IC Makers Roll Out New Power Management Device.(Analog Devices teams with Intel Corp. to create a new bus interface called the System Serial Transport.)(Texas Instruments' new digital signal controller the TMS320F28044.)(Freescale's Power Management and User Interface chip.)

Design News, October, 2006

By Design News Staff

Packs more functionality into chips

Efficiency: Whether it's for base stations, data centers, servers or cell phones, designers search for devices that will parcel out power as efficiently as possible. Using such devices, they can create products that use less power and add new features. "Our handset customers are always integrating new functions into their cell phones," notes Kent Heath, director of cellular product operations for Freescale Semiconductor. "All of those new functions are being crammed into teeny, razor-thin cell phones and have to be supported from a power standpoint. Most vendors are still figuring out how to do that." The following are three power management devices from Freescale, Texas Instruments and...

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