According to Cadillac VP of Marketing Don Butler, we'll see the likes of such analog controls complement the screen interface in the future.

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V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security and Digital Processing expertise.

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Our PSoC products are well suited for Bluetooth low energy applications in this market, as their programmable analog and digital peripherals can interface with almost any sensor to provide integrated one-chip solutions to our customers.

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It comes with various buttons and LEDs, a serial interface to your PC and numerous digital and analog ins and outs.

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Rather than discussing the already worn (and to me irrelevant) debate of digital book versus analog book, I talked about future technologies like brain computer interface, real-time simulation and programmable material, and how these will change the face of literature far beyond the Kindle, perhaps eventually eliminating text altogether.

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Our analog stars are National Semiconductor, Anadigics, Synaptics, and power interface innovator Power-One.

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If you were looking for a Kayak analog, it might actually be privately held Hipmunk, which has a super cool graphic interface that aggregates travel information from multiple sites.

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