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StreamUnlimited Licenses Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H Audio Decoder Software and Joins the MPEG-H Trademark Program
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StreamUnlimited Licenses Fraunhofer’s MPEG-H Audio Decoder Software and Joins the MPEG-H Trademark Program

Fraunhofer IIS, the primary inventor of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, and StreamUnlimited, a supplier of software solutions and hardware modules for connected audio products, have announced that MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile decoders have been integrated into the StreamSDK from StreamUnlimited. The Austrian company is already offering decoder implementations supporting the MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile and has joined the MPEG-H Audio System trademark program administered by Fraunhofer.
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CEVA Expands Wireless Connectivity Options for Developers with New RivieraWaves UWB Platform
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CEVA Expands Wireless Connectivity Options for Developers with New RivieraWaves UWB Platform

CEVA unveiled its new ultra-low power RivieraWaves UWB platform IP targeting mobile, automotive, consumer and IoT applications, lowering the entry barriers for companies to include UWB in their chip designs. With this new solutions, developers are able to benefit from CEVA's combined IP offering of Bluetooth and UWB technologies for new use cases in emerging high-volume applications.
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Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program
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Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program

Looking at differentiated spatial audio designs? Via Licensing Corporation announced the creation and availability of an MPEG-H 3D Audio patent pool with eight participating members. These initial participants include Dolby, ETRI, Fraunhofer, Orange, Royal Philips, Sony Group Corp., VoiceAge, and WILUS. The new pool enables manufacturers, developers and implementors to license MPEG-H 3D Audio standard essential patents under fair and reasonable terms.
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Biamp Acquires Audiovisual Control Systems Company Neets A/S
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Biamp Acquires Audiovisual Control Systems Company Neets A/S

Biamp announced another acquisition, this time of Neets A/S, based in Horsens, Denmark, a respected independent manufacturer of AV control systems. According to Biamp, Neets offers a mature, comprehensive family of device controllers, control interfaces, and control software that are distinctive for their ease of use and elegant design, and made sense to expand the AV solutions portfolio of the Beaverton, Oregon-based company.
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AES APEI Webinar to Explore How Design Houses Add Value to Audio Product Development
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AES APEI Webinar to Explore How Design Houses Add Value to Audio Product Development

The always insightful series of Audio Product Education Institute webinars focusing on Supply Chain & Sourcing provide a unique opportunity to understand the full product cycle, from vision to market. In a new online event, Wednesday June 23 (12pm ET), David Lindberg (DB Enterprises) and Mike Klasco (Menlo Scientific) invite Phnam Bagley (Nonfiction Design), and David Waterman (Deep Blue Design) to discuss how design houses can be a critical option supporting brands in all critical stages.
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Cadence Announces New Tensilica FloatingPoint DSP Family for Low Power AI/ML
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Cadence Announces New Tensilica FloatingPoint DSP Family for Low Power AI/ML

Cadence Design Systems unveiled the Cadence Tensilica FloatingPoint DSP family, optimized for power, performance and area (PPA). The new DSP IP cores extend from small, ultra-low power to very high performance and are well-suited for a broad array of applications, from energy-efficient solutions for battery powered devices to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), sensor fusion, object tracking and augmented reality applications in the mobile, automotive, and consumer markets.
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Battery Ventures Establishes Axiometrix Solutions Unifying Its Three Test and Measurement Brands
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Battery Ventures Establishes Axiometrix Solutions Unifying Its Three Test and Measurement Brands

The measurement-focused business group established by Battery Ventures, and comprised of Audio Precision, GRAS Sound & Vibration, and imc Test & Measurement, announced its new name and brand: Axiometrix Solutions. Supporting a global customer base in the test and measurement space, Axiometrix Solutions intends to span the most technology-intensive industries including electronics, aerospace, automotive and audiology.
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AIStorm and Knowles Join Forces to Create New Edge AI Audio Solutions
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AIStorm and Knowles Join Forces to Create New Edge AI Audio Solutions

AIStorm, a pioneer of AI-in-Sensor SoCs for edge devices, announced a development partnership with Knowles Corporation. The collaboration will focus on achieving the lowest-power, highest-performance audio solutions available to enable emerging features. AIStorm’s patented analog and mixed-signal IP, combined with Knowles’ audio signal processing technology and advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers, bring enhanced audio features and power savings to mobile, true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, and connected devices.
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Ora Graphene Announces Strategic Investment to Advance GrapheneQ Commercialization
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Ora Graphene Announces Strategic Investment to Advance GrapheneQ Commercialization

Ora Sound Graphene, the Canadian company that is the world's first commercial producer of free-standing graphene membranes for speaker drivers, announced the closing of its $3 million Seed financing round today. The deal was led by Ecofuel Fund along with Export Development Canada (EDC), BDC Capital and certain members of New York Angels. Existing investors TandemLaunch, and BoxOne Ventures also participated in the round.
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Martin Audio Promotes from Within to Fulfill R&D Director Roles
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Martin Audio Promotes from Within to Fulfill R&D Director Roles

Known for its innovative and constantly updated professional loudspeaker systems, British sound reinforcement powerhouse Martin Audio has recently promoted from within to create two new director roles for its R&D department. Phil Anthony has been promoted to Associate Director of Design, while Ambrose Thompson is now Research Director, and together they will lead the R&D department.
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