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Texas Instruments shows off new OMAP 5 platform at the Mobile World Congress in Spain

02/27/201202/27/2012 Stephen Vagus

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), a global technology development company, has big plans for augmented reality and will be showing of the latest version of its OMAP mobile processors at the Mobile World Congress conference this week in Barcelona, Spain. The company’s OMAP 5 platform, the latest development to their popular line of processors, will incorporate several new technologies that will make it one of the most powerful and versatile processors available. TI believes that the OMAP 5 will show people a new side of augmented reality that could change their…

NFC companies race to make the lowest power transceiver

08/18/201108/18/2011 Jennifer Goula

Near field communications (NFC) technology has been attracting a significant amount of attention from technology companies, finance organizations, and retailers alike, as it allows people to use their smartphones or other mobile device for making purchases, redeeming coupons, checking in at airports, paying for parking, and other common transactions. However, the amount of power NFC transactions require has come to be noticed, and developers have now started the race to create the NFC transceiver that requires the least amount of energy. So far, the front runner appears to be Texas…

Texas Instruments unveils NFC transceiver with smallest power for better design development and data transfers

08/16/2011 Stephanie Beck

Texas Instruments Incorporated has announced its development of the near field communications (NFC) transceiver with the lowest power, changing the way the industry looks at ultra-low-powered contactless short-range communication. When compared to the competition, this new device, called the TRF7970A, extends the life of the battery up to twice as long. This is because it provides the user with eight power mode options, ranging from The transceivers have software that is easy-to-configure, so that developers can rapidly begin their work. Developers are also capable of accessing all of the control…