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MediaTek is the little semiconductor that could. They don’t have their own fab, instead relying on UMC, but their chipset designs are going into an ever increasing amount of handsets in the Asian (and international?) market. Key players such as TI, Qualcomm, and Infineon should be looking behind their shoulders as this little Taiwanese company is hungry and is going into more whitebox handsets than anyone can count. The Commercial Times, a Chinese publication, is stating that the company is on track to ship over 100 million chips in the third quarter, and over 350 million total in 2009. If you think about the fact that in Q2 2009, Nokia alone shipped over 103 million devices, than you’ll appreciate that these guys mean business.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
