All items tagged with automotive (255)
Texas Instruments Introduces Industry’s First 2.1-MHz Four-channel Class-D Amplifier for Automotive Audio Design
December 5, 2016 by Ward Maas

Texas Instruments Introduces Industry’s First 2.1-MHz Four-channel Class-D Amplifier for Automotive Audio Design

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the first 2.1-MHz Class-D four-channel audio amplifier specifically designed for automotive applications. Supporting high-resolution 96-kHz digital input, the compact TAS6424-Q1 enables high-fidelity audio with low distortion in automotive infotainment systems. This impressive small footprint device combines low voltage and low noise, while providing lots of software settings, offering manufacturers more freedom to tailor their designs.
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HEAD acoustics Launches VoCAS Speech Recognition Evaluation Software
December 1, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Launches VoCAS Speech Recognition Evaluation Software

German company HEAD acoustics launched VoCAS (Voice Control Analysis System), an efficient software analysis solution for evaluating speech recognition systems. From voice control in vehicles to the use of speech commands for smartphones, tablets or telephone hotlines, VoCAS allows quick and objective quality evaluation, under realistic and repeatable test conditions, of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems, found in an increasing number of applications today.
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Samsung Electronics to Acquire Harman International Industries
November 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Samsung Electronics to Acquire Harman International Industries

Harman’s current management was looking for an exit, getting richer while doing it. The detachment between Harman International Industries’ recent strategies and asian manufacturing focus with the company’s brands and market foundation in the United States and Europe was becoming increasingly visible. The acquisition by Samsung confirms the perspective. Follows the source statement without further comment.
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CES Show 2017: Prepare for Celebration and Change
November 8, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

CES Show 2017: Prepare for Celebration and Change

In 2017, the world’s leading innovation event, promoted every year by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) commemorates 50 years as the launch pad for breakthrough technology. The 50th anniversary CES will celebrate the evolution of the industry January 5-8, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. CES 2017 also promises to be a pivotal moment for technology evolution and change.
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Microchip Introduces Industry’s Smallest Package and Lowest Power MEMS Oscillators in DSC6000 Family
September 27, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Microchip Introduces Industry’s Smallest Package and Lowest Power MEMS Oscillators in DSC6000 Family

The new DSC6000 family of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) oscillators from Microchip provides semiconductor-grade reliability and frequency stability over a wide temperature range. Clock reference applications include wearables, IoT and under-bonnet automotive products, allowing less than half the current consumption of the lowest-power quartz-based oscillators. The new devices are able to withstand x500 more shock and x5 more vibration than a quartz oscillator.
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Worldwide Consumer Electronics Market Looks Challenging but Promising Growth in Emerging New Categories
August 1, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Worldwide Consumer Electronics Market Looks Challenging but Promising Growth in Emerging New Categories

Wearable technology is a key growth area in a heavily challenged consumer electronics market, reveals the latest round of research into the worldwide consumer electronics market. Futuresource Consulting’s latest review of the long term outlook for the global consumer electronics market highlights the challenges and opportunities that face the industry following a year that saw trade value fall by 1.3% to $676 billion. Other areas of growth include wireless speakers and headphones as well as connected automotive infotainment.
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New Digital Power Amplifiers for Car Audio from STMicroelectronics
December 29, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Digital Power Amplifiers for Car Audio from STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics announced its second-generation digital audio amplifiers with internal 24-bit DAC conversion, bringing increased performance in comparison to its original products introduced in 2012. The new FDA801 and FDA801B 4-channel class-D components simplify system design and lower cost for car-radio suppliers, allowing for more than 40% power savings compared to standard class-D amplifiers.
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New Mentor Automotive Development Platform for Audio Network Systems based on Automotive Audio Bus Technology
December 23, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Mentor Automotive Development Platform for Audio Network Systems based on Automotive Audio Bus Technology

Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the Mentor Automotive A2B Analyzer, the industry's first third-party development platform supporting the Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology developed by Analog Devices. Introduced in 2014, A2B digital audio bus technology enables distributing audio and control data together with clock and power over a single, unshielded twisted-pair wire.
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DTS to Acquire iBiquity Digital Corporation
September 2, 2015 by Joao Martins

DTS to Acquire iBiquity Digital Corporation

A surprise industry announcement with huge implications for the future of digital radio. DTS announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer and licensor of HD Radio technology for AM/FM audio and data broadcasting, for approximately $172 million.
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Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms
June 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms

The Fraunhofer IIS team responsible for the development and market launch of the Cingo and Symphoria immersive 3D audio algorithms and software solutions for digital audio playback has been awarded the 2015 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize, awarded every year in recognition of outstanding scientific work.
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