Texas Instruments Breakthrough Microcontrollers for Reduced Power Consumption

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Texas Instruments Breakthrough Microcontrollers for Reduced Power Consumption

Texas instruments announced a new line of microcontrollers today that it claims offers a breakthrough in performance while requiring a miniscule amount of power. The microcontrollers are from the MSP430F5xx family and offer up to 25MHz of performance with as 160 µA/MHz of power needed.

The controllers will enable portable devices to have longer battery life, additional memory, and on-chip peripherals. The peripherals include things like RF, USB, encryption and LCD interfaces. TI says that the microcontroller will be seen in devices like consumer electronics, home automation, and more.

Labels: batteries, computers, conservation, electricity