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Harman Acquires In-Cabin Radar Sensing Pioneer Caaresys
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Harman Acquires In-Cabin Radar Sensing Pioneer Caaresys

Harman International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced the acquisition of Caaresys, an Israel-based company founded in 2017 that develops vehicle passenger monitoring systems powered by contactless, low-emission radar. Caaresys has successfully partnered with leading OEMs and provides a mass production solution for cabin monitoring including vital signs sensing, passenger localization and Child Presence Detection (CPD).
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YOLE Group Offers Snapshot of MEMS Sensors and Actuators Market and Projects Trends for 2023
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YOLE Group Offers Snapshot of MEMS Sensors and Actuators Market and Projects Trends for 2023

2021 was an exceptional year for MEMS companies, says YOLE Group, the international market analysis firm, which has just released its latest MEMS market report. The MEMS industry is expected to exceed the $22 billion mark five years from now, growing annually at about 9% between 2021 and 2027, the firm predicts. Interesting findings in the report indicated that Bosch continues to be the overall MEMS leader, while STMicroelectronics and TDK sales grew significantly in 2021.
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NFC Forum Defines Card Emulation Device Class Specification for Low-Cost Wearable Solutions
by Joao Martins

NFC Forum Defines Card Emulation Device Class Specification for Low-Cost Wearable Solutions

The NFC Forum unveiled a new NFC Device Class specification that provides device manufacturers and OEMs with a miniature, low-cost, sustainable solution for wireless wearable devices. The Card Emulation (CE) Device class is the first of its kind answering an industry need for wearable devices that provide basic functionality and longer battery life in a tiny footprint while maintaining interoperability with the current NFC ecosystem.
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Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables
by Joao Martins

Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables

Sonical, the Silicon Valley company developing an open software platform for hearables, announced a partnership with Dolphin Design, a leading edge computing and embedded AI silicon IP company, and a subsidiary of Soitec, an industry leader in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor materials. Together, the two companies are working on a heterogeneous computing platform to design ASIC/SoCs with an innovative operating system that will change the end-user experience with hearables.
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RME And DirectOut Joins Forces To Develop New Digiface Ravenna Audio Networking Interface
by Joao Martins

RME And DirectOut Joins Forces To Develop New Digiface Ravenna Audio Networking Interface

RME Audio already offers audio networking interfaces, initially supporting AVB, and later embracing Dante due to popular demand. Now, RME and DirectOut have joined forces to present the new Digiface Ravenna. The mobile audio interface is based on the proven Digiface Dante, but features a Ravenna module developed by DirectOut and allows the transmission of a total of 128 audio channels coming, with a MADI option via a single USB 3.0 connection.
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Bose to Launch New Wireless Earbuds Powered by Qualcomm S5 Audio SoC
by Joao Martins

Bose to Launch New Wireless Earbuds Powered by Qualcomm S5 Audio SoC

At IFA 2022 in Berlin, Qualcomm Technologies and Bose highlighted their continued collaboration during Cristiano Amon’s opening keynote. Bose is integrating Qualcomm wireless voice and music platforms across their portfolio of premium earbuds, headphones, speakers and soundbars. Qualcomm also confirmed that the new Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II, which are scheduled to be unveiled September 7, will be Powered by the new Qualcomm S5 Sound Platform.
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USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Version 2.0 Specification Delivering up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C
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USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Version 2.0 Specification Delivering up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C

The USB Promoter Group announced the pending release of the USB4 Version 2.0 specification, a major update to enable up to 80 Gbps of data performance over the USB Type-C cable and connector. The USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) specifications will also be updated to enable this higher level of data performance. All of these specification updates are expected to be published in advance of this year’s series of USB DevDays developer events planned for November.
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StreamUnlimited and GrAI Matter Labs Demonstrate Real-Time Sound Source Separation AI Platform at IFA-2022
by Joao Martins

StreamUnlimited and GrAI Matter Labs Demonstrate Real-Time Sound Source Separation AI Platform at IFA-2022

GrAI Matter Labs (GML) and StreamUnlimited announced a partnership to demonstrate multiple novel applications using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music and consumer audio. The companies will promote their expertise in product development for consumer devices in connected audio and AI, creating new reference platforms to deliver new experiences in speech, music and multimedia for portable speakers, soundbars, TVs and more.
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DTS Play-Fi Turns-Up the Volume at IFA 2022
by Joao Martins

DTS Play-Fi Turns-Up the Volume at IFA 2022

Xperi, the company that holds DTS, confirmed that it expects its DTS Play-Fi, DTS Play-Fi Home Theater for TVs, and DTS Play-Fi Home Theater for Speakers to continue to expand its adoption by the consumer electronics industry, and with TV manufacturers in particular. At IFA 2022 in Berlin, Germany, DTS is announcing that new TVs from Philips and Vestel will introducing DTS Play-Fi Home Theater for Speakers, as the company also unveils additional products and features.
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Soundskrit Debuts World's First Directional MEMS Microphone
by Joao Martins

Soundskrit Debuts World's First Directional MEMS Microphone

Soundskrit has developed a high-performance MEMS microphone that is able to replace traditional microphone arrays with a superior solution. First previewed at CES 2018 to much fanfare, Soundskrit's high-performance directional microphones technology combines hardware and software. The company now announced the availability of its first product, the SKR0400, the world’s first directional MEMS microphone built for the needs of current and future consumer electronics product designs.
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