All items tagged with connectivity (33)

Semtech Corporation Announces Intention to Acquire Sierra Wireless

August 2, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Semtech Corporation Announces Intention to Acquire Sierra Wireless

Semtech Corporation, a leading global supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, and Sierra Wireless, a connectivity and cellular solutions provider, confirmed the intention to combine the two companies. Semtech will acquire Sierra Wireless, aiming to bring together the ultra-low power benefits of LoRa with higher bandwidth capabilities of cellular technologies, and create a comprehensive platform for connected devices.

Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products

January 13, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products

Bang & Olufsen announced an automatic software update to its new generation of home speakers that ensures multiroom compatibility between products launched in the last 40 years. From Bang & Olufsen’s iconic loudspeakers, music systems and turntables of the 1980s to its modern wireless speakers, the new update to Beolink makes a generation of products across decades work seamlessly together, showcasing Bang & Olufsen’s commitment to longevity.

Valens Provides Multi-Gigabit Connectivity Solution for Mercedes-Benz S-Class Premium Infotainment System

May 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Valens Provides Multi-Gigabit Connectivity Solution for Mercedes-Benz S-Class Premium Infotainment System

Valens, the semiconductor company that is pushing the boundaries of connectivity, announced that its VA6000 chipsets are integrated in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, launched in September 2020. This marks the first multi-gigabit symmetric link in the world to be deployed in mass production, and the only multi-gigabit technology over unshielded wiring for in-vehicle connectivity.

Work from Anywhere: Evolving the Unified Communications Paradigm

April 16, 2021 by Jon Schau

Work from Anywhere: Evolving the Unified Communications Paradigm

This article by Jon Schau (Lead Engineer for Emerging Technology at Bose Professional) frames the Work from Anywhere paradigm and sends a message to CIOs, CTOs and IT departments. The article discusses how digital connectivity empowered knowledge workers to collaborate, communicate, and execute from anywhere in the world. And how, as UC literacy evolves, IT must grow along with it! This article was originally published in The Audio Voice, April 2021.

Neutrik AG Acquires Connectivity Solutions Company Connex GmbH

March 8, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Neutrik AG Acquires Connectivity Solutions Company Connex GmbH

The Neutrik Group, with headquarters in the Principality of Liechtenstein, confirmed the acquisition of connectivity solutions company Connex Gmbh, headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany. The acquisition intends to strengthen Nuetrik's expertise in professional solutions. Connex produces and develops high-quality components for the professional event industry, including audio distribution, stage boxes, multicore systems, audio splitters, power distribution, and networking.

ABI Research Projects Transformational Smart Home Trends

November 9, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

ABI Research Projects Transformational Smart Home Trends

Homes will change more over the next 20 years than they did during the past hundred says ABI Research. The next generation home, the Transformational Smart Home, is emerging and will transform life inside homes and reshape the world of consumer services and citizen interactions. In its latest research, now available, the tech market advisory firm outlines six major smart home concepts that will drive Smart Home investment and adoption.

Intel Announces Thunderbolt 4 Specification: Technology Changes Fast, Reality Moves Slower

July 16, 2020 by Joao Martins

Intel Announces Thunderbolt 4 Specification: Technology Changes Fast, Reality Moves Slower

Intel revealed new details about Thunderbolt 4, the next generation of its universal cable connectivity solution. delivering increased minimum performance requirements, expanded capabilities, and USB4 specification compliance. This means that even though USB4 remains the good-enough universal solution for all consumer devices, Intel intends to ensure Thunderbolt will remain on its own path to offer the most powerful and reliable alternative for power users - professional users, corporate and media applications. And that enables Intel to sell hardware, while keeping control of at least the certification processes.

Samsung Makes Software Update Available for Original Galaxy Buds

April 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Samsung Makes Software Update Available for Original Galaxy Buds

In a rare move for a company that introduces new versions of each product faster than it ever updates anything, Samsung confirmed a software update for its original true wireless earbuds - the Galaxy Buds. The updates, Samsung explained, bring new connectivity features now found on the latest Galaxy Buds+ model, including the ability to automatically filter unwanted noise or selecting an Ambient Aware mode, allowing important sounds from the outside world to be heard.

R&D Stories: Achieving Frictionless Lower-Power Application Connectivity with Data-Over-Sound

December 5, 2019 by Adib Mehrabi

R&D Stories: Achieving Frictionless Lower-Power Application Connectivity with Data-Over-Sound

Anytime we need to login to the local Wi-Fi or pair with another Bluetooth device, we think, "There must be a better way to do this!" That's precisely one of the exciting possibilities for data-over-sound technology. This article explains what else we can do with it, and how it works. It also explores how data-over-sound can be realized in embedded scenarios, and how Chirp’s new technology, using the Arm Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M7 processors, can be implemented in connected products. This article was originally published in audioXpress, November 2019.

Valens In-Vehicle Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Chipsets Receive CES Innovation Awards Recognition

November 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Valens In-Vehicle Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Chipsets Receive CES Innovation Awards Recognition

Valens, the company behind HDBase-T connectivity, the "de facto" standard adopted in the AV industry, is now pushing the technology for automotive applications since launching its latest VA6000 HDBaseT integrated circuit, combining 1Gbps Ethernet transmission, Audio, Serial Control, and USB over unshielded single twisted pair lower cost cables. The technology was now confirmed a CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree.

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