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by Tom Allen
In September 2014, Nvidia filed a complaint against Samsung and Qualcomm at the USA’s International Trade Commission (ITC). Nvidia accused Samsung of infringing on three patents, and wanted to block sales of Samsung’s Qualcomm-powered …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Patents| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 41
by Isaac Oburu
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), for $65 million. Vuforia is the industry’s …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Qualcomm
by Tom Allen
Software specialist PTC (formerly Parametric Technology Corporation) is to acquire the Vuforia augmented reality business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences (a subsidiary of Qualcomm). The deal is worth $65 million. Vuforia is a platform and …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 41
by Tom Allen
Qualcomm has announced the third-generation of its Quick Charge technology, which will be able to charge an average phone from 0% to 80% in 35 minutes. It is said to be almost 40% more …
Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 37
by Jon Peddie
Our good friend, Dr. Jon Peddie, got to hear about the next generation Snapdragon 820, launched today. Very high resolution displays and graphics need significant processor power to drive them and this is where …
Tags:Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 34
by Steve Sechrist
Mattel’s new version of Viewmaster will crack open to allow a smart phone to be put inside and viewed in stereo 3D with a unique twist, support for Vuforia object recognition, triggering events by …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Siggraph 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 33
by Tom Allen
At Siggraph 2015, Qualcomm introduced its next-generation GPUs and camera image signal processors (ISPs). The Adreno 5xx GPU series will premiere with the Adreno 530 in the upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, and the Adreno …
Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 33
by Helen Vince
Qualcomm has finally completed its acquisition of CSR, a fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything and automotive segments. The company announced its offer for CSR in November …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 33
by Milos Pavlovic
Tablet processor chip sales fell 6% YoY in Q1’15, says Strategy Analytics. The market is worth only 1/7 of the smartphone processor market, at $733 million – a 6% decline in value. Apple (28%), …
Tags:Apple| Chips| Intel| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 31
by Helen Vince
Qualcomm has announced a major reorganisation of its business, in a plan which will see around 4,500 staff losing their jobs worldwide. The company also said it would not rule out breaking itself up. …
Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
Researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies have developed a new display, using a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of natural light. The development is the latest version of …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Reflective Display| Vol 22 - Issue 26
by Helen Vince
Using a simple structure comprising a mirror and an absorbing layer to take advantage of the wave properties of light, researchers at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have developed a …
Tags:MEMs Displays| Qualcomm
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