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Samsung Introduces Industry’s First All-in-One Power ICs Optimized for Wireless Earbuds
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Samsung Introduces Industry’s First All-in-One Power ICs Optimized for Wireless Earbuds

Showing its importance to the CE industry as one of the world's largest advanced semiconductor manufacturers, Samsung Electronics announced the first all-in-one power management integrated circuits (PMIC), MUA01 and MUB01, optimized for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) devices. The new Samsung PMICs integrate multiple discrete components in one chip to make room for longer battery life and more efficient designs in today’s true wireless earbuds and other very low power designs.
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CEVA Announces DSP and Voice Neural Networks Integration for Power-Efficient Edge Processors
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CEVA Announces DSP and Voice Neural Networks Integration for Power-Efficient Edge Processors

CEVA announced that its CEVA-BX DSP cores and WhisPro speech recognition software now also support TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers, a production ready, cross-platform framework for deploying tiny machine learning on power-efficient processors in edge devices. WhisPro is CEVA's speech recognition software for voice wake words and custom command models. TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers is a solution from Google for implementing machine learning at the edge, already optimized and available for CEVA-BX DSP cores.
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AIMS Welcomes Silex Insight as Newest ProAV Alliance Member
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AIMS Welcomes Silex Insight as Newest ProAV Alliance Member

As the effort towards the introduction of the Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) set of open standards and specifications continues, new companies are joining. The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced that Silex Insight, an independent supplier of video IP codec and custom OEM solutions for AV, has become an AIMS member - just as AIMS' Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX) set of open standards and specifications gains traction in the AV industry.
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Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate
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Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate

Futuresource Consulting announced the availability of its latest Home Audio Tracking Report with smart speakers continuing to drive the market followed by home automation, immersive smart sound bars and smart displays. In the company's global Home Audio quarterly market analysis and commentary, Futuresource confirmed that smart speakers achieved a 53% growth since Q4 of 2018. Until now heavily concentrated in English and Chinese speaker markets, smart speakers are starting to expand to other language markets.
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Atlantic Technology is Shipping New Patented Quad Driver Closed Back Headphones
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Atlantic Technology is Shipping New Patented Quad Driver Closed Back Headphones

For over 30-years Atlantic Technology has delivered premium speakers for home theater and home audio. Now, the company launched its third new headphone, part of a dramatic 30+ new product expansion revealed late in 2019 and rolling out in 2020. The new FS-HR280 is a premium headphone with sound quality and ergonomic design that rival more expensive products. Developed for music lovers seeking a major headphone upgrade, the FS-HR280 features a unique patented Quad-Driver system in a lightweight noise-isolating closed-back over-ear design.
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New Features and Updates from Klippel for Speaker Designers and Manufacturers
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New Features and Updates from Klippel for Speaker Designers and Manufacturers

The specialists in electro-acoustical transducers and audio systems test equipment at Klippel GmbH continue hard at work on updating their range of products, recently expanded with the Klippel Controlled Sound Technology (KCS) and adding on the existing features for the Klippel Analyzer System. Here is a summary of the main things that the company implemented recently, including updates to its dB-Lab software and the QC Software Framework.
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Studio Six Digital Announces 50% Discount on AudioTools and 33% Reductions on Module Upgrades
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Studio Six Digital Announces 50% Discount on AudioTools and 33% Reductions on Module Upgrades

For all the audio professionals that are confined to working from home or working on a limited basis, Studio Six Digital has announced that it is cutting the price of its AudioTools app in half, and reducing the in-app Full Module upgrades by 1/3. To see the special pricing, which will depend on what users have already purchased, you just have to open AudioTools and go to the Support & Upgrades menu, AudioTools Store. Then click on the Check Upgrade Cost button.
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Subwoofer Pros Release Ultra Compact Studio Sub 10 with Response Down to 16Hz
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Subwoofer Pros Release Ultra Compact Studio Sub 10 with Response Down to 16Hz

TransAudio Group announced the new Subwoofer Pros Studio Sub 10, an ultra-compact 12" x 14" x 11.5" subwoofer with low distortion, an even frequency response, and an adjustable HF cutoff to work seamlessly with any size nearfield monitor. According to the Las Vegas company, the sealed and self-powered Studio Sub 10 produces high-fidelity bass reproduction down to 16Hz, and it is small enough to place anywhere in the control room in singles or multiples for different output volume and/or room mode taming.
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Announcement COVID-19 - Access to Digital Subscriptions
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Announcement COVID-19 - Access to Digital Subscriptions

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate impacting our communities on every level, we're committed to doing our part. Our editorial and administrative staff all work remotely and will continue to fulfill their roles in putting together the quality magazine you have come to expect. At this time, we are opening up our digital subscription platform to all print subscribers for no additional fee. We hope that we can keep inspiring you, bring you a little distraction and some interesting projects to provide a little reprieve during this uncertain time.
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Kemper GmbH Launches Guitar Speaker to Support Kemper Profiler Sound Modelers
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Kemper GmbH Launches Guitar Speaker to Support Kemper Profiler Sound Modelers

For nearly two decades, Kemper GmbH developed and perfected the Kemper Profiler, an hardware unit that quickly became a leading-edge digital guitar amplifier and all-in-one effects processor using the company's patented technology, which is able to model the exact sound and behavior of any guitar amp and all its control variations. Now, the company added a critical missing link: the Kemper Kabinet and Kone guitar cabinet and driver.
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