All items tagged with Qualcomm (195)
Qualcomm Makes World’s First MulteFire Over-the-Air Connection
October 17, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Makes World’s First MulteFire Over-the-Air Connection

MulteFire was one of the buzzwords at the Mobile World Congress 2016, with the MulteFire Alliance promoted by Ericsson, Nokia, Intel and Qualcomm. Now, Qualcomm announced the world’s first over-the-air MulteFire connection, successfully demonstrating continued progress in MulteFire commercial viability as a new connectivity option, by combining the enhanced performance of LTE/5G networks with the deployment simplicity of unlicensed spectrum like WiFi.
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AES Releases Preliminary Loudness Guidelines for Over the Top Television and Video Streaming
October 14, 2016 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Releases Preliminary Loudness Guidelines for Over the Top Television and Video Streaming

The Audio Engineering Society’s Audio Guidelines for Over the Top Television and Video Streaming (AGOTTVS) technical group was formed in early 2016 to study the many issues related to audio loudness variations in distributed video content. After four-and-a-half months of work by 50 members, the group has announced the publication of preliminary guidelines.
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Acoustic Research Introduces M20 Digital Audio Player for HRA Enthusiasts
October 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Acoustic Research Introduces M20 Digital Audio Player for HRA Enthusiasts

The famous audio equipment brand from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Acoustic Research (now part of Voxx International) released a new portable high-resolution audio (HRA) digital player. The new M20 Hi-Res DAP is slimmer and lighter than the brand’s previous flagship model, the AR-M2, and is even more affordable, with 32GB of internal storage and expansion using Micro SDXC cards (up to 256GB). Essentially, the new M20 focuses on the quality of its audio circuits and DAC, offering a “less is more” approach.
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Conexant Brings Far-Field Microphone Processing Software to Qualcomm Hexagon DSP
March 2, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Conexant Brings Far-Field Microphone Processing Software to Qualcomm Hexagon DSP

Conexant announced that their AudioSmart software has been integrated into Qualcomm’s Hexagon digital signal processor family, found in over a billion smart devices worldwide. With Conexant’s audio software inside, consumers will benefit from clearer voice communication and accurate speech recognition from their smart devices, even in noisy conditions, up to five meters away from the target device.
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LG Introduces G5 Modular Smartphone with LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O Play Audio Player
February 24, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

LG Introduces G5 Modular Smartphone with LG Hi-Fi Plus with B&O Play Audio Player

LG Electronics newest idea was revealed at the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and signals an important trend on mobile devices. The LG G5 modular concept features Qualcomm’s aptX HD for wireless 24-bit sound over Bluetooth, and offers a high quality audio player, designed in cooperation with B&O Play, featuring an ESS Tech DAC and amplifier.
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LG Unveils The Tone Platinum Wireless Headset Designed with Harman Kardon
February 24, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

LG Unveils The Tone Platinum Wireless Headset Designed with Harman Kardon

To complement the new LG G5 smartphone, introduced at the Mobile World Congress 2016, in Barcelona, LG Electronics also announced its new LG Tone Platinum (model HBS-1100) Bluetooth headset, designed in cooperation with Harman Kardon. The new headset uses balanced armature drivers and is the world’s first Bluetooth headset equipped with Qualcomm’s aptX HD codec, delivering wireless 24-bit audio.
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Qualcomm Introduces aptX HD High Resolution Audio Codec over Bluetooth
January 12, 2016 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Introduces aptX HD High Resolution Audio Codec over Bluetooth

Following the conclusion of its CSR acquisition in August 2015, Qualcomm had much more technology to show at CES 2016, including the launch of the new Qualcomm aptX HD enhanced codec, building on the existing aptX audio codec platform, now supporting 24 bit music quality over a Bluetooth wireless connection. Qualcomm states the enhanced audio codec will help manufacturers make wireless high resolution audio a reality.
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National Instruments Drives Down Cost of Wireless Production Test
August 5, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

National Instruments Drives Down Cost of Wireless Production Test

The new Wireless Test System (WTS) from National Instruments is driving down the cost in wireless production test. The WTS couples NI’s PXI vector signal transceiver (VST) and multicore processing technologies to deliver industry-leading test speeds. With faster measurements, the solution is optimizing manufacturing costs for testing wireless devices, such as mobile devices and infotainment systems, from major brands.
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Standards Review: Considerations for the MPEG-H Audio Standard
July 31, 2015 by Joao Martins

Standards Review: Considerations for the MPEG-H Audio Standard

This article discusses the plan for the new MPEG-H Audio standard, a real-time 3-D audio encoder system with applications for broadcast and streaming distribution, developed in large part by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, and recently finalized and submitted as an ISO/MPEG standard.
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Fraunhofer Promotes Interactive and Immersive TV Audio Demonstrations
May 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer Promotes Interactive and Immersive TV Audio Demonstrations

Fraunhofer’s Audio & Multimedia division has been extremely active in the latest industry shows, promoting the MPEG-H Interactive and Immersive TV Audio standard. Demonstrations at NAB 2015, in cooperation with Qualcomm and Technicolor, showcased the new audio system for ATSC 3.0 and Internet streaming in a complete broadcast chain showing live sports and music productions.
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