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• Tdk Lambda, Dc Mega Brick
• Digital Video, Visual System Simulator
• Gigabyte Touch, Gigabyte Touch Screen
• Power, Vp Dynamics

TDK-Lambda's PFE1000F combines the AC to HVDC front-end with DC-DC converter into a single module. PFE1000F modules satisfy the increasing requirement for fanless high power, especially for outdoor electronics when suitably enclosed. Up to six PFE1000F units can be operated in parallel, achieving outputs of up to 5.1kW. All versions of the PFE1000F Series have a wide-range AC input that allows operation from any voltage between 85V and 265V at 47 to 63Hz...

The Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB library is compliant with the ETSI EN 300 744 V1.5.1 (2004-06) specifications and supports both Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial (DVB-T) and Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H). The VSS DVB library contains an easily-configurable DVB signal source with standard framing structure, channel coding, and modulation, as defined in the DVB specifications, as well as a reference DVB receiver implementation..

"Cloud" is a new operating system that boots into a browser with Google, Yahoo! and Live in seconds, and optionally boots into Windows. Good OS will preview Cloud on a GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbook at the Netbook World Summit and online. GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbooks will be preloaded with Cloud and Windows XP together early next year. With Cloud, GIGABYTE Netbooks will power on to the Internet in seconds, while still supporting killer applications together with Windows XP...

The LDS291 delivers backlight power savings of over 40% in physical mode and 70% in virtual mode. It also offers Super Power Saving (SPS) mode and Dynamic Backlight Control (DBC) mode to further maximize savings in power consumption. The 262K color LDS291 is targeted at small to mid-sized TFT displays supporting QVGA to virtual VGA applications. The state-of-the-art features of the LDS291 make it an ideal solution for devices requiring vivid color display with very low power consumption, such as mobile phone, portable navigation device, personal media player, electronic dictionary and other handheld applications...