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ONiO Selects Exeger Powerfoyle Solar Cell Technology to Create Devices That Are 100% Battery-Free

December 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

ONiO Selects Exeger Powerfoyle Solar Cell Technology to Create Devices That Are 100% Battery-Free

ONiO, a pioneer in the development of advanced batteryless microcontrollers that can efficiently harness power from a wide range of sources, announced a strategic partnership with Exeger. ONiO chooses Powerfoyle as their preferred solar cell technology for product integration and will combine advanced microcontrollers with solar technology, driving forward the development of sustainable, low-maintenance electronics that are ready for immediate operation.

Dolphin Design Unveils Innovative IP for Sound Classification Reducing Power Requirements by 99%

June 27, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Dolphin Design Unveils Innovative IP for Sound Classification Reducing Power Requirements by 99%

Dolphin Design, a semiconductor designer of power management, audio, and processing devices with in-house ASIC design services, announced the launch of WhisperExtractor, a mixed-signal technology for voice and audio-enabled SoCs, enabling voice and sound classification at a record µW level power budget. The new technology paves the way to breakthrough always-on voice user interface, real time speech-to-text, and always-on sound detection.

TDK Introduces New SmartSound MEMS Microphones and Development Platform Plus VibeSense360 Solution Suite for TWS Designs

January 13, 2023 by Joao Martins

TDK Introduces New SmartSound MEMS Microphones and Development Platform Plus VibeSense360 Solution Suite for TWS Designs

At CES 2023, TDK InvenSense introduced the T5838 and T5837 PDM MEMS microphones that offer 68 dBA SNR consuming only 130 µA in always-on mode and 330 µA in high-performance mode. The company also announced the new SmartSound One development platform that provides a plug-and-play evaluation interface for its MEMS microphones, and the new VibeSense360 hardware and software solution suite for advanced true wireless stereo features.

Silicon Labs Extends Portfolio for Matter and Wi-Fi at Developer Conference

September 16, 2022 by Joao Martins

Silicon Labs Extends Portfolio for Matter and Wi-Fi at Developer Conference

Silicon Labs announced a slate of new multiprotocol connectivity products that are driven by interoperability, advancing innovations in the Internet of Things and Smart Home, including Matter and Wi-Fi 6. Standing out among the announcements is the new low power SiWx917 Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE combination SoC that Silicon Labs says is Matter-ready. The SoC includes an integrated applications processor, and is ideal for battery-powered or energy-efficient connected devices with always-on cloud connectivity.

Renesas Launches Highly Integrated Advanced Bluetooth Low Energy SoC

June 22, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Renesas Launches Highly Integrated Advanced Bluetooth Low Energy SoC

Renesas Electronics announced the SmartBond DA1470x Family of Bluetooth low energy (LE) solutions, which the Japanese corporation describes as "the world’s most advanced, integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) family for wireless connectivity." The new Renesas SmartBond DA1470x family features a small form factor with integrated applications and 2D graphics processors, voice activity detector and power management, enabling the development of very compact connected product designs.

Aspinity AML100 Analog Machine Learning Chip Redefines Always-on Power Efficiency for Voice Applications

February 23, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Aspinity AML100 Analog Machine Learning Chip Redefines Always-on Power Efficiency for Voice Applications

Aspinity launched the first member of its analogML family, the AML100, which is the industry’s first and only tiny machine learning (ML) solution operating completely within the analog domain. As such, the AML100 reduces always-on system power by 95%, allowing manufacturers to dramatically extend the battery life of devices and migrate walled powered always-on devices to battery - opening whole new classes of products for voice-first and smart home systems.

Cadence Extends Popular Tensilica Vision and AI DSP IP Product Line with New DSPs for Automotive, Mobile and Consumer Markets

April 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Extends Popular Tensilica Vision and AI DSP IP Product Line with New DSPs for Automotive, Mobile and Consumer Markets

Cadence Design Systems expanded its popular Tensilica Vision DSP product family with the debut of two new DSP IP cores for demanding and always-on AI applications. The Tensilica Vision P1 DSP is optimized for always-on and smart sensor applications in the consumer market, providing an energy-efficient solution. Packing an industry-leading 3.8 tera operations per second (TOPS), the flagship Cadence Tensilica Vision Q8 DSP delivers 2X performance and memory bandwidth compared to the Tensilica Vision Q7 DSP.

CEVA Partners With Fluent.ai to Offer Multilingual Speech Support on Edge Devices

September 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

CEVA Partners With Fluent.ai to Offer Multilingual Speech Support on Edge Devices

CEVA and Fluent.ai, a leading provider of on-device, multilingual speech understanding solutions, announced a partnership to offer ultra-low power speech-to-intent solutions for intelligent edge devices. Fluent.ai’s suite of speech-to-intent technologies has been ported and optimized for CEVA’s low power audio and sensor hub DSPs, providing a high performance, robust solution for OEMs and ODMs looking to integrate intelligent voice activation and control into their wearables, consumer devices and IoT products.

Apollo4 SoC Family from Ambiq Redefines Ultra-low Power in Wearables, Connected Devices and Always-on Voice-Processing

September 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Apollo4 SoC Family from Ambiq Redefines Ultra-low Power in Wearables, Connected Devices and Always-on Voice-Processing

Ambiq unveiled its latest Apollo4 SoC family, enabling next generation endpoint devices with record-setting energy efficiency - running as low as 3µA/MHz - and new levels of performance. The new Apollo4 systems enable manufacturers to create leading-edge endpoint devices leveraging the unique SPOT platform with Ambiq’s easy-to-use, rich peripheral set. The Apollo4 is available now with CSP and BGA package offerings, as well as an Apollo4 Blue SoC with Bluetooth LE.

QuickLogic Announces Time Series EOS S3AI Development Platform for Endpoint AI and Machine Learning Applications

March 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

QuickLogic Announces Time Series EOS S3AI Development Platform for Endpoint AI and Machine Learning Applications

QuickLogic, the developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and Endpoint AI solutions, announced the launch of its EOS S3AI platform for endpoint Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications. The new AI platform provides all the hardware blocks needed to enable low power AI at the connected device endpoint. It comes with time-series (continuous) sensors, including accelerometer / gyroscope / magnetometer motion sensors and two digital microphones (PDMs).

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