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元器件交易网讯 3月17日消息，据台湾电子时报报道，来自业内的消息，随着品牌和白牌手机厂商为了提升中低端手机市场份额而采用4核芯片，8核处理器在所有手机处理器中所占比例仍然很低。
该消息称，虽然三星电子对其8核手机的销量持乐观态度，Galaxy S5的出货量是否能赶上预期仍然未知。
据这一消息来源透露，虽然很多中国大陆手机厂商都高调表达他们对于联发科8核芯片的支持，不过，很少厂商完成了8核芯片机型的设计，这将限定8核芯片的出货量。
另外，该消息来源补充说，联发科为了继续提升其4核芯片的出货量，在其4核芯片和8核芯片价格之间设置了很大的跨度，而联发科此刻也不可能采用激进的价格策略来促销8核处理器。
该消息人士评论说，因为8核芯片的供应商有限，而高端8核智能手机的需求也在降低，所以8核芯片出货量到2015年才可能爆发。（元器件交易网刘光明 译）
外媒原文如下：
Shipment ratio of 8-core smartphone solutions to be lower in 2014
The shipment ratio of 8-core processors to total smartphone solution shipments will not be higher in 2014 as brand and white-box handset vendors in China will still prefer to use quad-core models in order to build their share in the entry-level to mid-range segment, according to industry sources.
While Samsung Electronics has been more upbeat about sales of 8-core smartphones, it remains unknown whether shipments of the Galaxy S5 will be as brisk as expected, said the sources.
Although a number of handset vendors in China have voiced their support for MediaTek"s 8-core CPUs, few of them have completed the design-in process for 8-core models, which will limit shipments of 8-core processors in 2014, revealed the sources.
Additionally, MediaTek has maintained a price gap between quad-core and 8-core CPUs in order to continue ramping up shipments of its quad-core solutions, said the sources, adding that MediaTek is also unlikely to adopt an aggressive price strategy to promote 8-core CPUs for the time being.
