Qualcomm
announced that it has established a separate wholly-owned subsidiary,
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) to support mobile open source
platforms.
QuIC has brought together a dedicated group of engineers to
optimize open source software with Qualcomm technology. The QuIC board
of directors has named Rob Chandhok, senior vice president of software
strategy for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, as president of QuIC.
"Open
source and community-driven software development is becoming
increasingly important to the wireless industry," said Chandhok, "and
QuIC is committed to meaningful participation in these development
efforts. To fulfill this commitment and to provide focus to this
effort, Qualcomm has transferred experienced software engineers to
QuIC. These engineers will focus on such important open source
initiatives as Linux and Webkit, and on open source operating systems
such as Symbian, Android and Chrome."
As connected consumer
products ranging from traditional handsets and sophisticated
smartphones to mobile computing devices grow in functionality, open
software is helping spur the creativity and innovation that will allow
these devices to provide more advanced services. QuIC engineers have an
intimate knowledge of how to hardware-optimize the performance of
mobile operating systems and the software applications that run on
them.
In related news, Chandhok will address the Symbian open
source community in London on Oct. 28 at SEE 2009, the Symbian Exchange
and Exposition, which is hosted by the Symbian Foundation. At SEE '09,
Chandhok will discuss his vision for "a better open," which includes
leveraging the unique attributes of advanced mobile devices and
optimization via tight hardware integration.
About Qualcomm Innovation Center
Qualcomm
Innovation Center, Inc. is a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
focused on enabling and optimizing open source software for use with
Qualcomm technology. The company is focused on technical innovations to
mobile open source software that leverage the unique capabilities of
today's mobile devices, with a particular eye to optimizing platforms
and the applications that run on them via tight hardware integration.