Qualcomm is spending on development 20% of their income. In 2012, for example, to target R & D spent about one billion U.S. dollars. It is important to note that the budget directly Qualcomm Labs relatively small - it is almost invisible against the background of development costs for the target company's business, which involves the creation of new media and communication processors. In the future developments of the laboratory can increase interest in Qualcomm products , a source of licensing revenue or even the base for the creation of a unique business unit.
As acknowledged by the head of Qualcomm Labs, in two and a half years the unit has worked with dozens of interesting ideas. A third of them were dropped, one third required further study, and a third was a viable and recommended for implementation. Interestingly, Qualcomm Labs considers promising technologies which make it possible to interact with a business, not a regular user. In other words, interest in solutions to appear at Qualcomm device developers.
In this regard, Qualcomm Labs is trying to focus on machine interfaces.
In conclusion, a few words about the technology Qualcomm Labs ready for practical implementation. First, it is the development of broadcast LTE. This technology will allow operators to make better use of the leased frequency band. Relying on sensors and other features, the device should outpace consumer desires. For example, at the premiere of the next film of the universe Star Trek, users can earn points by photographing the posters to the tape. Then in cinemas these points can be converted into tickets.
Another promising technology Qualcomm Labs recognized platform 2Net. Is a collection of information about the current state of user health and then sending the data to the cloud and further processing, the final of which structured information gets to the doctors.