All items tagged with Dialog Semiconductor (13)

RTX Expands Sheerlink 2.4GHz Wireless Audio Module Series

June 3, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

RTX Expands Sheerlink 2.4GHz Wireless Audio Module Series

During NAMM 2022, RTX A/S, a Danish company specializing in the design of resilient wireless audio solutions, announced the expansion of their Sheerlink audio module series. The company's new RTX1291 2.4GHz module bears strong relations to the RTX1290 module but fits additional purposes due to its higher DSP performance, enabling robust wireless audio quality with low latency for professional and semi-professional applications in musical instruments, microphones, speakers, and headphones.

Raspberry Pi Relaunches Four IQAudio HATs Following Acquisition

March 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Raspberry Pi Relaunches Four IQAudio HATs Following Acquisition

Raspberry Pi has relaunched four IQaudio HATs as official Pi audio add-on boards with lower prices ranging from $20 to $30: the IQaudio DAC+, DAC Pro, DigiAMP+ and Codec Zero. In December 2020, Raspberry Pi Trading announced it had acquired IQAudio and would be relaunching their Raspberry Pi audio HATs at lower prices. Now, IQAudio’s four most popular HATs have been relaunched as official Pi accessories and are available via the usual Pi resellers.

Renesas Acquires Dialog Semiconductor to Strengthen Leadership in Embedded Solutions

February 8, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Acquires Dialog Semiconductor to Strengthen Leadership in Embedded Solutions

Japanese advanced semiconductor solutions manufacturer Renesas Electronics, and Dialog Semiconductor, an established supplier in power management, charging, AC/DC power conversion, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology solutions, announced they have reached an agreement towards an all-cash acquisition by Renesas of the entire capital of Dialog for EUR 67.50 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately EUR 4.9 billion (5.8 billion USD).

Dialog Semiconductor Launches Family of Audio Codecs Delivering Superior Active Noise Cancellation

May 30, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dialog Semiconductor Launches Family of Audio Codecs Delivering Superior Active Noise Cancellation

Dialog Semiconductor announced the DA740x, a family of highly-integrated audio codec chips that deliver best-in-class active noise cancellation (ANC), providing optimal audio performance in any environment to the rapidly-growing wireless headphones market. According to the British semiconductor company, the DA740x chips are able to deliver superior active noise cancellation – no matter how noisy the environment – with twice the audio quality and half the power consumption as competitive solutions.

Bluetooth Low Energy Market Set to Triple by 2023, Reaching 1.6 Billion Device Shipments

April 5, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth Low Energy Market Set to Triple by 2023, Reaching 1.6 Billion Device Shipments

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices are forecasted to reach over 1.6 billion annual shipments by 2023 according to market research firm ABI Research. Increasing opportunities in smart home, beacons and asset tracking, emerging IoT applications, alongside growth in existing key markets and the emergence of audio over BLE will enable the technology to achieve a CAGR of 27% between 2018 and 2023, tripling in size.

Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

March 12, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

Dialog Semiconductor announced that its audio and Configurable Mixed Signal ICs (CMICs) have been adopted by Huawei for their Honor FlyPods, the company’s latest True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Five Dialog ICs provide voice control and power to Huawei’s recently announced TWS earbuds. A Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14195 System-on-Chip (SoC) is integrated into each FlyPod earbud and is connected to a pair of Voice Pick Up (VPU) sensors.

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

March 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Get the Edge on the Latest Audio Technologies with audioXpress April 2019

audioXpress April 2019 features a closer look at two hot application areas in audio, with an expanded Market Update about hearables and true wireless stereo, and an update on voice capture solutions. Also in this edition, Steve Temme (Listen, Inc.) addresses the challenges for testing the wider class of connected speakers, experts from Nokia Technologies explain how audio processing in smartphones can enable completely new features, and Luke McCready reviews the Qobuz hi-res music streaming service, now available in the US. Get your audioXpress now!

ResearchAndMarkets.com Publishes Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparisons 2018 - Complete Teardown Report

November 6, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

ResearchAndMarkets.com Publishes Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparisons 2018 - Complete Teardown Report

The "Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparison 2018 Complete Teardown Report" report has just been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report presents a technological and economical comparison of four of the newest and most competitive systems-on-chips (SoCs) available on the market today from four different manufacturers. They are: the QN9080 from NXP; the QCC5121 from Qualcomm; the DA14585 from Dialog Semiconductor; and the nRF52810 from Nordic Semiconductor.

Dialog Semiconductor Demonstrates Bluetooth Low Energy True Wireless Stereo Solution at Bluetooth World 2018

September 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dialog Semiconductor Demonstrates Bluetooth Low Energy True Wireless Stereo Solution at Bluetooth World 2018

Claiming an industry-first technology to address the challenges associated with power consumption in true wireless stereo systems, Dialog Semiconductor introduced an audio over Bluetooth low energy proof of concept running on its widely adopted SmartBond SoC’s, the first implementation to solely make use of Bluetooth low energy. This technology, which Dialog is unveiling at Bluetooth World 2018 (September 18-19) in Santa Clara, allows for best-in-class audio synchronization between left and right channels, and addresses the challenges associated with power consumption.

Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat SoC Enhances Jabra Engage Headset Series

May 3, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat SoC Enhances Jabra Engage Headset Series

Jabra turned to Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBeat audio system-on-chip (SoC) for its newest range of Jabra Engage professional wireless headsets. As the first company to deploy Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14495 SoC, Jabra was able to make use of the SoC’s support for the DECT 1.9GHz standard, as well as a flexible audio API, to connect three times as many users as before with industry-leading call performance at a range of up to 490 feet.

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