Tizen OS Embedded in Spectrum’s WCDMA Chipsets, Shanghai Chip Maker Says

Shanghai chip maker Spreadtrum Communications successfully integrated the Tizen operating system into its WCDMA chipsets, the company said in a Friday announcement. The chipsets are embedded in Samsung’s first Tizen OS smartphone, the entry-level Z1, which was introduced in India, the company said. The Z1 runs the Tizen 2.3 OS Spreadtrum's SC7727S mobile chipset platform, which features a 1.2-GHz dual-core WCDMA processor, it said.