元器件交易网讯  3月21日消息，据外媒报道，芯片制造商联发科的智能手机应用处理器（AP）在第一季度的出货量继续保持强力态势国。它的竞争对手展讯面临着自己的市场进一步被联发科蚕食。展讯近年来专注于向新兴市场提供EDGE和WCDMA智能手机AP产品，但其出货量已经开始大幅下降。

　　据Digitimes Research的数据，展讯的智能手机AP出货量的在一月份和二月分别只有2013年同月的一半。虽然市场观察家预计，中国芯片制造商的出货量将在3月份提高，但是仍然不太可能完全夺回已经输给联发科的市场份额。

　　入门级智能手机和平板电脑也开始采用四核AP，但展讯的四核AP解决方案还不够成熟。它的客户已经开始投向联发科，这意味着展讯这一年仍然很艰难。（元器件交易网   白玉涛译）

　　以下为外文：

　　Despite the slow-season performance of China's smartphone market, chipmaker MediaTek's smartphone application processor (AP) shipments in the first quarter continue to see strong growth like it did during the previous quarter. The good price/performance ratios of MediaTek's entry-level and mid-range WCDMA smartphone APs have boosted their popularity among emerging markets.

　　Seeing MediaTek's rapid penetration into emerging markets, its competitors, particularly Spreadtrum, face great challenges defending their market shares. Spreadtrum used to focus on supplying EDGE and WCDMA smartphone AP products to emerging markets, but its shipments have begun to drop sharply since early 2014 with a pace even faster than the decline its single-core TD-SCDMA products saw during the second half of 2013.

　　According to Digitimes Research's figures, Spreadtrum's smartphone AP shipments in January and February 2014 were only half of those of the same months in 2013 and were even lower than its monthly average of the second half of 2013. Although market watchers expect the China chipmaker's shipments to improve in March, it is unlikely to help it fully regain the market share it has lost to MediaTek.

　　Spreadtrum was originally set to release its 3-mode LTE smartphone AP products in April, but the China government's policy change requiring five-mode support is expected to dampen Spreadtrum's shipments in the second half of the year.

　　In the second half, Spreadtrum will release its baseband-integrated tablet APs to increase its presence in the market, but with MediaTek already dominating the market and Qualcomm aggressively trying to make forays into the segment, the China-based maker will be unlikely to have any advantage in terms of product specifications or prices.

　　Enty-level smartphones and tablets are starting to adopt quad-core APs, but Spreadtrum's quad-core APs and solutions are immature. Its clients have started turning to MediaTek's solutions for their devices, which means Spreatrum will have a difficult year.

　　Content from this blog post was provided by the Digitimes Research Tracking team, which focuses on shipment data and market trends in the global mobile device supply chain. Digitimes Research provides quarterly tracking services for market sectors such as Global Tablet, China Smartphone, China Smartphone AP, China Touch Panel, Taiwan ICT and Taiwan FPD. Click here for more information about Digitimes Research Tracking services.