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CEVA Doubles Down on Generative AI with Enhanced NeuPro-M NPU IP Family
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CEVA Doubles Down on Generative AI with Enhanced NeuPro-M NPU IP Family

CEVA announced its enhanced NeuPro-M NPU family, directly addressing the processing needs of the next era of Generative AI with industry-leading performance and power efficiency for any AI inferencing workload, from cloud to the edge. The new NeuPro-M processor family delivers an industry leading 350 TOPS/Watt to bring the power of generative AI to any application, including for consumer and mobile markets, with exceptional cost and power efficiency.
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Waves Audio Awarded with Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy for Voice Cleaning Engine
by Joao Martins

Waves Audio Awarded with Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy for Voice Cleaning Engine

The Television Academy announced the recipients of the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards honoring an individual, company or organization for developments in broadcast technology. Waves was one of the companies distinguished this year with an Emmy for an audio product or technology, in this case for the Clarity Vx Pro noise-reduction plugin that uses a Neural Networks engine developed by Waves to separate dialog from ambience at the highest quality.
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Riedel Communications Honored with Engineering, Science, and Technology Emmy Award for Its Bolero Wireless Intercom
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Riedel Communications Honored with Engineering, Science, and Technology Emmy Award for Its Bolero Wireless Intercom

The Television Academy announced the recipients of the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards honoring an individual, company or organization for developments in broadcast technology. German company Riedel Communications was awarded for its Bolero ADR (Advanced DECT Receiver) wireless intercom solution with multi-diversity and anti-reflection technology, delivering greater RF (radio frequency) robustness than ever seen before in the industry.
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Expanded Use Cases and Ecosystem Integration to Reignite Wearable Market in 2028
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Expanded Use Cases and Ecosystem Integration to Reignite Wearable Market in 2028

Wearable demand growth declined to 14.6% YoY in 2022 from 27.7% YoY in 2021 due to the economic slowdown after the peak of the COVID pandemic. This trend persisted in the first half of 2023, as longer replacement cycles and a lack of compelling features suppressed consumer demand. However, technology intelligence firm ABI Research predicts that the overall wearables market will rebound, reaching 689.33 million shipments by the end of 2028, with a CAGR of 11.3% between 2023 and 2028.
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Trinnov Audio to Introduce WaveForming Technology at CEDIA Expo
by Joao Martins

Trinnov Audio to Introduce WaveForming Technology at CEDIA Expo

Trinnov Audio will promote the first US demonstration of its WaveForming technology at CEDIA Expo 2023 in Denver, CO. The French audio processing specialists will host a full-featured immersive cinema demonstration, designed in partnership with Ascendo, madVR Labs, Kaleidescape, Barco, Seymour-Screen Excellence, and Officina Acustica, allowing visitors the first opportunity to experience WaveForming’s improvement in the reproduction of low frequencies.
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Lake People Electronic Expands Production Facilities in Germany
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Lake People Electronic Expands Production Facilities in Germany

Lake People opened a new production facility in Gauting, Germany. In addition to the company’s headquarters in Constance, a team of experienced specialists will now manufacture Lake People and selected Violectric product series in a new workshop, where Mogami cables for the European market are also produced. Other Violectric models, all Niimbus products and the entire R&D department remains in the original facilities, in fabulous Lake Constance, relatively close to Gauting.
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Creative Is Latest Manufacturer to Announce TWS Earbuds Using xMEMS Drivers
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Creative Is Latest Manufacturer to Announce TWS Earbuds Using xMEMS Drivers

Creative Technology is the latest manufacturer to announce a strategic partnership with xMEMS Labs, confirming that it will be incorporating xMEMS' micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) solid-state speaker technology into Creative's True Wireless Stereo (TWS) products. With superior audio reproduction and consistency referenced as the main reasons for adoption, Creative says the integration of xMEMS's compact MEMS drivers will enable lighter, sleeker, and more ergonomic TWS earbuds that provide better wearability for users on the move.
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EISA 2023-2024 Awards in Audio Categories Announced
by Joao Martins

EISA 2023-2024 Awards in Audio Categories Announced

As the tradition dictates, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) revealed the winners of its 2023-2024 Awards. In the 41st year of the awards recognizing the most innovative and cutting-edge products in hifi, home theater, mobile and car audio, there are many surprises and predictable winners. One of the surprises is the overwhelming number of "specialized" awards designed to accommodate hifi products, and the unexplainable absence of leading products in the true wireless category.
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Exeger and Nordic Semiconductor Launch Powerfoyle Solar Shield for Nordic Thingy:91
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Exeger and Nordic Semiconductor Launch Powerfoyle Solar Shield for Nordic Thingy:91

Adding a Powerfoyle solar cell membrane to any low-power electronics is a great way to implement energy harvesting capabilities. An add-on Powerfoyle shield for the Nordic Semiconductor’s Thingy:91 enables developers to produce always-on designs in a fast and easy way. With this plug-and-play light energy harvesting innovation, Exeger has significantly expanded the possibilities of the prototyping platform and associated development boards for connected products.
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Avid Technology Becomes a Privately Held Company Following Acquisition by Investment Firm
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Avid Technology Becomes a Privately Held Company Following Acquisition by Investment Firm

Following rumors that Avid was exploring sale options, the news that the company entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of the Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity firm based in Menlo Park, CA, was not exactly a surprise. Avid will become a privately held company upon completion of the $1.4 Billion transaction and will exit the NASDAQ. In general, this is great news for stockholders, bound to receive $27.05 per share in cash.
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