# Dialog Semiconductor and Tsinghua Unigroup to form joint venture for smartphone chips

Dialog Semiconductor Plc. and Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd.'s subsidiary Spreadtrum & RDA are considering a joint venture in eastern China to jointly design communications components for smartphones and IoT.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-03-09
- Where: eastern China, China
- Status: announced
- Products: smartphone chips, communications components, mobile power management technology
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Tsinghua Unigroup](https://endata.com/companies/19494.md) (partner)
- [Dialog Semiconductor Plc.](https://endata.com/companies/22743.md) (partner)
- [Spreadtrum & RDA](https://endata.com/companies/22744.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [gulftime.ae](https://gulftime.ae/apple-supplier-dialog-to-develop-chips-with-chinas-tsinghua/), 2017-03-09: "Unigroup mobile-design subsidiary Spreadtrum & RDA and the British supplier of chips to Apple Inc.'s iPhones and iPads are considering a joint venture in eastern China, through which the pair will jointly design communications components."

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