The agreement with Skullcandy marks the second mobile music device to incorporate color mirasol displays. Qualcomm’s mirasol display works by reflecting light so that specific wavelengths interfere with each other to create color. The phenomenon that makes a butterfly’s wings shimmer is the same process used in Qualcomm’s mirasol displays.
Jim Cathey, vice president of business development for Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, said: This collaboration is yet another proof point of the demand we are seeing for energy-efficient displays in the handset and portable consumer device space. With the power savings of mirasol displays, we are telling companies like Skullcandy to leave the task of power allocation to us so they can continue to design inventive products based on their customers’ expectations.
