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Renesas Develops World's Smaller and Lower Power Bluetooth Low Energy RF Transceiver
February 25, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Develops World's Smaller and Lower Power Bluetooth Low Energy RF Transceiver

Renesas Electronics announced the development of two 2.4 GHz RF transceiver technologies that support the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) low-power, near-field communication standard. The new technologies also achieve a smaller mounting area and better power efficiency. Renesas presented these technologies at International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2022 (ISSCC 2022), held between February 20 and 24 in San Francisco.
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Aspinity AML100 Analog Machine Learning Chip Redefines Always-on Power Efficiency for Voice Applications
February 23, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Aspinity AML100 Analog Machine Learning Chip Redefines Always-on Power Efficiency for Voice Applications

Aspinity launched the first member of its analogML family, the AML100, which is the industry’s first and only tiny machine learning (ML) solution operating completely within the analog domain. As such, the AML100 reduces always-on system power by 95%, allowing manufacturers to dramatically extend the battery life of devices and migrate walled powered always-on devices to battery - opening whole new classes of products for voice-first and smart home systems.
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STMicroelectronics Intelligent Sensor Processing Unit Integrates DSP into MEMS Sensors
February 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Intelligent Sensor Processing Unit Integrates DSP into MEMS Sensors

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor company that is also a top manufacturer of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), announced the launch of its new Intelligent Sensor Processing Unit (ISPU) that combines a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) suited to run AI algorithms and MEMS sensor on the same silicon. By combining signal processing and AI algorithms onto MEMS sensors, ST enables standalone devices that are able to sense, process, and take action, while substantially saving space and power.
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COMSOL 6 For Speaker Design and Transducer Development Explained!
February 21, 2022 by Audio Engineering_Society

COMSOL 6 For Speaker Design and Transducer Development Explained!

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) is presenting a new online event on Wednesday, March 2, exploring the latest updates to the Acoustics Module in COMSOL Multiphysics 6.0 and its possibilities for loudspeaker development. The session, presented by simulation expert Mads Jensen from COMSOL, will detail and explain the significant improvements introduced in the latest version, specifically focusing on transducers and all the great new features for speakers in general.
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Crosslite+ Two-Way DSP Filter Design Tutorial
February 9, 2022 by Vance Dickason

Crosslite+ Two-Way DSP Filter Design Tutorial

In this article, Vance Dickason highlights the possibilities for a two-way DSP filter design using the CrossLite+ software package. Under development by the Brazilian pro audio company since 2009, CrossLite+ is a dual-channel FFT analyzer that will function with basically any USB-type recording interface. CrossLite+ is intended primarily for product development of DSP-powered pro speakers and for use in live sound PA systems. And measured data can also be imported from other analyzers such as the CLIO or Klippel This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2021.
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Synaptics Launches Matter-Compliant Triple Combo SoC for Seamless Connectivity
February 3, 2022 by Joao Martins

Synaptics Launches Matter-Compliant Triple Combo SoC for Seamless Connectivity

Synaptics announced the SYN4381 Triple Combo system-on-chip (SoC), the first to combine Wi-Fi 6/6E (802.11ax with extended 6 GHz operation), Bluetooth 5.2 (BT 5.2) with BLE Audio and High Accuracy Distance Measurement (HADM), and IEEE 802.15.4 with built-in support for the Thread protocol and Matter application layer. The solution simplifies product development while supporting 600 Mbps video and data, low-power Thread communication, and platform-agnostic device setup and interoperability.
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AKM Resumes Sample Shipments of 13 Velvet Sound DAC/ADC Products
January 31, 2022 by Joao Martins

AKM Resumes Sample Shipments of 13 Velvet Sound DAC/ADC Products

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has resumed sample shipments of 13 Velvet Sound D/A converters (DAC) and A/D converters (ADC) products - all part of a new generation of improved devices. The samples start shipping in January 2022. Mass production is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022. The new range of devices include new 115dB and 768kHz 32-bit DACs in 2, 4, 6, and 8-channel models, plus nine new 32-bit ADCs in 2, 4, and 8 channel models including the AK5522 ADC, ideal for bus-powered USB audio interfaces.
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Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0
January 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Telit Launches WE310G4 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Module with BLE 5.0

Wireless connectivity specialists Telit announced the launch of their new WE310G4 module, which enables manufacturers to add dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 connectivity quickly and cost-effectively to their products. Based on Realtek's Ameba system on chip (SoC), the WE310G4 is ideal for a wide variety of embedded designs, including smart home devices and appliances, wearables, fitness trackers, smart city sensors, aftermarket telematics and industrial automation sensors.
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ArkX Labs Collaborates with Sensory for Enhanced Speech Recognition
January 26, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

ArkX Labs Collaborates with Sensory for Enhanced Speech Recognition

ArkX Laboratories, a leading provider of advanced far-field voice capture and speech recognition technology, announced an expanded collaboration with Sensory, to incorporate its advanced speech recognition, natural language understanding, voice biometrics, wake words, facial recognition, and sound identification technologies with ArkX's production-ready EveryWord touchless voice solutions.
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SoundHound and Qualcomm Announce Strategic Agreement to Bring Voice AI Technology to Snapdragon Platforms
January 25, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound and Qualcomm Announce Strategic Agreement to Bring Voice AI Technology to Snapdragon Platforms

SoundHound and Qualcomm announced a multi-year, joint agreement that will give app developers and device manufacturers access to an easy-to-deploy voice artificial intelligence (AI) solution running on Snapdragon platforms. The integration consists of SoundHound's automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, and text-to-speech conversion software with select Snapdragon platforms from Qualcomm.
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