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It’s that special time of year after CES, when many tech companies regale us with their latest earnings reports. Texas Instruments is the most recent firm to divulge its financials, and while the company isn’t breaking any records, it did beat Wall Street’s expectations.
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Texas Instruments 2011 Q4 earnings: $3.42 billion in revenue, $298 million in profit
Notion Ink’s teaming up with TI in order to get at its OMAP4xx silicon for the forthcoming Adam II tablet. It’ll also be jamming in the company’s Wi-Link 7.0 and Phoenix Audio gear onto the Ice Cream Sandwich-running slate. The chip was apparently chosen thanks to its modular setup, HD visuals and powerful low-energy multitasking.
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Notion Ink’s Adam II promises TI OMAP CPUs, Ice Cream Sandwich, broken dreams
Either TI has the hots for Arduino in a big way, or its latest wireless charging kit isn’t quite ready for mass production. When it does arrive, however, it promises to do away with those cumbersome specialized sleeves and back covers that are currently needed for inductive charging. Instead, it’ll deliver efficient in a package that’s small enough to be installed as part of a device’s internal circuitry.
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TI’s wireless charger for tablets does amazing things with electrons, sticky tape
If you heard that Engadget would be scoring some one on one time here on stage with TI, you would be right. Texas Instruments has been in the gadget industry longer than most, and we’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Join us here live at 8:30PM ET
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Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with Texas Instruments (update: video embedded)
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