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Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration
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Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration

Knowles Corporation is celebrating the company's 75th anniversary. Knowles pioneered many industry-firsts including balanced armature drivers for the first hearing aids in 1954, and the first MEMS microphones used in everything from the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to the latest true wireless earbuds. Today, Knowles products and solutions are in cell phones, laptops, wearables, smart speakers, or any device with voice control. And Knowles leverages its 75 years of success and expertise to expand in audio processing, the smart home or automotive applications.
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NXP Introduces i.MX 93 Applications Processor Family for Secure Connected Devices with Edge AI
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NXP Introduces i.MX 93 Applications Processor Family for Secure Connected Devices with Edge AI

NXP Semiconductors is gradually catching up from the time the company wasted in the attempted merger with Qualcomm. The company announced the i.MX 93 family of applications processors designed for automotive, smart home, smart building and smart everything applications. The i.MX 93 family leverages a heterogenous multicore SoC architecture designed to leverage efficient edge machine learning.
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Prolight+Sound Frankfurt Returns 26 to 29 April 2022
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Prolight+Sound Frankfurt Returns 26 to 29 April 2022

Prolight+Sound is scheduled to return in 2022, allowing the event and live entertainment industry to celebrate its comeback, now leaving Musikmesse definitely behind - the show focused on musical instruments now takes place the weekend after Prolight+Sound ends. Frankfurt Messe is also using its most modern facilities to accommodate the pro audio, lightning and stage technology showcases, with entrance now through the new Portalhaus.
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HyperX Ships Over One Million USB Microphones
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HyperX Ships Over One Million USB Microphones

HyperX, the gaming peripherals team at HP, announced it has surpassed the one million shipping milestone with its line of USB microphones, exceeding the companies own expectations for the category. Initially introduced into the microphone market in 2019, the HyperX QuadCast USB microphone became a popular choice for gamers, streamers and influencers. As demand for microphones increased, HyperX expanded its portfolio with the customizable QuadCast S and affordable SoloCast to fulfill the need for gamers, content creators, students, and business professionals working from home.
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xMEMS Announces Cowell Microspeaker for TWS and Hearing Aid Applications
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xMEMS Announces Cowell Microspeaker for TWS and Hearing Aid Applications

xMEMS Labs today introduced Cowell, the world’s smallest monolithic MEMS µspeaker, targeting the replacement of balanced armature drivers in true wireless earbuds and hearing aid designs. At just 22mm3, 56 milligrams, and with a 3.2mm diameter side-firing package, Cowell delivers an impressive 110dB SPL at 1kHz. Cowell is the first speaker to use xMEMS’ 2nd generation M2 speaker cell architecture offering improved SPL/mm2 enabling increased loudness in smaller form factors.
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Evertz Continues Its Commitment to the Iconic Studer Audio Brand Following Sale From Harman
by Joao Martins

Evertz Continues Its Commitment to the Iconic Studer Audio Brand Following Sale From Harman

This might be a surprising announcement for many that hardly noticed the fact that Harman International effectively exited the broadcast market with the sale of what was left from Studer to Canadian broadcast and AV powerhouse Evertz Technologies. Following the acquisition of all of Studer's strategic assets in January 2021, Evertz sent out a new release to confirm its commitment to the iconic audio brand, ongoing investments to develop new products, and updates to existing products currently in use, supporting customers all over the world.
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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics
by Joao Martins

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, one of the world’s largest guitar companies, announced it has signed a definitive agreement of merger with PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana based company is a leading designer and manufacturer of recording hardware and software, and professional audio live-sound solutions, popular in both the home studio and music PA markets.
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Cadence Announces New Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP Optimized for Bluetooth LE Audio True Wireless Devices
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Cadence Announces New Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP Optimized for Bluetooth LE Audio True Wireless Devices

Cadence Design Systems announced the new Cadence Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP, delivering increased voice- and music-processing performance with optimal neural network capability in a compact footprint with ultra-low energy, improving the user experience and extending battery life. The Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP is now the smallest and lowest power member of the HiFi DSP family, developed for battery-constrained applications, such as mobile, hearables, wearables, automotive, and connected devices.
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Mercedes-Benz AG and Dolby Working Together to Bring Dolby Atmos Music Experience to Cars
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Mercedes-Benz AG and Dolby Working Together to Bring Dolby Atmos Music Experience to Cars

Mercedes-Benz announced that it will be offering Dolby Atmos Music experiences in a range of its top car models, allowing drivers and passengers to connect with music to its fullest creative potential. Mercedes-Benz AG is partnering with Dolby Laboratories to "bring the studio right to the car," exploring the full potential of audio systems designed by Burmester Audiosysteme GmbH for immersive audio.
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DSP Concepts Expands Executive Leadership Team and Audio Processing Solutions
by Joao Martins

DSP Concepts Expands Executive Leadership Team and Audio Processing Solutions

DSP Concepts, whose Audio Weaver platform powers sound and voice for many of the world’s best consumer and automotive brands, announced a considerable expansion of its executive leadership team, appointing a pool of new talent throughout the globe. At the same time, the embedded audio specialist continues its expansion into new and existing verticals and just announced PlayPack, an expanded loudspeaker processing suite based on Audio Weaver.
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