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Cardinal Peak and Syntiant Announce Collaboration to Provide Voice-Enabled Audio Product Design Services
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Cardinal Peak and Syntiant Announce Collaboration to Provide Voice-Enabled Audio Product Design Services

Cardinal Peak, a leading provider of product engineering services, and Syntiant, the fast-growing developer of deep learning AI chips for edge devices, announced a design collaboration focused on providing brands with a turnkey solution to build innovative end-to-end audio and voice-enabled products. The product engineering services firm from Boulder, CO, will expand Syntiant's efforts to offer customized AI hardware and software solutions to the consumer electronics industry.
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Dirac Appoints New CEO to Leverage Growth Opportunities and Extensive IP in Audio Processing
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Dirac Appoints New CEO to Leverage Growth Opportunities and Extensive IP in Audio Processing

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac announced a realignment of its executive team to better position the company to take full advantage of a growing and expanding range of new business opportunities. Peter Friedrichsen joins the company as Chief Executive Officer following the decision by long-time CEO and co-founder Dr. Mathias Johansson to focus exclusively on new technologies and product development as Chief Product Officer.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Automotive Audio Webinar to Take Place January 19
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Automotive Audio Webinar to Take Place January 19

The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), will host the first of a series of webinars on Automotive Audio on Tuesday, January 19 (12:00pm EST). Titled “Direct Validation of Computational Acoustic Results for Automotive Cabin Simulations,” the webinar will explore automotive sound system implementation and design in a program presented by APEI's Automotive Pillar Chair Roger Shively ( JJR Acoustics) with presentations by industry experts Mads Herring Jensen (COMSOL) and Christof Faller (Illusonic).
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Turtle Beach Acquires What's Left of Neat Microphones
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Turtle Beach Acquires What's Left of Neat Microphones

Neat Microphones was one of the unfortunate victims of the Gibson Group debacle. The company was founded in 2014 by Skipper Wise and Martins Saulespurens, the co-founders of Blue Microphones. Neat was introduced to the market in 2016, only to disappear short after. Nothing was known about the company since 2017, when all the founders apparently moved on. Now, Nest was acquired by Turtle Beach, and the San-Diego-based company says that the original Neat team is also joining.
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Teradyne Supports Syntiant's Successful Edge AI Strategy
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Teradyne Supports Syntiant's Successful Edge AI Strategy

Teradyne, a leading supplier of automated test solutions, announced that the company’s UltraFLEX test platform has enabled Syntiant to successfully ship more than 10 millions of its microwatt-power, deep learning Neural Decision Processors (NPDs) to customers worldwide. The Teradyne UltraFLEX test solution is also currently supporting the qualification and production ramp of the latest Syntiant NDP120 and Syntiant NDP121 Neural Decision Processors.
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CEVA Expands Possibilities in Sensor Hub DSPs with 2nd Generation SensPro Family
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CEVA Expands Possibilities in Sensor Hub DSPs with 2nd Generation SensPro Family

CEVA introduced its 2nd generation SensPro DSP family, a hub for AI and DSP processing workloads associated with a wide range of sensors including camera, Radar, LiDAR, Time-of-Flight, microphones and inertial measurement units (IMUs). The new, lower power, SensPro2 DSPs deliver up to 10X performance improvement versus CEVA-BX2 DSP for AI networks used for voice assistants, natural language processing and spatial audio. They are also automotive-ready with high-precision floating-point capability.
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Dirac Teams Up With OSM Group to Offer Spatial Audio Solutions for Next-Generation Headphones
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Dirac Teams Up With OSM Group to Offer Spatial Audio Solutions for Next-Generation Headphones

Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac and OSM Group, a global designer, developer and manufacturer have entered into an agreement to include Dirac’s industry-leading spatial audio solution in headphones created by OSM for its global portfolio of electronics customers. Under the terms of the agreement, OSM Group will license the Dirac spatial audio solution for integration into headphones that the company develops for leading brands around the world.
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Agreement Between DSP Concepts and Cambridge Consultants Accelerates Audio Product Development and Voice Innovation
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Agreement Between DSP Concepts and Cambridge Consultants Accelerates Audio Product Development and Voice Innovation

Cambridge Consultants, part of Capgemini, and DSP Concepts, the creators of Audio Weaver, the audio DSP platform powering some of the world’s best consumer and automotive brands, announced an agreement that will see Cambridge Consultants offering deep audio product development expertise and technology to the many audio brands in the fast-growing DSP Concepts ecosystem. Cambridge Consultants will be also adding its own voice detection processing to Audio Weaver.
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Ultra High Speed HDMI 2.1 Enabled Cables and Products Reach the Market
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Ultra High Speed HDMI 2.1 Enabled Cables and Products Reach the Market

As many HDMI 2.1 certified products are now on the market, HDMI Licensing Administrator announced the availability of Ultra High Speed cables, essential to creating end-to-end HDMI 2.1 systems. Now consumers can enjoy the latest high performance AV features including 4K@120Hz, 8K@60Hz, Dynamic HDR and eARC support. This development was made possible by the Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable Certification Program (UHS Program) launched by the HDMI Forum, enabling users to identify the cables that are guaranteed to deliver the full benefits of the HDMI 2.1 specification.
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Two Iconic Brands Come Together: Gibson Announces Acquisition of Mesa/Boogie
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Two Iconic Brands Come Together: Gibson Announces Acquisition of Mesa/Boogie

Gibson, the iconic American guitar brand, surprised the industry with the announcement of the addition of MesaBoogie - one of the most respected and prestigious brands in guitar amplification - to their family of brands. A clear sign that Gibson intends to refocus in its core business of musical instruments. And this acquisition also signals an important milestone, with Gibson Brands' first expansion move since the painful process of restructuring the company and rebuilding its business.
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