All items tagged with semiconductor (55)

November 22, 2024 by Joao Martins

Ubitium Debuts Workload-Agnostic, Universal RISC-V Microprocessor

Ubitium developed a breakthrough universal processor that consolidates all processing into a single, affordable chip that is able to adapt to any type of workload — from simple control logic to massive parallel data flow processing. Leveraging a RISC-V architecture, the processor could eliminate the need for multiple specialized chips, enabling advanced AI on device, at no additional cost. This would be ideal for adaptive audio, speech recognition and AI-enabled DSP in consumer electronics.

GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform

March 9, 2023 by Joao Martins

GreenWaves Ramps Up Production of GAP9 Hearables Platform

GreenWaves Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company based in Grenoble, France, has received the funding needed to support the production of its second-generation GAP9 processor. As demonstrated at CES 2023, this advanced AI processor revolutionizes the next generation of true wireless earbuds, hearables, and connected devices with ultra-low latency noise cancellation, neural network-based background elimination and 3D sound.

Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSP Enables Highly Energy-Efficient Audio Playback for Dolby Atmos in Cars

January 9, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSP Enables Highly Energy-Efficient Audio Playback for Dolby Atmos in Cars

Cadence Design Systems announced that its Tensilica HiFi DSP now supports Dolby Atmos for cars, making it the first DSP IP with this capability. Cadence has optimized the Dolby car experience technology to run on the Tensilica HiFi DSP for audio playback of Dolby Atmos for cars. Offloading Dolby Atmos to the low-energy, high-performance Tensilica HiFi DSP enables system-on-chip (SoC) providers to offer automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers a more energy-efficient implementation without affecting the audio experience.

Ubilite Introduces Wi-Fi SoC With Less-Than-Bluetooth Power Consumption

September 14, 2022 by Joao Martins

Ubilite Introduces Wi-Fi SoC With Less-Than-Bluetooth Power Consumption

Ubilite announced the immediate availability of its UBI206 platform and SoC, targeted specifically for ultra-low power wireless applications. The UBI206 is a highly integrated single device that enables a vast number of connected products with a minimal number of external components. Although originally designed targeting industrial IoT applications, the chip enables truly ultra-low power Wi-Fi audio streaming solutions with a 10-fold improvement in power consumption.

ESS Technology Launches New High Performance 32-bit Audio Multichannel Digital-to-Analog Converters

August 17, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

ESS Technology Launches New High Performance 32-bit Audio Multichannel Digital-to-Analog Converters

ESS Technology has launched 4 new Sabre PROfessional Series Digital-to-Analog converters, setting the company's benchmark for consumer and professional audio applications. The new converters are the flagship ES9039MPRO and ES9039PRO, together with the cost-effective ES9027MPRO and ES9027PRO 8 channel DACs. And targeting cost sensitive applications that need improved performance, ESS also launched the new ESS ES9017 8-channel DAC.

Metalenz and STMicroelectronics Deliver World's First Optical Metasurface Technology for Consumer Electronics Devices

June 14, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Metalenz and STMicroelectronics Deliver World's First Optical Metasurface Technology for Consumer Electronics Devices

Metalenz, the first company to commercialize meta-optics, and STMicroelectronics announced that ST’s currently released VL53L8 direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) sensor is the highly anticipated market debut of the meta-optics devices developed through their partnership, which was disclosed in June 2021. Metalenz metasurfaces are now on the market, marking the introduction of this revolutionary optical technology in real-world devices.

Magnachip Introduces High-Performance Synchronous Boost Converter for Battery-Powered Speakers

March 15, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Magnachip Introduces High-Performance Synchronous Boost Converter for Battery-Powered Speakers

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has released a synchronous boost converter with a new architecture of high-side and low-side switches that achieves a high efficiency to support for a variety of applications, including Bluetooth speakers and other battery-operated devices. The new synchronous boost converter is equipped with a fast transient response to reduce output voltage fluctuations in a short response time for stable power supply, making it ideally suited for devices which can exhibit significant current variations.

Sounds Great Unveils Motion Microchip and Semiconductor Dynamic Speakers at CES 2022

January 4, 2022 by Joao Martins

Sounds Great Unveils Motion Microchip and Semiconductor Dynamic Speakers at CES 2022

Taiwan-based semiconductor design house Sounds Great is unveiling prototypes of its Motion Microchip and Semiconductor Dynamic Speaker (SDS) solutions at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The company's technology is the smallest speaker solution of its type, and will be presented as a 1.5x1.5mm single driver or an SDS array, enabling applications from earphones to stereo reproduction in consumer devices. In its second year at CES, the company shows a promising speaker concept with large potential for ultra low-power designs.

December 7, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

RISC-V International Ratifies 15 New Specifications Opening Up New Possibilities for RISC-V Designs

RISC-V is bringing together different companies and industries, combining a modular technical approach with an open license business model for the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). RISC-V International, the global non-profit open hardware standards organization, incorporated in Switzerland, just announced a new set of specifications that will be key for advanced audio applications using machine learning (ML).

ONsemi Expands Portfolio of Bluetooth LE Solutions With Innovative Smart Sensing Features

November 29, 2021 by Cristina Costa

ONsemi Expands Portfolio of Bluetooth LE Solutions With Innovative Smart Sensing Features

ONsemi (previously known as ON Semiconductor), a semiconductor manufacturer with a vast product portfolio of power, signal conditioning, interfaces, and sensing technologies, announced its new, secure RSL15 wireless microcontroller (MCU) that provides the industry’s lowest power consumption. Enabled with Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 wireless connectivity, the RSL15 addresses the growing demand of connected applications requiring security without sacrificing power consumption.

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