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Audinate and StreamUnlimited Form Partnership to Bring Dante Embedded Platform to StreamSDK
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Audinate and StreamUnlimited Form Partnership to Bring Dante Embedded Platform to StreamSDK

StreamUnlimited is working with Audinate to bring Dante Embedded Platform (DEP) into the StreamSDK feature portfolio. With this new software solution, StreamUnlimited will be able to support the development of Dante enabled products without the need for any additional hardware. A very attractive proposition for audio networking compatibility with thousands of existing Dante-enabled products, providing also integrators with an extensible, and cost-effective audio system.
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Audio Product Education Institute Discusses Automotive Audio Supply Chain Challenges
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Audio Product Education Institute Discusses Automotive Audio Supply Chain Challenges

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) promotes an online event to discuss the challenges in the automotive supply chain, specifically in the perspective of those companies and professionals working in automotive audio and acoustics. The event, Wednesday, September 1 (12pm EDT), will outline the evolution and growing product development requirements for automotive audio, while APEI's education pillars experts will share lessons learned from suppliers and actual cases.
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Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Maxim Integrated
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Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Maxim Integrated

Analog Devices Incorporated (ADI) announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products Incorporated. The combination further strengthens Analog Device's position as "a high-performance analog semiconductor company with trailing twelve-month revenue of over $9 billion, industry leading margins, and free cash flow of over $3 billion1 on a pro forma basis," as the company describes it.
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Dirac Live Now Powers Latest Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, and Integra Receivers
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Dirac Live Now Powers Latest Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, and Integra Receivers

In a move to meet growing consumer demand for high-quality audio in mainstream home theater systems, Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced collaboration with leading electronics manufacturers Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, and Integra to bring its Dirac Live room correction feature to the companies’ newest line-up of audio and video receivers. Having established room acoustics software in the high-end market, Dirac’s room correction system is now, for the first time, available in mass-market receivers.
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Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs
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Hansong Reference Design Adopts Summit Low Cost Discovery Module for Adding Wireless Speakers to Smart TVs

Summit Wireless Technologies, announced that Hansong, one of the largest Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) to major audio brands, will offer a new technology reference platform targeting wireless soundbars, audio hubs, and speakers based on Summit's Internet of Things (IoT) transceiver module. The new Hansong development platform will offer a ready to use solution for high-volume projects in the home theater market.
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Noveto Completes Chipset Development to Drive SmartBeaming Technology
by Joao Martins

Noveto Completes Chipset Development to Drive SmartBeaming Technology

Noveto, the company responsible for the development of one of the most promising audio technologies, with large implications in multiple markets, including mobile and automotive industries, confirmed the successful completion of its proprietary new C1 chipset. The development is designed to drive its SmartBeaming technology, a speaker that dynamically tracks and beams audio to the user's ears, creating a personal audio zone.
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Fraunhofer IIS Licenses xHE-AAC Audio Codec Software to Facebook
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Fraunhofer IIS Licenses xHE-AAC Audio Codec Software to Facebook

Fraunhofer IIS, the primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, announced the licensing of its xHE-AAC and MPEG-D DRC software implementation to Facebook, Inc. xHE-AAC is the latest member of the MPEG AAC audio codec family, and Fraunhofer played a substantial role in the development of xHE-AAC and the MPEG-D loudness and dynamic range control metadata standard.
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Philips Brand Re-Enters The North American Audio Market With Impressive Audio Product Line-Up
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Philips Brand Re-Enters The North American Audio Market With Impressive Audio Product Line-Up

TPV USA, in a global licensing partnership with Philips, announced the North American launch of five premium audio products as the 2021 holiday season approaches, building on the company's growing momentum as a leading and award-winning provider of audio entertainment in Europe. TPV USA brings its much-acclaimed premium wireless headphones, soundbars and wireless speakers to North American consumers.
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AudioTelligence Launches Blind Source Separation Audio Technology for Smartphones
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AudioTelligence Launches Blind Source Separation Audio Technology for Smartphones

Cambridge audio software specialist AudioTelligence has announced the launch of Aiso, a new consumer technology and family of products for smartphones based on its proven blind source separation audio technology. The company's approach allows removing any voice interrupting a smartphone video recording or call in real time, without losing what the main speaker is saying. The software-only solution is available for licensing for Android smartphones.
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Xperi Announces New Effort to Promote DTS Play-Fi in Home Theater Market
by Joao Martins

Xperi Announces New Effort to Promote DTS Play-Fi in Home Theater Market

DTS, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, announced the intention to revitalize its proprietary DTS Play-Fi wireless audio platform in order to promote wireless surround sound as an alternative to the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) technology being adopted in mainstream consumer electronics. While Qualcomm has long forgotten about its AllPlay wireless audio solution, DTS believes there is still an opportunity to compete with WiSA.
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