Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd.) is a fabless semiconductor company based in Fuzhou, People's Republic of China. They design SoCs using licensed SIP cores from other companies. Due to their evolution from the MP3/MP4 player market most Rockchip SoCs feature advanced media decoding logic but lack integrated cellular radio basebands. Rockchip is a leading supplier of SoC solutions to Chinese white-box tablet manufacturers as well as supplying top-tier OEMs such as Asus,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Asus MeMO Pad 10 ME102A 16GB Detailed Specs )〕 HP〔(【引用サイトリンク】 HP Slate 7 - Specifications )〕 and Toshiba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Toshiba Excite 7 specs )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Toshiba Excite 7c Tablet (8GB) )〕 Rockchip is an ARM licensee and uses the ARM architecture for the majority of its projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rockchip Multimedia Processor RK28 series by Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics CO., Ltd. )〕 However, on 27 May 2014 Intel announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Rockchip to accelerate the adoption of the Intel architecture and Intel's communication-based solutions for a range of entry-level tablets targeted at the worldwide market.〔 ==Markets and competition== In the market for SoC solutions for tablets, Rockchip faces competition from Allwinner Technology, MediaTek,〔 Intel, Actions Semiconductor, Spreadtrum, Leadcore Technology,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 LC1913 )〕 Samsung Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Broadcom, VIA Technologies〔 and Amlogic.〔 After establishing a leading position early in the developing Chinese tablet SoC market, in 2012 it faced a challenge by Allwinner.〔 In 2012, Rockchip shipped 10.5 million tablet processors, compared to 27.5 million for Allwinner.〔 However, Rockchip subsequently improved its competitive position. For Q3 2013, Rockchip was forecast to ship 6 million tablet-use application processors in China, compared to 7 million for Allwinner who mainly shipped single-core solutions. Rockchip was reported to be the number one supplier of tablet-use application processors in China in Q4 2013, Q1 2014 and Q2 2014.〔〔 Chinese SoC suppliers that do not have cellular baseband technology are at a disadvantage compared to companies such as MediaTek that also supply the smartphone market as white-box tablet makers increasingly add phone or cellular data functionality to their products.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Digitimes Research: Over 50% white-box tablets to come with phone functions in 2H14; MediaTek to benefit most )〕 Intel Corporation has made significant investments into becoming a player in the tablet processor market and was heavily subsidizing its entry into the low-cost tablet market as of 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rockchip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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