Texas Instruments has partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems to announce a reference design that will allow Android 4.0 tablets to be built for under US$70, the companies announced Wednesday. The Etab reference design is for a basic tablet ...
Tags: US, Android 4.0 tablet, cooperation, reference design
Texas Instruments has introduced a fingerprint recognition and face detection development kit based on its real-time DSP which comes with biometrics analysis software, preloaded. The C6748 DSP development kit incorporates the firm's C6748 ...
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Dye-sensitized photoelectric film manufactured by UK company G24 Innovations eliminates need for batteries or chargers. New light-powered wireless keyboards for Apple tablets from the consumer electronics giant Logitech represent ...
Tags: Graetzel, G24, solar keyboard, iPad, Logitech
Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Google, Amazon, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire
Texas Instruments Inc.introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer detect,phase decoder and adjustable hold current circuits to provide smooth and flicker-free dimming ...
METRO VANCOUVER - B.C.’s transportation minister blames the contractor who designed and built the new Port Mann Bridge for the damages and injuries caused by chunks of ice falling off the structure during Wednesday’s snowstorm. ...
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Texas Instruments Wednesday unveiled its first single-stage wireless charging integrated chip (IC). TI said the new IC is 60% smaller than its predecessors. The company today also added a power controller chip that it said increases the ...
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Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled its newest DaVinci video processors, underscoring the company's commitment to innovations that help make our world safer. The DaVinci DM385 and DM8107 video processors, announced at the China Public ...
Tags: Video processor, low light applications, video solutions
The top three foundries are in the world top ten semiconductor companies ranked by first half sales, says IC Insights. TSMC's capacity utilization rate in 2Q12 was 102% (exceeding 100% because of the way the company defines its ...
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U.S. 8,133,599 B2 PPG Industries has received a patent for a coated article comprised of a substrate; a first coating formed over at least a portion of the substrate, the first coating is comprised of a mixture of at least two oxides ...
Toshiba today confirmed ccc: It won't be delivering a Windows RT-based tablet anytime soon. "Toshiba has decided not to introduce Windows RT models due to delayed components that would make a timely launch impossible," the Japanese ...
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ZOTAC International, the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today announced that it plans to promote its latest range of graphics cards and mini PCs at GITEX. Senior global executives ...
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Biotronik has reported that the first US patient has been implanted with its Lumax 740 dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Lumax 740 dual-chamber ICD features SMART detection, which discriminate between atrial and ...
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The HSA Foundation is established to define and promote an open, standards-based approach to heterogeneous computing Technology firms AMD, ARM, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek and Texas Instruments (TI) have came together to form a non ...
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The new bluetooth low energy application software includes a master-slave feature that enables a CC254x SoC to support both master and slave modes at different times Wireless connectivity applications provider Texas Instruments (TI) has ...
Tags: software, application, bluetooth