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TI opens semiconductor wafer fab in Chengdu, China

, Oct 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

TI makes chips and all manner of processors for electronics devices and other gear that we all use every day. The company has announced that it is expanding its semiconductor fabrication capacity with the announcement of the purchase of a new fab facility in China. Read The Full Story

PandaBoard offers TI Cortex-A9 OMAP4 to imaginative devs

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [5]

Texas Instruments already has a Cortex-A9 OMAP4 product available to developers in the shape of the undeniably expensive OMAP Blaze, but now there's a cheaper option on the horizon.  Based on the BeagleBoard principle, the new PandaBoard project is now taking submissions for an early adopter program with the first TI Cortex-A9 based boards expected to ship out in mid-October. Read The Full Story

Samsung Universal Flash Storage in Development, Ready by 2011

, Oct 1st 2010 Discuss [1]

Today, Samsung made it known that they are hard at work on a new flash memory format, one that will increase speeds, and more scalability. The new memory format, which is currently in development, should be ready to hit the market by some time in the first half of 2011. The new memory format will bring data transfer speeds up to 300Mbps, according to the new report from DigiTimes. Read The Full Story

TI tip multi-platform ARM Cortex A15 “Eagle” mobile devices

, Sep 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

In the aftermath of ARM's stonking new Cortex A15 "Eagle" chipset breaking cover yesterday, Texas Instruments are keen to play up their "lead Eagle licensee" role.  TI OMAP manager Brian Carlson has been detailing some of the advances Eagle brings over at the company's official blog, and one of the most interesting is the potential for "multiple, simultaneous operating environments": more than one OS running concurrently on the same mobile device. Read The Full Story

CUPP hybrid PC pairs always-on ARM chip with Core 2 Duo [Video]

, Sep 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

Instant-on OSes aren't unusual these days on laptop computers, generally offering a fast-booting Linux based environment for basic multimedia playback, internet browsing and email that's separate from the core OS.  However, CUPP Computing is taking a different approach; the Norwegian firm has created what it describes as a hybrid PC, the "Computicator", with a regular X86 processor for day-to-day tasks in Windows 7 together with a low-power ARM processor, both of which can access all the notebook's ports and peripherals. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

DLP Cinema unveils new enhanced 4K chip for big screens

, Aug 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to projectors many of them use DLP chips inside to produce the images we see on the screen. The DLP tech is used in a wide range of projectors from the ones we watch in the theater to the ones we see at home and in the office. Read The Full Story

Intel buying Texas Instruments cable STB division: Google TV incoming?

, Aug 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel has agreed to purchase Texas Instruments' cable modem division, with the chipmaker planning to use it as a showcase for their Atom-based SoCs.  TI's existing staff will be folded into the Intel Digital Home Group; it's unclear at this stage whether Intel intend to shift the cable STBs to the Google TV platform, having been a launch partner for the Google-led technology. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments unveils dual-output power supply that improves AMOLED picture quality

, Aug 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments has announced a new dual output power supply that promises to be able to improve the image quality offered by an AMOLED screen. The dual output power supply is called the TPS65137. Read The Full Story

TI grab pole position in ARM Eagle next-gen cores

, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments are the first company to sign up to ARM's new Cortex-A series processor core, ARM Eagle.  Launched at Computex 2010, Eagle takes its place at the high-end of ARM's portfolio, and will form the basis of TI's next-gen OMAP chipsets. Read The Full Story

Wireless charging to see 65x growth by 2014 claims iSuppli; Nokia & RIM tipped as cutting their cords

, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Wireless charging solutions like the Palm Touchstone are likely to increase in shipments by a factor of 65x by 2014, iSuppli are predicting, suggesting that cordless power will spread from mobile phones to "portable media players, digital still cameras and mobile PCs."  They also predict the rise of a common standard which all manufacturers could promote cooperatively.  Current wireless charging shipments are believed to be around 3.6m units in 2010, though iSuppli expect that to rise to 234.9m in just four years time. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments Blaze Tablet Available This August

, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

We've had a lot of things to cover when it comes to Texas Instruments' OMAP4, especially when it has anything to do with that Blaze name. From our hands-on time with the previously released OMAP Blaze, which happened twice, to the general overview of the device we provided earlier in the year, it's one of the more exciting pieces of technology out there. And now, Texas Instruments is cramming all of the goodness of that Blaze moniker into, that's right, a tablet! Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments unveils new Sitara ARM Cortex A8 MPUs

, Jun 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments has announced a pair of new Sitara ARM Cortex A8 MPUs that include the AM3715 and the AM3703. Both of the new parts can run at up to 1GHz speeds and offer better system response time, faster boot times, and increased battery life. Read The Full Story
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