Qualcomm has decided not to commercialize the recently announced (CES) Snapdragon 802 Smart TV processor. The company said that the overall demand for processors uniquely designed for smart TVs has proven to be "smaller than anticipated."

The quad-core chip (Krait 1.8 GHz CPU and Adreno 330 GPU) was designed to power 4K content on TVs and also support apps and multitasking.

Qualcomm says its decision is specific to the Snapdragon 802 processor and does not affect other products the company is currently shipping in this segment.