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iPhone 5 to Use Power Management Chip by Dialog Semiconductor - Report

An Asian source is reporting that Apple may use power management chips designed by Dialog Semiconductor and manufactured by TSMC, making their way into the next-generation of iPhones. Taiwanese trade publication DigiTimes cites a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report as saying that Taiwan Semiconductor M...

30 March 2012
08:36 GMT

Power Management Chips Are Another Area That Will Evolve

It will happen more slowly that originally expected, but power management chips are going to see increasing sales and, thus, will lead to higher revenue. The automotive, solar and wind turbine markets, as well as motor controls, are considered the most promising markets for power management semiconductors. Also, ...

23 November 2011
08:10 GMT

Windows 8 Innovations to Reduce Power Cost Associated with Software

The next major iteration of Windows introduces three innovations designed, among other things, to also cut down the power cost associated with software. Increasing Windows 8’s efficiency in terms of power consumption, as well as that of the programs running on top of the platform, automatically generates a nu...

9 November 2011
02:59 GMT

Gigabyte Has 3D Power Technology, Not Just 3D BIOS

Though some may say that motherboard makers are taking BIOS and BIOS-related features a bit too far, Gigabyte saw no reason not to invent the 3D Power technology.Really more of an app, this software is an UEFI setup program that all Gigabyte X79 motherboards will have.Since all the company's X79 platforms will ...

7 November 2011
11:02 GMT

SetPower Extends Windows Power Options Customization

Power Options applet under Windows is known to few desktop users either because accessing it requires opening up the Control Panel screen or because they are simply not interested in creating a power plan designed to reduce energy consumption of the machine when it is not used. SetPower, on the other hand, comes to f...

14 April 2011
11:31 GMT

CES 2011: Modlet for Home Vows to Cut Your Electricity Bill

Given the fact that most people tend to pay a higher electricity bill than they normally should due to various losses along the power lines and the improper use of various home electronics, a company called ThinkEco has decided to lend them a helping hand and developed the modlet, a device that should save home owner...

3 January 2011
10:37 GMT

Nokia Admits to N8 Power Management Issues

Nokia N8, the first smartphone to come to the market with the new Symbian^3 operating system on board, shows a series of issues in some of the units shipped to end users, mainly related to power management, the latest new around the Internet report.Moreover, it appears that the handset vendor itself has already admi...

19 November 2010
02:24 GMT

Mac OS X Doesn’t Warn Magic Mouse Batteries Are Running Low

Although early reports indicated that Apple’s Magic Mouse had some battery drainage issues, time has revealed that these were just isolated cases, mostly due to the dozens of battery models available out there, as well as different usage habits.Softpedia has previously reported that, despite being a masterpiece...

22 July 2010
07:05 GMT

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Drops in Q1 2010

Having already delivered the R2 version of ConfigMgr, Microsoft is now starting to focus on the next iteration of the management solution. According to the Redmond-based company, customers will be able to begin test driving the next version of the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 by the year’s end, with...

9 September 2009
03:58 GMT

Download Windows 7 Power Management Guide

Microsoft is little shy of applauding Windows 7 for the decrease in power consumption the operating system delivers. In this regard, the next iteration of Windows is aimed at customers looking to save on their energy bill, as well as lowering their carbon emissions. As far as Windows is concerned, increasing performa...

22 April 2009
08:50 GMT

Windows 7 Power Management

Power management is one of the aspects of the Windows client and server operating systems that are evolving from Vista and Windows Server 2008 to Windows 7 and Widows Server 2008 R2. Power management tasks allow the operating system, in conjunction with the hardware available, to strike an equilibrium between perform...

23 March 2009
08:16 GMT

Nvidia to License Low-Power Technologies from Transmeta

Transmeta Corporation recently announced that it included Nvidia into its group of LongRun and LongRun2 low-power technologies licensees. It looks like this licensing might keep the company alive for quite a long time. Nvidia had to pay a "one-time, non-refundable license fee of $25 million", which granted the Santa ...

8 August 2008
03:13 GMT

Windows Vista vs. Windows XP vs. "Green"

While Microsoft has touted Windows Vista's new power management features, Gartner claims that the same effects can be achieved with Windows XP in concert with behavior changes. "Vista's power management improvements are useful but limited. Similar energy consumption cuts can be made with XP-based systems by...

3 April 2007
07:15 GMT


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