Consumer and Computer Interface

  • CES 2012 in review

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    Every year, we bring some of our best and most innovative technologies to CES in Las Vegas, this year was the same. In the Consumer & Computing Interface space we had five live demos. To start we highlighted the industry’s only end–to–end...
  • What's all the buzz about Thunderbolt?

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    The new Apple / Intel wired external interface, Thunderbolt, is all the "buzz" these days. I am getting asked a lot of questions on how Thunderbolt is going to replace USB 3.0 as the main I/O of choice on PCs sooner rather than later. Before...
  • Two SuperSpeed USB Announcements - Same Primary Message!

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    On April 11th, 2011, both Texas Instruments and Cypress Semiconductor made announcements concerning upcoming SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Products. On the surface the two announcements are unrelated and in all honesty they really are totally unrelated. ...
  • What does typical product certification look like?

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    Hi, Dan Harmon back again with an overview of the certification process promised in my last post on ( 4 Mar 2011 12:01 AM ). As I stated earlier, the certification process is a very important step for delivering quality products to the ultimate end...
  • Why is a product certification process important?

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    Hello, this is Dan Harmon back to you with my thoughts about something that I think is very important for all products that deal with industry standards, and that is: Product Certification. The first thing to understand about certification is why...
  • CES 2011 Observations

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    Hi there everyone from Las Vegas and CES 2011. Thought I'd share a few of my observations from today. I thought I'd start with what was in the USB TechZone where I spent most of the day. There are twenty exhibitors this year, half of which...
  • Happy Holidays

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    Wow another year has already passed me by – it seems like we were just celebrating New Years and looking forward to CES-2010 and here are already to Christmas 2010 and getting ready for CES 2011. I love this time of year as all the new "toys"...
  • SuperSpeed USB Applications, other than storage!

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    Well it has been a while, but I thought I would share some of what I have been talking with customers about over the last couple of months. Customers are really starting to look at using SuperSpeed USB for a wide variety of applications - in the last...
  • Intel Developer's Forum Fall-2010 Day 1 – Highlights & Observations

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    Wow, I can not believe it has been over a month since I posted - time sure flies when you are traveling around the world like I have been! On to IDF Day 1. The Keynotes given by Paul Ottellini (Intel CEO) & Dadi Perlmutter (Executive VP for Intel...
  • Texas Instruments expands Analog Production Capacity

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    Normally I come on here and talk about the great things happening in the Consumer & Computing Interface realm - specifically SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0). Today, I thought I talk about something great that TI has done for all of our customers. On July...
  • What is the real throughput that you can expect over a SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) link?

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    First, I wanted to tell everyone how exciting it was last week at the USB-IF Compliance workshop to see so many SuperSpeed USB end-products there for certification - it was a thing of beauty ! Of course there were silicon suppliers as well including us...
  • SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Market Update

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    Dan Harmon here again, I thought today I would spend a couple of minutes just commenting on the amazing momentum that SuperSpeed USB has in the market place. Every day more products are being announced. From an end product standpoint they remain...
  • SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0): Much more than just a speed increase!

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    Dan Harmon back to talk some more about SuperSpeed USB. Today I thought I would spend a little bit of time addressing the "other" benefits of SuperSpeed USB. Most of the press activity around the technology has focused on the raw speed...
  • Light Peak & SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0): Competition or Complimentary

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    Dan Harmon back with you after a few weeks. Today I wanted to expand a little on a subject I previously touched on after IDF-Beijing - that being the competition that Light Peak is being portrayed as to SuperSpeed USB. If you actually read the the...
  • SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0): Is 5 Gbps really needed?

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    Back again, and I thought I'd talk about a topic that gets discussed a lot as I have been traveling around, visiting customers, and exhibiting at events concerning SuperSpeed USB: Does 5 Gbps really help since most media can not go that fast anyway...
  • Observations from IDF–Beijing

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    Hi there all, Dan Harmon back from attending the Intel Developer's Forum held in Beijing last week on April 13 & 14, 2010. TI was one of six exhibitors in the USB Community area of the Exhibit Showcase. I think the numbers were down a bit since...
  • Observations at the SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) DevCon in Taipei, April 1 & 2

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    Dan Harmon back with you fresh off a trip to Taipei to attend and exhibit at the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Developer's Conference held on April 1st & 2nd. Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF President and Chairman kicked off the two day event in his typical dynamic...
  • SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Market - When will it be real?

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    Dan Harmon back with you to discuss my favorite topic - SuperSpeed USB 3.0. One of the big issues swirling around SuperSpeed USB today is WHEN? When will I be able to buy a PC that has USB 3.0? When will products start appearing? When can will silicon...
  • What is SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0)?

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    Hello and welcome to the new Texas Instruments Consumer & Computing Interface blog. My name is Dan Harmon and my role here at TI is as the Consumer & Computing Interface Marketing Manager. In Consumer & Computing Interface, we deal...