Table of Content

1.Introduction

2.Development of Smartphone and SoC Market

2.1 Chinese Brands’ Global Share Keeps Rising Amid Market Saturation

2.2 Adoption of Brands’ In-house SoCs in High-end Smartphones Increasing

2.3 Qualcomm’s Position in Mid-Range and Entry-level Smartphone SoC Markets Remains Unchallenged

3.Development of System on Chip Products and Technologies

3.1 Apple Still Leads in Technology While Competition between Hisilicon and Qualcomm Remains Intense

3.2 Apple and Hisilicon Pioneer in Neural Network Computing

3.3 Qualcomm Remains Leader in Mid-range and Value-line Smartphone SoC Markets


4. Future Trends of Smartphones and Chips

4.1 5G Chips Evolving towards Faster Speed

4.2 5G Chip Sales May Still Under Cost Pressure

4.3 Key Smartphone Differentiators to Lie in Advanced Voice Assistant and Smart Management

4.4 Chip Design Houses Should Secure Market Positions by Partnering with IP Providers and Software Developers


5. MIC Perspective

Appendix

Glossary of Terms

List of Companies

List of Figures

Figure 1 Architecture of Smartphone SoCs

Figure 2 Worldwide Smartphone Market Share by Vendor, 2016 - 2018

Figure 3 Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Share by Price Point, 2016 2018

Figure 4 SoCs Adopted by World’s Top Three Smartphone Brands, 2016 - 2018

Figure 5 Shipment Share of Mid-range and Entry-level Smartphones Adopted with Qualcomm’s Chips

Figure 6: AnTuTu Benchmark Scores of System on Chips from Apple, Hisilicon, Samsung, and Qualcomm

Figure 7 AnTuTu Benchmark, Speed, and Process Node: Qualcomm vs MediaTek

Figure 8 Advantages of Smartphones 5G Applications

Figure 9 5G Smartphones and Their Chip Supply Chains

Figure 10 Applications of AI Technology in Smartphones

Figure 11 Cooperation between Chipmakers and IP Providers/Software Developers



List of Tables


Global smartphone market share of major vendors, including Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, LG, and ZTE and touching on the nascent development of Chinese brands and other brands with in-house production capability as well as the adoption share of Qualcomm SoCs in mid-range and entry-level smartphones

Development of the smartphone SoC market, touching on the development of Apple and Hisilicon and Qualcomm as well as their AnTuTu benchmark scores

Future development trends of smartphones and smartphone SoCs, touching on 5G chips’ potential and challenge, key smartphone differentiators, and what chip design houses should do to secure market positions.