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Did Qualcomm try to pull something funny with the Mirasol display?

January 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · conferences & trade shows, opinion

I stopped by the Qualcomm booth earlier and I think there’s something funny going on. They have a new demo unit for the Mirasol, which is reason enough to go. They also changed the video running on it. Do you know the demo video I found a few days ago? It was running on the [...]

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Qualcomm Mirasol still not in production?

January 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced this morning that Qualcomm will indeed be investing $1b in a new production plant for the Mirasol screen. Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2008 U.S. investment mission to the formation of American Qualcomm (Qualcomm) headquarters called, finally in the fierce competition, stand out to compete for the favor of [...]

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Qualcomm to demo Mirasol screen device at CES 2011

September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Pocket-lint are reporting: Qualcomm has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it will launch, in connection with a partner, a device, probably an ebook reader, that features its Mirasol colour screen technology in the first quarter of 2011. An announcement is expected at CES in Las Vegas in January. … The company wouldn’t tell Pocket-lint which partner [...]

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Qualcomm to open Mirasol plant in Taiwan

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Digitimes have the story: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies plans to invest a total of US$2 billion to set up a 4.5G production plant for Mirasol displays at the Longtan site of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), according to market sources. Equipment installation is scheduled to begin in October 2011 and volume production at the beginning of [...]

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Qualcomm: Mirasol screen really isn’t in production

August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news

Slashgear followed up on the Mirasol story that I reported on earlier yesterday. Here’s what Chris reported being told by Jim Cathey, VP of business development for Qualcomm’s MEMS division: According to Cathey, despite what Mollenkopf’s comments implied, the mirasol fabs are up and running, and samples are out with the company’s OEM partners. The [...]

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Qualcomm’s Mirasol screen not yet in production

August 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

That’s what ZDnet was told a few days ago at the Pacific Crest Securities Technology Leadership Forum. Here’s how they quoted Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president of Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies: I think we’ve been able to show that the product itself works and is compelling. (With) video, it has update rates that are consistent with [...]

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Qualcomm announce app store for Brew

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From the press release: Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced the availability of an application store to bring Brew® apps and services to consumers in open markets.  The first application store will be managed by SINA, the largest infotainment Web portal in China, whose strong brand awareness in China will provide both local and global [...]

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SID Display Week: Qualcomm Mirasol screen

May 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows, hardware news

by Charlie Dulin of Dulin’s Books Qualcomm had a barista in their booth making any kind of coffee drink you could think, but the Mirasol displays showcased were getting just as much attention. They had several stations showing off video or static content on their 5.7” reader reference design. The video looked slightly faster than [...]

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Qualcomm’s Mirasol Display linked to butterfly attacks

April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · humor

Cheryl Goodman, Director of PR and Marketing for Qualcomm’s MEMS Technology division addresses the country regarding the rash of vicious butterfly attacks first caused by stolen prototypes of Mirasol display devices.

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