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PSA: Acer’s Android all-in-one won’t roll with Haswell

, May 31st 2013 Discuss [5]

Earlier this year a device code-named DA220HQL was introduced to the world - silently - this being the same device appearing along technology newslines being reported as brand new, and coming soon with Haswell inside. What's actually happened here is a bit of a mistaken identity - the device in question is, indeed, already on the market - and it comes with a dual-core Texas Instruments processor inside. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments 4.5-amp lithium-ion battery charging circuit cuts charge time

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments is a major technology company that develops chips and internal components for a variety of gadgets and electronic devices on the market today. The company has announced a new lithium-ion battery charger and integrated circuit that promises significantly faster charging compared to other solutions on the market today. The new Texas Instruments product is the bq2419x family of 4.5-amp output, 20-V input-rated switch-mode chargers. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments unveils DLP IntelliBright technology

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments has announced a new technology that will be integrated into all sorts of projectors promising to boost image brightness and contrast. The new technology is called DLP IntelliBright and promises to not only boost brightness and contrast for projected images, but to reduce power consumption while. Texas Instruments says that the new technology will enhance all classes of its new DLP Pico products. Read The Full Story

Audi teams with Texas Instruments for Jacinto 5 processor integration

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [3]

The first car manufacturer to work with the Texas Instruments Jacinto 5 automotive infotainment processor has been announced today as being Audi with no less than their MIB High system. This collaboration will have on its mind power, real-time signal processing, and flexibility, all the while working with integrate a "rich collection" of automotive connectivity options and peripherals galore. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: November 14, 2012

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone. Today Samsung rejected rumors that it's been charging Apple a 20% premium on processors for iDevices, saying that since the prices are determined and agreed upon at the beginning of the year, it would be pretty difficult to change them. Speaking of Apple, the company confirmed today that it will soon open its first store in South America - the store will be located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to be exact. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments announces plans to lay off 1,700 workers

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

It isn't exactly a secret that Texas Instruments has been struggling in the mobile space a bit lately, so it shouldn't be much of a surprise that today the company announced it will soon be broadening its focus when it comes to its OMAP processors. We've heard about such a change before, but today Texas Instruments is giving us a better idea of what pros and cons this broader focus will have. While the company will be able to save a healthy amount of money by focusing less on the smartphone space, this unfortunately means that TI will be letting around 1,700 employees go. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 16, 2012

, Oct 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Tuesday evening everyone. Today was a pretty big day as far as news goes, with Apple sending out invites to an upcoming event, which is where we're assuming the company will announce the iPad Mini. Not one to be outdone, Microsoft finally gave us some substantial details on Surface today (including information on pre-orders), and Samsung was right there to put its line up of new Windows 8 PCs and tablets up for pre-order as well. Read The Full Story

Amazon weighing TI mobile chip business grab tip insiders

, Oct 15th 2012 Discuss [1]

Amazon is reportedly in "advanced negotiations" to acquire Texas Instruments' OMAP chip division, bringing chip design for its Kindle tablets in-house, and helping TI refocus on embedded systems. The deal in discussion, Calcalist reports, follows TI's public distancing from its own phone and tablet chip business in the face of rising competition from Qualcomm, Samsung, and others, though Amazon taking charge of OMAP could leave rivals Barnes & Noble in a tricky situation. Read The Full Story

Brookstone HDMI Pocket Projector Review

, Oct 1st 2012 Discuss [13]

It’s time to get giant with the Brookstone HDMI Pocket Projector, the newest fun and entertaining light pusher on SlashGear’s own review bench! This device connects to whatever device you’ve got on hand that can push images via HDMI, with a set of controls that so simple to understand, you’ll not need to peek at the instructions even once. What we’ve got a demo of here is the device working with an iPad – but the limits of your HDMI-connected greatness are up to you!

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: September 26, 2012

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

This morning we're bubbling around in the middle of the week with a mix of Windows Phone 8, iPhone 5 incoming wave madness, and the looming BlackBerry 10 release. Of course there's a lot of non-mobile stuff coming up as well, and we've gone and done a whole car review, but there's always a bunch of phones to love up on! There's also some chip news, apps for the devices you just bought, and no less than sixteen billion new devices in all realms as well - did I mention that I've been gone for a week? That's Chris Burns, gone for a whole week - I'll be writing an article about how it's felt to be out of the loop, so to speak. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments sidelines phone and tablet chip business

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [5]

Texas Instruments has announced it will scale back its mobile processor business, no longer targeting smartphones and tablets, but instead eyeing the embedded systems market. The surprise news follows further contractions in TI's business, most recently seeing long-standing customer Motorola pick up Intel's Medfield for the RAZR i, though TI says it will continue to support its existing clients, Reuters reports. Read The Full Story

Kindle Fire HD 7 gets teardown and components detail

, Sep 17th 2012 Discuss [1]

The Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 - that being the 7-inch display toting version of the tablet experience - has received its first official teardown, straight from the folks at iFixit. This teardown shows a rather clean looking construction complete with the Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 dual-core processor powering the whole beast - the first big note here is the fact that the machine has a 1.2Ghz processor though TI claims it'll operate at up to 1.5Ghz. Also under the hood you'll find a Texas Instruments TWL6032 Fully Integrated Power Management IC and Samsung KLMAG2GE4A eMMC 16 GB Flash Memory and Flash Memory Controller as well. Read The Full Story
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