As the successor to OmniVision's very popular OV5640, the new OV5645 has retained only a MIPI port, eliminating both the bandwidth-limited DVP interface and the costly embedded JPEG compressor.

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Like the movie business, the games business is limited by the bandwidth-constraint online, but it has more flexibility to get around the problem.

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The new technology will finally let AM stations, long limited by bandwidth one-tenth the size of FM, broadcast in stereo at a quality equal to that of analog FM.

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But depending on your transaction rate, off-site replication may be limited by the available bandwidth, and even by distance.

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Since the device focuses solely on mobile messaging--e-mail and texting--it won't suck up Haiti's limited bandwidth.

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The FCC regulations also place tougher restrictions on fixed-line services from cable and phone companies than on wireless carriers, which have more limited bandwidth.

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