(Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA) A semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1985 by Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and five others. Originally involved in satellite tracking and fleet management, Qualcomm has become known for its telecom and mobile chips. It developed the unique CDMA cellular technology, which was widely used by Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. before 4G became predominant. Qualcomm's Snapdragon system-on-chips (SoCs) are widely used in Android devices (see
Snapdragon). See
CDMA,
Qualcomm HDR,
OmniTRACS and
Eudora.