Texas Instruments Joins Alliance for Wireless Power
Wireless power feels like one of those technologies that really should have taken off by now, but it just hasn't. And it's really tough to pin down exactly why that's the case. Every year about this time, usually during the CES before-and-after period, we start to hear rumblings all over again. Now, Texas Instruments is announcing that it has joined the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP). TI will continue to develop new bqTESLA wireless power receiver and transmitter integrated circuits that comply with existing and future versions of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) Qi standard, and also create products that support the A4WP magnetic resonance specification.
Organized in April, A4WP is a group of electronics companies, including Samsung, Qualcomm and others, focused on advancing the field of wireless power by delivering a specification that permits spatial freedom. The group officially released its A4WP specification, which is based on loosely coupled magnetic resonance technology, to simultaneously charge smartphones and other portable electronics with different power requirements.
In other words, TI now has its toes in two wireless power groups. Perhaps that's the issue here; too many groups trying to accomplish the same general thing. At any case, it'll be interesting to see what TI brings to this table, and if we'll see any of it in consumer form at CES 2013.
Organized in April, A4WP is a group of electronics companies, including Samsung, Qualcomm and others, focused on advancing the field of wireless power by delivering a specification that permits spatial freedom. The group officially released its A4WP specification, which is based on loosely coupled magnetic resonance technology, to simultaneously charge smartphones and other portable electronics with different power requirements.
In other words, TI now has its toes in two wireless power groups. Perhaps that's the issue here; too many groups trying to accomplish the same general thing. At any case, it'll be interesting to see what TI brings to this table, and if we'll see any of it in consumer form at CES 2013.
