Exhibit 8.1

List of Subsidiaries of Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (the Registrant)



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|Name of Entity                                                                                                                      |  | Jurisdiction of Incorporation
|Direct or Indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries:                                                                                       |  |                              
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|Spreadtrum Communications Corp.                                                                                                     |  | California, U.S.A.           
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|Quorum Systems, Inc.                                                                                                                |  | Delaware, U.S.A.             
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|Spreadtrum Hong Kong Limited                                                                                                        |  | Hong Kong                    
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|Spreadtrum International Limited                                                                                                    |  | Hong Kong                    
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|Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.                                                                                      |  | PRC                          
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|Spreadtrum Communications Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Spreadtrum International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) |  | PRC                          
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|Tianjin Spreadtrum Communications Co., Ltd.                                                                                         |  | PRC                          
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|Affiliated Entity Consolidated in the Registrants Financial Statements:                                                            |  |                              
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|Beijing Spreadtrum Hi-Tech Communications Technology Co., Ltd.                                                                      |  | PRC