It features an analog power switch and controls for volume, bass and treble.
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Digitizing and consolidating analog power sources that require a separate wire for each voltage, Power-One will ultimately be a major beneficiary of this trend.
"Our extensive experience in developing the innovative and highly integrated IDTP9030 transmitter and multi-mode IDTP9020 receiver has given IDT a proven leadership position in the wireless power market, " said Arman Naghavi, vice president and general manager of the Analog and Power Division at IDT.
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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In the days of copper-wire telephony, customers would be able to pick up the phone and make calls even if their power went out, because the copper would conduct electricity to power analog phones on the receiving end.
We always figured that LCDs and plasmas used less power than CRTs, but apparently digital HDTVs actually suck up more power than analog TVs (see the chart below), and to make matters worse, we're buying bigger and bigger television sets than we used to.
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At its best, the battery is rated to last 3.7 hours -- not bad for a 13.34 8.39-pound system -- and you can exert some control over the runtime by selecting from one of four power modes using an analog dial.
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The DAC unit itself is rather spartan, which features only a power connector and two RCA analog outs.
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For digital CEOs used to the susceptibility of problems to the power of algorithms, the analog world of politics is a domain frustratingly beyond their reach.
The Power Grip Pro for the Nintendo 3DS is an analog slider controller case with extended battery.
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Our analog stars are National Semiconductor, Anadigics, Synaptics, and power interface innovator Power-One.
It also produces custom analog and logic products, as well as chips used to manage power in portable devices like handheld electronics and power tools.
The company was formed by three former Analog Devices engineers to replace silicon in semiconductors with a low-power gallium arsenide concoction that TRW once used to pass reams of top-secret data through satellites.
Big Data also has the power to shift social norms and perhaps even transform society by sweeping away all the anachronisms of the analog era, such as sexism and class distinctions, and replace them with something entirely new.
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