eInfochips and Toshiba unveil dev kits for Google Project Ara

eInfochips and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) have unveiled the ARTOS12 Development Kit at the Project Ara Module Developers Conference 2015. Devices on Google Project Ara specifications are expected to transform the smartphone experience. Ara modular smartphone users will be able to pick the camera they like, rather than picking a phone for its camera. They could add a sensor to test if water is clean. They could have a battery that lasts for days. They could have a louder speaker, gaming console, or use the smartphone as their car key. The possibilities are endless. To enable modular smartphones, eInfochips and TAEC offer the ARTOS12 Google Ara Development Kit for the 1x2 Module that uses Toshiba bridge chip technology and eInfochips engineering services. Shardul Kazi, Senior Vice President and Technology Executive, System LSI Group, at TAEC, unveiled the Development Kit at the Project Ara Developers Conference this week in the USA, and will do so in Singapore next week. Speaking at the launch, Shardul said, "Smartphones double up as HD displays, music players, computers, cameras, wallets and video conferencing equipment. Next, it may be your watch, blood-pressure monitor, memory stick, TV remote, projector and car key. While the Toshiba chips are at the heart of the Ara Smartphone providing the connectivity between the modules, the Development Kit...