China's domestic chipset vendors ramping up shipments

In a report by DIGITIMES, China-based vendors, including Rockchip Electronics and Allwinner Technology, have ramped up their shipments to white-box tablet PC vendors in China, cutting out market share from Taiwan-based VIA technologies.

Sources indicated that shipments of white-box tablet PCs in China reached eight million units in the first half of 2012 and are projected to reach 16 to 17 million for the year, compared to the 20 million previously predicted.

Rockchip shipped at least 1.6 million tablet chipset solutions in the first half, accounting for 20% of the white-box tablet PC segment. Rockchip's latest ARM-based dual-core solution, the SoC RK3066, is being built using a 40nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), said the sources.

Allwinner has been delivering more of its A10 solutions, which are also manufactured by TSMC utilizing a 55nm process, added the sources.