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China's Allwinner Outsold Intel, Qualcomm In Tablet Processors In 2012
An anonymous reader writes "ARM licensee Allwinner sold more application processors for tablet computers in 2012 than Intel and Qualcomm put together, according to this EE Times article that references market researcher Strategy Analytics. Overall one in five tablet processors was provided by a Chinese vendor in 2012, according to the article, partly because they sell chips at half the price of similarly specified chips from better known vendors."
So wait, they beat the single-digit of designs that used Intel Atom and failed, combined with the almost nothing of Android tablets not made by Samsung?
How impressive!
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Undercutting competition is pretty much the definition of the hallowed free market. He who can sustain the loss the longest wins, that shouldn't surprise anyone.
... whatever
Look at video game consoles, Sony (They be Japan) and Microsoft (American) sold their consoles at losses.
Selling consoles at a loss actually makes sense because the company doing it owns the IP and there is a "lock-in" effect once games are developed for the console.
Dumping by Allwinner makes no sense, and there is no reason to believe that is what they are doing. The IP is owned by ARM (a British company) and there is no "lock-in": phone/tablet can easily switch since the software is compatible.
Dumping accusations are almost always BS from a competitor clamoring for protectionism and subsidies. If the dumping was a real concern, it would be consumers that complain, rather than competitors. Allwinner is gaining market share because they keep their costs low, manufacture high volumes, and accept modest profit margins. They are winning because they deserve to win. If their competitors don't like it, maybe they could, you know, like ... compete.