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Qualcomm VRDK Sets Scene for S8/Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has released a new VR development kit, the VRDK, for the Snapdragon 835 processor which is the flagship chip for the company at the moment and was including in the new Sony phone …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Apple Sues Qualcomm Over Licensing & Contracts

by Bob Raikes

Apple has filed a suit against Qualcomm that claims that the firm’s policy of charging royalties based on the value of the item being sold is unfair. Apple believes that this penalises its own …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Qualcomm Moves to 10nm with 820/821

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm held the first press event of the 2017 event, just before the ‘official’ opening event by the CTA. Keith Kressin started by saying that Qualcomm started by moving the mobile phone from analogue …

Tags:CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

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Good News and Bad News for Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

In separate news stories, there was good news and bad news for Qualcomm over the holiday. on the bad news side the company got a fine of $865 million for ‘abuse of market dominance’ …

Tags:Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 01

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Microsoft to Run Windows 10 on Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft is developing a version of Windows 10 that will run on systems using Qualcomm chips. Microsoft is said to be keen to get the operating system onto mobile devices that have the lower …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Snapdragon to be Made on Samsung 10nm

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported that Samsung is switching to 10nm technology and now we hear that Qualcomm will have its Snapdragon 835 made with the process. The chip is in production now and sets with …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

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Qualcomm Results 02/11/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Qualcomm Inc. announced Q4 FY16 consolidated sales of $6.2 bn with Q4 FY16 net profit of $1.6 bn, resulting in a net profit margin of 26%. Both sales and net profit were significantly higher …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 23 - Issue 44

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Qualcomm to Acquire NXP

by Isaac Oburu

Qualcomm Incorporated and NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP. Pursuant to the agreement, a subsidiary of …

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Qualcomm to Buy NXP for $47 billion

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the rumours of a deal between NXP and Qualcomm at the the end of September. Now the deal has been confirmed, but at a higher price and Qualcomm will acquire NXP …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Qualcomm Adds UltraHD Encoding

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 625 processor which is built using 14nm technology and adds UltraHD HEVC encoding, allowing capture of UltraHD content at 30fps. Other features include an octa-core 64-bit CPU, an integrated X9 …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| SOCs| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Qualcomm to Sell All of Its 10-Nano APs to Samsung?

by Bob Raikes

ETNews has reported that Qualcomm has committed to supply all of its 10 nanometre production of its next Snapdragon 830 application processor to Samsung for the next (S8?) Galaxy smartphone. The paper reports that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 39