The sources believe that Intel is mainly stopping its subsidies to China's white-box players as its cooperation with Tsinghua Unigroup should no longer require the CPU giant to promote its products in China.Source: DigiTimes
Spreadtrum Communications, a CPU subsidiary of Tsinghua, will develop x86-based SoCs jointly with Intel and will also be responsible for selling the CPUs in China. With Spreadtrum's existing channels and clients, Intel will not need to offer subsidies to attract partners in China.
Since orders from first-tier brand vendors are still handled by Intel, the sources believe that the CPU maker is unlikely to risk losing high-volume orders from these clients.
Intel considering to stop mobile subsidies
Posted on Tuesday, October 21 2014 @ 15:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck