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Apple Leads Tablet Processors, while Qualcomm Dominates Phones

by Tom Allen

The global market for tablet application processors rose 16% YoY in Q3’14, to $1.4 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung were the top tablet processor vendors in terms of revenue. Apple led with a …

Qualcomm Leak Shows 810 Successor

by Tom Allen

A Twitter-based source, Leakfly, has shared preliminary specifications for Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 and 600 family processors. The roadmap document shows that the 820 uses 64-bit ‘TS2’ cores, which are based on a Samsung …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Drops Qualcomm

by Vanessa Browning

‘People with direct knowledge of the matter’, speaking to Bloomberg, have said that Samsung will not use Qualcomm processors in its upcoming Galaxy S6 smartphone. The company will instead use its own microprocessors, after testing …

Qualcomm and Wearable Devices

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wearable devices were a major topic at CES with many companies showing products for this developing market. Qualcomm, as one of the key suppliers for mobile devices today, has a natural interest in all …

Stream TV Looks To Gaming and Signage

by Tom Allen

Stream TV Networks is the developer of the Ultra-D glasses-free 3D system, which converts 2D content to 3D and eliminates ‘sweet spots’. It introduces a proprietary optical stack to a plasma, LCD or OLED display …

IC Vendors Looks to New Foundry Partners

by Bob Raikes

Industry sources in Asia say that Qualcomm will look at Samsung and TSMC to manufacture its 1Xnm chips this year. Mediatek is also expected to have more than one foundry partner.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Qualcomm’s New Flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 810

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm Technologies (QTI) first publicly mentioned the Snapdragon 810 in April 2014, and positioned it as Qualcomm’s new flagship application processor (AP). It featured a new GPU design, and a half dozen new firsts. …

Tags:GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 50

TSMC Buys Qualcomm Plant

by Raverstead

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has paid $85 million to acquire a factory in northern Taiwan from Qualcomm. TSMC said in a filing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that it has bought the plant for …

Qualcomm to Cut 600 Jobs

by Raverstead

Qualcomm is planning to cut 600 jobs worldwide as the company tries to refocus its business in new areas. The news comes at a difficult time for Qualcomm, which has been the subject of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Snapdragon 810 Unlocks Powerful Mobiles

by Raverstead

Qualcomm has shown a reference handset that demonstrates the capabilities of the Snapdragon 810 SoC. The ‘Qualcomm Mobile Development Platform Smartphone’ has a 6.17″ display with 2560 x 1600 resolution. 4GB of DDR4 RAM …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Qualcomm Result 06/11/2014

by Raverstead

Qualcomm Incorporated reported a 3% year on year increase in turnover in the final quarter of the year at $6.7 billion and 1 26% YoY increase in net profit to reach $1.9 billion. For …

Qualcomm Reveals New Allegations

by Raverstead

Qualcomm is currently facing an antitrust investigation in China (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) and has now revealed new probes in the USA and Europe. During the company’s earnings report (see Finance News), …