"WiSA E is designed to unify a highly fragmented multichannel audio market currently served by proprietary, closed audio solutions such as Sonos and Roku. Consumers want high-quality, interoperable consumer electronics products that work well together and allow consumers to mix and match brands at various performance and price points. Brands are demanding a scalable, software-based solution that runs on their SoC platform of choice. WiSA E is designed to be the audio platform for the top 10 HDTV brands and the hundreds of audio speaker companies who deliver high-quality immersive audio systems to customers worldwide," the Beaverton, Oregon-based company states.
The number of smart TVs sold in 2023 is forecasted to exceed 240 million units worldwide. The number of soundbars is forecasted to exceed over 40 million units worldwide. By embedding WiSA E into any TV/soundbar SoC platform and designing the software to be interoperable among the large number of speaker brands, WiSA Technologies is enabling a unified ecosystem of interoperable immersive audio products.
"WiSA E is the result of 10 years of research and development and is the holy grail for interoperability and robustness," says Tony Parker, vice president of business development and strategy at WiSA Technologies. "We anticipated the market would need a software-based immersive audio product with a powerful feature set at a very affordable price. We see strong demand from our customers who are all anxious to develop products powered by WiSA E."
WiSA E is WiSA Technologies' alternative software technology for embedded systems, which is able to be implemented as a plug-and-play module or as an IP/software license, enabling brands to embed WiSA E software directly into a compatible SoC TV platform. Using standard Wi-Fi, WiSA E products are able to support up to 8-channels, which WiSA plans to extend to up to 10 channels in the future. This allows a new level of convenience in home cinema, with low latency and tight speaker synchronization critical to supporting Dolby Atmos and DTS-X wirelessly.
The feature-rich software development environment enables seamless development/port to multiple silicon platforms adopted by the major OEMs. For more information on ordering a WiSA E development kit, please contact James Cheng, vice president of sales at WiSA Technologies, at jcheng@wisatechnologies.com.
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