TDK is readying a new generation of batteries to power smartphones through artificial intelligence tasks at a time when major client Apple is also preparing to launch a slimmer handset.
The Tokyo-based component maker will begin shipping its third iteration of silicon-anode batteries by the end of June, Chief Executive Officer Noboru Saito said. That¡¯s ahead of TDK¡¯s original schedule for shipments in the September quarter and may give smartphone makers enough time to use these cells in thinner models launching this year, he said.
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