Nordic Semiconductor Announces Its First Wi-Fi Chip

Following the acquisition of the Wi-Fi development team, core Wi-Fi expertise, and Wi-Fi IP tech assets of Imagination Technologies Group in 2020, Nordic Semiconductor announced its entry into the Wi-Fi wireless market with the introduction of the nRF7002, an ultra-low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion IC. The launch enables Nordic Semiconductor to offer all three of the world’s most popular wireless connectivity technologies: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular, paving the way for new market opportunities.

For 2016, our annual Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS 2016) directory has gained an entirely new dimension. The online directory was updated and contains complete listings and category indexes, which make this annual publication such an invaluable resource for the industry. In this edition, readers will also find a complete series of must-read articles for anyone in the audio industry: feature articles, industry reports, and company profiles, as well as our annual query about the state of the industry, with contributions from distinguished market executives and professionals.

Imagination Technologies announced that Pioneer has licensed its FlowRadio internet radio service for its in-car entertainment app program. The internet radio and podcast content delivered by FlowRadio will be available through Pioneer’s AppRadioLIVE app as a one-off in-app purchase called the Pioneer Radio Collection.

This year’s Munich High End show saw MQA supporter numbers soar above the one hundred mark. The music encoding and streaming format was demonstrated publicly for the first time at a show and it was confirmed that MQA is to be established as a separate business entity from Meridian Audio in order to license the technology.

The evidence about how important the Apple Watch is comes from many other recent announcements, including some made at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. Security, IoT interoperability, wearables, computer vision, communications infrastructure, and ultra-low power connectivity were some of the trends at MWC 2015. It's not by chance that, all those things are effectively combined on the Apple Watch and Apple's current roadmap.

From the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, to the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim, CA, we have this unique opportunity to better understand the many sides of the complex audio equation. What did we learn?

Imagination Technologies announced at the 2015 International CES Show that its Caskeid wireless audio IP platform is set to be the first multiroom streaming solution to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated), the encoding technology developed by Bob Stuart, founder of Meridian Audio, allowing true reconstruction of studio quality audio.

The AVnu Alliance Membership is growing and leading to more AVB products in the AVnu certification pipeline. Eight new companies from different parts of the world and industries have now joined its membership roster including Coveloz, Imagination Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, intoPIX, Ixia, MIPRO, Xavtel and Pivitec.

Imagination Technologies launched Bluetooth Caskeid, an enhanced version of its wireless multiroom audio streaming technology that delivers any audio app content to multiple Caskeid-enabled speakers through a unique combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.