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TI introduces the industry’s smallest and lowest power battery management solution for wearables and IoT products

October 2, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

Delivering optimal battery life while reducing power consumption, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a highly integrated battery management solution presenting the industry’s lowest quiescent current (Iq) at 700-nA with the buck converter, operating at 1.8V. The bq25120 features a linear charger, configurable LDO, load switch, buck converter, pushbutton control and battery voltage monitor … Read more

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to Keynote at CES 2016

October 2, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the first in what will be an all-star series of keynotes at CES® 2016 – Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich will deliver a preshow keynote address on Tuesday, January 5. Owned and produced by CEA, CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business … Read more

Tianma Group Merges Two US-Based Sales Subsidiaries to Create New Company for the Americas – Tianma NLT USA, Inc

October 2, 2015 by Isaac Oburu

Chino, CA, October 1, 2015 – The Tianma Group, Shenzhen, China, a leading global manufacturer of LCDs since 1983, has decided to merge its two U.S.-based subsidiaries – Tianma NLT America and Tianma Micro-electronics USA – to form Tianma NLT USA, Inc. This merger strengthens Tianma’s presence in the Americas and provides customers with a … Read more

The Regulation Battle for Display Power

October 2, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Our front page this week in Large Display Monitor, covers a story that Samsung is alleged to have used a special technique to detect test material that is part of the standardised video stream test for power consumption. Once detected, the TV is said to have turned down its brightness and therefore reduced its power … Read more

Microsoft, Google End Patent Battles

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

Microsoft and Google have agreed to dismiss all pending patent claims against each other. The agreements sees about 20 different lawsuits in Germany and the USA dropped. Patents include those related to mobile phones, video decoding and wireless networking – including the cases related to Motorola Mobility, which Google sold to Lenovo in 2014. More … Read more

Tianma Merges US Subsidiaries

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

The Tianma Group of China has decided to merge its two US subsidiaries: Tianma NLT America and Tianma Micro-electronics USA. The new company will be known as Tianma NLT USA Inc. The move merges two LCD-focused companies, and – Tianma expects – will form one of the largest LCD sales and marketing organisations (for small-and-medium … Read more

Netflix Readies Southern Europe Expansion

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

Netflix has confirmed that it will launch its streaming service in Spain on the 20th October. Portugal will follow on the 21st October, and Italy on the 22nd October.

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

December 21, 2022October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. Samsung‘s UD video wall displays are now available in the DACH region, in 46″ and 55″ sizes. Toshiba‘s Taiwanese sales agent, … Read more

AMD to Cut 5% of Staff

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, AMD has revealed plans to cut its workforce by 5% – more than 480 people. Most of the layoffs will be completed by the end of fiscal 2016. The company expects to take restructuring and asset impairment charges of about $42 million, as a result … Read more

IBM Overcomes Contact Resistance in CNTs

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

Researchers at IBM say that a ‘major breakthrough’ has been made in the area of carbon nanotube (CNT) transistors – which may replace silicon when Moore’s Law finally fails to deliver. This coloured micrograph shows several transistors made from a single carbon nanotube. The yellow bars are metal electrodes of varying dimensions. The faint vertical … Read more

UltraHD is “Limited” but Growing

December 21, 2022October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

SES hosted a conference in London at the end of September, providing updates on the UltraHD rollout. Chris Forrester, journalist for outlets including Inside Satellite and Advanced Television, said that the format has taken “huge steps forward” over the last six months. UltraHD channels have been launched worldwide, and not only in mature markets. India, … Read more

Inventec to Raise Joint Venture Stake

October 2, 2015 by Tom Allen

Inventec has raised its stake in AIO PC manufacturer TPV-Inventa to 90%. TPV-Inventa is a joint venture with TPV, which originally held a 51% stake in the company. Since early September, Inventec has spent $35.4 million to buy up additional shares. It has been said that TPV-Inventa will conduct layoffs after the reorganisation. However, Inventec … Read more