Goodix Technology Launches Next Generation Smart Amplifier for Mobile Applications

Goodix Technology launched a new generation smart amplifier targeting mobile audio designs. The new TFA9865 device leverages a proprietary, fully digital architecture and advanced manufacturing processes to improve audio performance. With extremely compact dimensions of just 2.2x2.2mm², the TFA9865 audio amplifier establishes a benchmark for the audio industry, offering higher power efficiency, and enhanced sound volume with reduced noise.

Powersoft, the audio amplification, signal processing and transducer systems specialist company from Florence, Italy, has announced plans for its new headquarters in the region. The building, an innovative design by renowned architect Alfonso Femia, will also host Powersoft's Human Audio Experience Center. The new headquarters, will centralize all the company's departments and will accommodate the projected increase in the size of the company's workforce.

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.

Following the announcement made at CES 2023, the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has released the Qi2 standard with the approval of the Qi v.2.0 Interface Specification by its Board of Directors. The release of the standard paves the way for WPC to establish a Qi2 Certification Program, enabling member companies to certify products as compatible with the new standard for wireless charging. This will be a major incentive for manufacturers and a major win for consumers.

Automotive systems expert Philipp Paul Klose writes about the vital topic of Evaluation of Automotive Audio Energy Efficiency. This important article addresses an approach to measure energy consumption and efficiency of car audio systems as an essential method for an industry investing in ever more sophisticated technologies and applications. More importantly, the author proposes practical approaches, including standardized test procedures. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2022

Get the latest market intelligence and expert perspectives on automotive audio in the June 2022 issue of audioXpress. Hans Gierlich (HEAD acoustics) explains ANC headset testing, and Dana Helmink (Widex) writes about signal processing and filter bank design for hearing aids. Read Brent Butterworth's detailed review of Røde's NTH-100 Headphones, and enjoy another chapter of Ethan Winer's hands-on journey an analog guitar-controlled synthesizer modules.

Meyer Sound has announced a renewed commitment to further reduce energy consumption, cut manufacturing waste to zero, and provide more incentives for employees to reduce their personal carbon footprints. The new efforts build on more than a decade of work led by Meyer Sound’s own “Green Team,” a group of employees representing every department that continually work on new initiatives to further the company’s ambitious sustainability goals. VC