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Quad-core mobile chips from Qualcomm and NVIDIA are just around the corner

Earlier this week Qualcomm announced a new quad-core Snapdragon chipset for next-generation tablets and mobile computing devices. The flagship chipset - the APQ8064 based on the 'Krait' micro-architecture code - will achieve speeds of up to 2.5GHz per core.

It's expected to offer 12-times the available performance as well as 75% lower power than the first generation of Snapdragon processors.

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Podcast - 16th February 2011

We're in Barcelona for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011. Here's our report at the beginning of day three, talking about personal privacy in the mobile age. Contributions come from Qualcomm, Eric Schmidt of Google and the Mobile Marketing Association.

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Qualcomm sees a peer-to-peer future for mobile communication

Qualcomm is currently working on a type of peer-to-peer wireless technology that'll be demonstrated next week at the GSMA Mobile World Congress.

The service, called FlashLinq, enables mobile devices to discover each other automatically and and to communicate with each other at broadband-like speeds without needing any infrastructure. A trial with SK Telecom in South Korea is currently planned.

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Record Q1 figures for Qualcomm

Mobile technology company Qualcomm has announced record figures for the first quarter of its 2011 financial year.

Revenue was up 25% year-on-year to $3.35 billion, while net income was up 39% year-on-year for the quarter to $1.17 billion.

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Qualcomm invests in answers service ChaCha

ChaCha – a US-based service that answers questions sent via SMS text, online, Twitter, voice, Facebook and mobile apps – has just picked up $3 million of new funding that includes $900,000 from Qualcomm Ventures.

In total, the company has now raised approximately $75 million.

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