What used to be a five-chip solution has been whittled down to a single chip produced by Texas Instruments ( TXN).
"Our innovative single-chip solution allows OEMs to offer industry-leading pen and multi-touch input while meeting market demand for lighter, thinner and smaller devices, " said Ronen Heldman, VP Marketing, N-trig.
The DuoSense single-chip solution is the first single-chip on the market to support both pen and multi-touch input for mobile computing, allowing for easier integration and flexibility in thinner and slimmer computing designs.
Last week Texas Instruments, led by Chief Executive RichardTempletonRichard Templeton, unveiled its mobile TV chip codenamed "Hollywood, " and said it had begun shipping the single-chip DTV solution to cellular manufacturers to begin putting in phones late this year.
Broadcom's quad-combo chip and single card solution are now sampling with early access customers, with full production expected in Q1 2013.
The focus has been on TD-LTE terminals and converged services solutions from the chip to the product through to the solution.
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Broadcom also announced a single card solution combining its 5G WiFi combo chip with its industry-leading standalone NFC.
The team funneled the time consuming and cumbersome solution into a more practical package: a redesigned memory chip that packs onboard heaters.
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Chip-based cards began in Europe 15 years ago "as a solution looking for a problem, " says Singapore's Wu.
While the quad-combo will drive adoption in mass market devices, the single solution on a card integrates the industry's first 5G WiFi combo chip with the BCM20793 NFC chip, raising the performance bar for high-end smartphones and tablets.
While competing solutions require either two sensors or multiple chips to support pen and multi-touch, N-trig is the first company to offer both on a single chip and a single sensor, providing device manufacturers with a compact, low-power solution and paving the way for N-trig to enter the handheld market.
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