Qualcomm tries to license of Mirasol display out

Published:2012/7/25 1:25:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

According to Qualcomm Inc., the company will pay attention its manufacturing of Mirasol sunlight-readable displays on a limited set of products and try and license the technology out to other companies.

Paul Jacobs, the CEO of Qualcomm, said that the company would focus on licensing out the next-generation of Mirasol and commercialize "only certain Mirasol products" in the second quarter. However, there is no actual strategy about the project. It is also not clear whether it include the technology of Pixtronix, which it acquired for $175 million in January 2012. Qualcomm paid $170 million in 2004 for startup company Iridigm Display Corp. which originally developed the technology.

Based on a MEMS-like moving structure, the Mirasol display technology produced grey scale by interferometric modulation. The display is reflective rather than using a backlight, providing power saving but muted color, and it was designed into some e-readers.

Since September 2010, Qualcomm stuck with a smaller size display. However, it is reported that Qualcomm had met manufacturing problems with the technology that prevented good yields.

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