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Integrated Systems Europe 2024 Ready for 20th Anniversary Celebration
by audioXpress Staff

Integrated Systems Europe 2024 Ready for 20th Anniversary Celebration

Excitement is building for Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world's leading systems integration exhibition, which celebrates 20 years of innovation when it returns to Barcelona from January 30 to February 2. Registrations are open for ISE 2024, which promises to be its biggest edition ever, now expanding from commercial and residential audio, projectors, displays, digital signage, and unified communications, also with professional audio for performance, and lighting and stage technology.
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Poly and NuCurrent Introduce World’s First NFC-Powered Wireless UC Headset
by Joao Martins

Poly and NuCurrent Introduce World’s First NFC-Powered Wireless UC Headset

NuCurrent, the wireless power technology company, announced that it enabled the new Poly Voyager Surround 85 UC Bluetooth headset with NuCurrent's NuSync technology, the world's highest power Near-Field Communication (NFC) transfer system. The challenge of the new Poly Voyager Surround 85 UC headset was to create a user experience that goes unnoticed and ensures that end-users always have a charged headset. NuCurrent developed a NFC wireless power and bidirectional data solution for the headset and stand.
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Sound Hub Denmark and SoundInvest Venture Fund Support Innovative Audio Startups
by Joao Martins

Sound Hub Denmark and SoundInvest Venture Fund Support Innovative Audio Startups

Sound Hub Denmark, the co-working and growth hub designed to foster innovation within the field of audio, sound and acoustics, has announced a new initiative to reinforce its role as an accelerator and incubator environment. Strengthened by the founding of SoundInvest, a new venture fund for early pre-seed investments, Sound Hub Denmark is now aiming to increase support for talented startups from all over the world. The fund’s search for additional co-investors has already begun.
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Infineon Acquires Ultra-Wideband Startup with Plans to Strengthen its Streaming Connectivity Portfolio
by Joao Martins

Infineon Acquires Ultra-Wideband Startup with Plans to Strengthen its Streaming Connectivity Portfolio

Infineon Technologies has acquired Zurich-based startup 3db Access AG (3db), a pioneer in secured low power Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology and already today a preferred IP provider for major automotive brands. The German semiconductor giant had experience working with 3db and decided to fully acquire the company to fully explore the possibilities of UWB technology, including low-power audio streaming applications.
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Sonus Faber Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology
by Joao Martins

Sonus Faber Chooses SPARK Microsystems' UWB Wireless Technology

SPARK Microsystems, the Canadian fabless semiconductor company specializing in next-generation short-range wireless communications, announced that Sonus faber has chosen SPARK's Ultra-Wideband technology for its Duetto wireless speaker system. The choice of UWB technology enables Sonus Faber to get low latency data transmission wirelessly interconnected speakers, and deliver a high-quality, uncompressed audio performance that can’t be achieved with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
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Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music
by Joao Martins

Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music

Responding to the specific demands of mixing and mastering engineers working with immersive audio and specifically producing Dolby Atmos tracks for Apple Music, British company Audiomovers now announced a new Binaural Renderer plugin. The software solution is supposedly able to translate how immersive audio sessions will sound on headphones, streaming from Apple Music, while still working in any DAW.
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ICEpower Signs an Investment Agreement with Crestline
by Joao Martins

ICEpower Signs an Investment Agreement with Crestline

Danish audio amplifier company ICEpower has signed a definitive agreement with Crestline Investors, for an investment in a majority stake in the company. Crestline, headquartered in the US, is an institutional alternative investment management firm with over $16 billion in assets under management. ICEpower's management aims to accelerate the company's global growth strategy as a "preferred partner for outsourced product creation to the leaders of the audio industry."
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Skyworks Introduces Si469xx Product Family of Digital Radio Coprocessors for Automotive Infotainment Systems
by Joao Martins

Skyworks Introduces Si469xx Product Family of Digital Radio Coprocessors for Automotive Infotainment Systems

Skyworks Solutions introduced the Si469xx family of automotive digital radio coprocessors for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. With its combination of integration, flexibility and low cost, the Si469xx family of coprocessors is optimized to operate with Skyworks’ Si479xx Hybrid Software Defined Radio (SDR) Tuners. The new Si469xx product family can demodulate and decode up to four digital radio channels supporting HD Radio, DAB/DAB+, DRM (for AM and FM), and CDR, providing high performance and unmatched scalability.
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Qualcomm State of Sound 2023 Report Shows New Consumer Priorities
by Joao Martins

Qualcomm State of Sound 2023 Report Shows New Consumer Priorities

Qualcomm just published its 2023 State of Sound report. The focus for this year's survey is on evolving consumer uses of wireless audio devices, from traditional use cases like music listening, voice calls and watching video, to the more complex use of devices in the workplace, for gaming and hearing enhancement. As usage increases, highlights indicate new consumer priorities from their audio devices.
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NXP's VIT Speech to Intent Engine with Natural Language Understanding Enables Voice Interactions On-Device
by Joao Martins

NXP's VIT Speech to Intent Engine with Natural Language Understanding Enables Voice Interactions On-Device

NXP Semiconductors announced the VIT Speech to Intent engine, a natural language understanding engine that leverages edge computing to enable local voice control. Part of NXP’s Voice Intelligent Technology (VIT) software suite, the VIT Speech to Intent engine rivals cloud-based systems' performance, and does not require a cloud connection, supporting improved user privacy in consumer electronics and automotive applications.
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