Qualcomm may be known first and foremost for making the processors that power millions of phones and tablets. But the company also has a display division… and it’s about to get a little bigger. EE Times reports Qualcomm has acquired display company Pixtronix for about $175 million. Pixtronix is a startup working on MEMS display technology which can offer high…

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Korean eBook company Kyobo is now selling the first consumer device with a Qualcomm Mirasol display (although a Chinese company just announced that it’s ready to follow suit). The Kyobo eReader runs a modified version of Google Android 2.3 with an emphasis on eBooks, but it can also play videos, view photos, or perform other activities. That’s important, because unlike…

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Korean company Kyobo introduced the first eBook reader with a Qualcomm Mirasol display recently. The device has a 5.7 inch, 1024  x 768 pixel low power color screen that can handle books or magazines as well as full-motion video content. Nicole from Netbook News got some hands-on time with the device recently, and they’ve confirmed that while the Kyobo eReader…

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Chip maker Qualcomm recently unveiled a new developer prototype based on the company’s latest Snapdragon S4 chips, and now the company has announced that the prototype is running an early build of Google Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich. Qualcomm is still working on optimizing Ice Cream Sandwich to play well with its S4 processors, and the company says it’s also…

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Qualcomm’s Mirasol display technology combines some of the best features of E Ink and LCD displays. Mirasol displays offer a full range of colors, but use far less power than most color screens. You can also view the screens in direct sunlight or using other ambient light, because they don’t need require a backlight. They also use far less energy…

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Chip maker Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors are found in dozens of smartphones, but only a handful of tablets such as the HTC Flyer, HP TouchPad, and Huawei MediaPad. But that could change next year. In an interview with Fudzilla, a top Qualcomm executive mentioned that there are currently 30 tablets in development featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. All told there are 350…

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Qualcomm has been talking about its upcoming S4 class of mobile processors since before they were even called S4 chips. We already knew these new processors would be able to run at clock speeds as high as 2.5 GHz and that they’d support Windows 8 as well as Android, Linux, and other operating systems. Now the company has put out a…

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As the CyanogenMod team continues to work on porting Google Android to run on the HP TouchPad tablet, a developer has posted some benchmark results. It’s worth noting that these benchmarks aren’t always reflective of real-world performance and that they were run on a device running software that’s still not fully functional. That said, benchmarks at least give a basis…

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Earlier this year chip-maker Qualcomm announced plans to launch a line of super-fast processors with clock speeds as high as 2.5 GHz. Now the company says those chips will start showing up in smartphones and tablets early next year. Pocket Lint reports that new chips will come in single, dual, and quad-core versions, with the high-end processors featuring next-generation Adreno…

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Chip-maker Qualcomm appears to be on something of a buying spree. Earlier this year the company spent $3.1 billion to acquire Atheros, a maker of wireless communications chips. Now Qualcomm has announced an agreement to acquire two new video technologies from Integrated Device Technology. Qualcomm will get the Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) and Frame Rate Conversion (FRC) products in the…

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Mobile processors such as the latest NVIDIA Tegra or Qualcomm Snapdragon chips already offer pretty impressive graphics performance. They can handle 1080p HD video playback and 3D graphics acceleration and companies are working on adding features like shadow-and-lighting effects. While there are some pretty impressive games available for mobile devices, they still don’t really hold a candle to the titles…

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While Marvell does offer application processors, its current offerings aren’t as powerful (or common) as chips from competitors Qualcomm, NVIDIA, or Texas Instruments. According to information uncovered by SemiAccurate, however, it looks as though Marvell may be about to make a significant leap forward from the ARM v6/7 chips it currently produces. Sources indicate that Marvell is working on new…

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