Spreadtrum Communications has achieved mass production of its SC7710 chipset, a single-core WCDMA/HSPA+ smartphone chipset designed for entry-level 3G devices shipping globally, according to the China-based IC design house.

　　The SC7710 supports WCDMA/HSPA+ and EDGE/GPRS/GSM standards, integrating a single-core Cortex-A5 CPU running at speeds up to 1.0GHz and a Mali 400 GPU for graphics, and includes support for up to a 5-megapixel camera, 720p video and display resolution up to WVGA. The SC7710 has been qualified by China Unicom and other global operators and is shipping in devices from China's smartphone makers.

　　"The mass market opportunity in smartphones is the entry level smartphone buyer, that is the consumer who is switching from a feature phone for the first time," said Leo Li, chairman and CEO of Spreadtrum Communications. "We are seeing tremendous interest and enthusiasm for our SC7710 chipset, which enables handset makers to design entry level 3G devices at very low cost."