China Chipmakers Tap ARM Designs to Challenge Intel, Qualcomm
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Two Chinese companies scarcely known outside their home country have amassed almost one-third of the market for tablet chips in less than a half-decade -- creating headaches for top semiconductor makers led by Intel Corp.
Rockchip Electronics Co. and Allwinner Technology Co. increased sales from a combined 0.3 percent of the market for tablet computer processors in 2010 to more than 27 percent just three years later.