Qualcomm has acquired the developer of MEMS-display Pixtronix. Â Details of the transaction are not yet announced, but according to some sources, the purchase cost Qualcomm from $ 175 to $ 200 million.
Pixtronix company was founded in 2005 and has been developing displays that use MEMS elements structure. Â Displays Pixtronix PerfectLight are characterized by wide viewing angles (170 °) and contrast over 3000:1. Â The screen can display up to 16.7 million colors, and play video while consuming four times less energy compared to liquid-crystalline matrices . Â
We can expect that Qualcomm Mirasol technology development can even move to the use of new screens. Â