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Texas Instruments advances ahead in contactless temperature measurement

Sam Koutroulakis, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today we saw some amazing advancements in temperature sensor technology by Texas Instruments. The TMP006 is the first single-chip passive infrared temperature sensor to date, and is extremely smaller than any currently available. It can easily be incorporated into smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and countless other mobile devices. More accurate temperature readings through using the TMP006 will allow manufacturers to optimize system performance.

See that little square dot? That's TI's next generation temperature sensor, sitting next to the old model and the CES award it won the company.

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Texas Instruments unveils more efficient boost charger for harvesting energy

Shane McGlaun, Oct 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

The idea of little nano-generator chips inside all sorts of products for harvesting small amounts of energy to operate low power circuits is very appealing. This is a particularly important technology for sensors in things like security systems and other uses that only need tiny bits of power to operate. Being able to harvest that power from solar energy or vibration makes the sensors much easier to install. There are a myriad of uses for this sort of tech other than sensors. Read The Full Story

Fossil Meta Watch, hackable timepiece visits FCC

Rue Liu, Aug 25th 2011 Discuss [3]

The Fossil Meta Watch was first shown off by HP at an event back in March and later pegged for a July release. But it has since faced several delays, most recently pushed back to September 2 for Hong Kong, with a date for the US still uncertain. But today, the watch has passed through the FCC, which signals that the wait shouldn't be much longer. Read The Full Story

Fossil Meta Watch delayed again

Shane McGlaun, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

We have talked on a few occasions about the Fossil Meta Watch and it was expected to ship back in May. The watch never shipped and now the Meta Watch has been hit with another delay. Fossil has announced that the watch has had a "few production related hiccups." The watch is going to come in a full digital version and a version with analog and digital elements. Fossil has at least offered up details on what is holding the watch up. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor for boatloads of cash

Shane McGlaun, Apr 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

TI has announced that it is set to purchase National Semiconductor in an all-cash transaction. TI will layout $6.5 billion for National Semiconductor and says that the merger will unite two industry leaders with a common commitment to solving analog needs. TI notes that both firms will operate independently pending the close of the acquisition. Read The Full Story

TI offers update on Miho facility damaged in Japanese earthquake

Shane McGlaun, Mar 15th 2011 Discuss [1]

The scale of the catastrophe in Japan is hard to fathom and with so much industry within the nation, the hard times are spread all around the world for many technology companies. TI has offered an update about its facilities in Japan that were damaged in the earthquake. According to TI, its Miho, Japan manufacturing site suffered substantial damage. Miho is about 40 miles northwest of Tokyo. Read The Full Story

Texas Instruments offers industry first Qi certified dev tool and chipset for wireless power

Shane McGlaun, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

There is no shortage of cases and charging plates on the market in all sorts of brands that allow the user to charge their smartphone and other gear without having to connect cords. The coolest and most promising of those use Qi power tech, which is a standard that will allow any brand of gadget supporting Qi to be charged on any other charge pad with Qi inside. Read The Full Story

TI introduces new TMS320C66x multicore DSP for core networking and high-performance computing

Shane McGlaun, Nov 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Texas Instruments has unveiled its latest product in the digital signal processing market. The new DSP is called the TMS320C66x multicore DSP and the family has four products in it right now. The new DSPs are all scalable and are aimed at applications where high-performance and low power consumption is required. Read The Full Story

XTR and TI partner on next-gen touchless gesture control engine optimized for OMAP

Shane McGlaun, Sep 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

Few will argue that gesture controls on touchscreen devices is a bad thing. The only real downside to being able to swipe your finger across the screen of your MP3 player or your computer is that you end up with fingerprints and smears all over the screen. A company called Extreme Reality (XTR) has teamed up with Texas instruments to develop a next generation gesture control technology that is optimized for OMAP that doesn’t require the user to actually touch the screen. Read The Full Story

TI unveils industry’s first 2.4GHz SoC for ZigBee RF4CE remote controls

Shane McGlaun, Sep 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

TI has unveiled a new SoC that is the first in the industry to use 2.4GHz tech for a fully optimized ZigBee RF4CE remote control. The new SoC is the TI CC2533 and it will enable single chip remote controls to be constructed that need low power and offer higher reliability and are cheaper to construct. Read The Full Story

TI unveils TMS320DM368 DaVinci video processor for ARM processors

Shane McGlaun, Apr 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Computer and PMP makers have all started looking to media and video processors to offload the heavy demand that encoding and decoding HD video places on the processor in various gadgets. TI has announced a new video processor called the TMS320DM368 DaVinci That is specifically for ARM devices. Read The Full Story

Nokia N97 still using ARM11 not OMAP 3?

Chris Davies, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [1]

It's currently unconfirmed, but All About Symbian are reporting that the new Nokia N97 uses the same Texas Instruments ARM11 processor, with a higher clock speed, as the N95, rather than the newer TI OMAP 3 chip. If true, this will come as a disappointment for anyone hoping the new flagship smartphone would take advantage of the OMAP 3's super-frugal architecture and speedier ARM Cortex core. Read The Full Story