By June 2020, GSA had identified 14 commercially available 5G mobile processors or platforms and eight commercially available discrete 5G modems from the five semiconductor companies.
By way of comparison, GSA says 18 commercially available discrete cellular 4G modem chipsets are available from five vendors: Hi-Silicon, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sanechips (formerly ZTE Microelectronics) and UNISOC (formerly Spreadtrum).
Shipment volumes are not comparable, yet, but the processor supply chain now is largely in place to support 5G at commercial volumes. The supply of discrete modems likely will continue to build.
source: Global Mobile Suppliers Association
All that matters because retail prices correlate to production volume: prices drop as volumes increase. That, in turn, means 5G devices are more affordable, which aids adoption by users.
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