Qualcomm : Expands Investment in Automotive Technology to Deliver Integration, Scalability and Value Across All Industry Tiers

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has expanded its automotive technology portfolio to provide a collection of industry-leading technologies enabling timely innovation across all tiers of the automotive industry through highly integrated solutions in the areas of telematics and connectivity, as well as high definition graphics and multimedia for rich infotainment systems, machine intelligence and sensor fusion for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), GNSS location technologies, V2X (Vehicle to Vehicle/Infrastructure/Pedestrian) communications for improved safety and driver convenience, and wireless charging for electric vehicles. The recent acquisition of Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited (CSR) has brought additional technology assets to Qualcomm Technologies' automotive portfolio, including leading Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®, audio, and GNSS location technology solutions. The combined CSR and Qualcomm Technologies automotive roadmap has already yielded involvement in more than 100 major automotive programs with most global automotive OEMs. Qualcomm Technologies' highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) platforms reduce bill-of-materials (BOM) costs, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce overall system risk for OEMs by providing hardened systems and comprehensive software support.

"Qualcomm Technologies is well positioned in the automotive industry to offer our customers comprehensive solutions across a very broad range of technologies including telematics, connectivity, multimedia, location, compute, machine learning, imaging, safety, and control. This diverse and powerful portfolio of technologies allows us to offer highly integrated, scalable platforms for infotainment, telematics, connectivity, GNSS, machine intelligence, V2X communications and wireless electric vehicle charging," said Patrick Little, senior vice president and general manager, automotive, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

"The speed of innovation within vehicle electronics is rapidly accelerating, requiring advanced integration and technology convergence leadership to deliver the challenging user experiences and continuous cost reductions expected by our customers. Qualcomm Technologies and Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. (QTIL), formerly Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, each bring rich and technologically advanced automotive product lines - ranging from discrete connectivity solutions to leading-edge SoC solutions offering new levels of integration and cost effectiveness for tomorrow's converged architectures," he said.

The combined portfolio of automotive solutions includes:

    --  Qualcomm® Snapdragon(TM) 820A Processor - Qualcomm Technologies' newest
        automotive grade SoC offering a scalable next-generation infotainment,
        graphics and multimedia platform with integrated LTE-Advanced
        connectivity and machine intelligence. Announced at CES 2016, the
        Snapdragon 820A is scalable from premium to standard tiers and is
        designed with a modular approach, enabling a vehicle's infotainment
        system to be upgradable through both hardware and software updates.
    --  Snapdragon 602A Processor - an integrated chipset solution first
        announced at CES 2014 that supports advanced smartphone-level
        multimedia, navigation, connectivity and voice quality and control
        features in cars. The 602A contains Qualcomm Technologies' quad-core
        Qualcomm® Krait(TM) CPU, Qualcomm® Adreno(TM) 320 GPU, Qualcomm®
        Hexagon(TM) DSP, integrated GNSS baseband processing and additional
        high-performance audio, video and communication cores.
    --  Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem - the premier modem within the Snapdragon
        family with peak download speeds up to 600 Mbps and download speeds up
        to 150 Mbps, the X12 LTE modem supports several next-generation features
        such as LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation, LTE in unlicensed spectrum
        (LTE-U), and LTE + Wi-Fi Link Aggregation.
    --  Snapdragon X5 LTE Modem - the mobile industry's first modem to implement
        4G LTE Advanced carrier aggregation, achieving LTE Category 4 peak
        download data rates of up to 150Mbps by aggregation of two 10MHz LTE.
    --  Qualcomm® VIVE(TM) 802.11ac technology (QCA65x4 Wi-Fi) - a chipset used
        in tandem with X12 and X5 modems to deliver superior Wi-Fi and support
        consumer features like Wi-Fi 802.11ac hotspots and safety applications
        such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)
        with a seamless combination of Wi-Fi and Dedicated Short Range
        Communication (DSRC). Qualcomm VIVE is a product of Qualcomm Atheros,
        Inc.
    --  Qualcomm Atlas(TM) infotainment SoC -  QTIL's highly integrated,
        cost-effective, pre-packaged Display Audio solution for mid-to-standard
        tiers, that integrates infotainment, connectivity and location features
        in a single turnkey SoC solution for the in-vehicle environment.
    --  Qualcomm® tuneX(TM) chip - QTIL's pin-compatible front-end tuner chip
        that expertly combines hardware and software to provide automotive OEMs
        with a highly cost-effective software-defined radio (SDR) solution, and
        offers leading RF performance across all radio standards including
        AM/FM, DAB, T-DMB, DRM and HD Radio, eliminating the need for OEMs to
        implement dedicated hardware for each region.
    --  Qualcomm Halo(TM) wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) - Qualcomm
        Incorporated's highly efficient, convenient and easy-to-use technology
        for charging electric vehicles without the need to plug-in.  Developed
        over many years, the technology uses resonant magnetic induction to
        transfer energy, wirelessly, from a ground-based pad to a pad integrated
        in the vehicle. Qualcomm Incorporated is an Official Technical Partner
        of FIA Formula E Championship and Qualcomm Halo(TM) WEVC systems are
        integrated into the Official Qualcomm Safety Cars. Allowing these key
        support vehicles to be charged wirelessly enables them to remain fully
        charged at all times, ready to be rapidly deployed in case of an
        emergency.
    --  Discrete auto grade GNSS, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth/Wi-Fi combo products
        - these include solutions such as QTIL's CSRC9300, which combines
        Bluetooth Smart, Wi-Fi and its Qualcomm® aptX(TM) audio codec to
        support new applications for cars such as in-vehicle video streaming;
        and standalone GNSS with Dead Reckoning support, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
        products.

To see demonstrations of industry-leading automotive technology solutions, visit the Qualcomm Automotive booth, North Hall #915 and Qualcomm booth, Central Hall, #8643 at the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2016.

About Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated includes Qualcomm's licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of its patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of Qualcomm's engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of its products and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT. For more than 30 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.

Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Adreno, Hexagon, and VIVE are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Halo, Krait and Qualcomm Atlas are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. aptX is a trademark of Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., registered in the United States and other countries. tuneX is a trademark of Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Qualcomm Snapdragon, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm Hexagon and Qualcomm Krait are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm VIVE is a product of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. Qualcomm Atlas, Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm tuneX and CSRC9300 are products of Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. Qualcomm Halo WEVC technology is licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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