All items tagged with Norway (12)

Sennheiser Invests in Norwegian Optical MEMS Microphone Pioneer sensiBel

February 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Invests in Norwegian Optical MEMS Microphone Pioneer sensiBel

sensiBel announced a new successful 7 million Euros funding round with Sennheiser leading the investment together with existing main shareholders TRUMPF Venture, Skagerak Capital, Investinor, SINTEF Venture, MP Pensjon and Halden Kommunale Pensjonskasse. The funds will be used to expand production and invest in scalability of sensiBel’s patented optical MEMS microphones that offer 80dBA SNR and 132dB of dynamic range, a new level of performance for packaged miniature microphones.

R&D Stories: How Optical Technology Enables a Generational Shift in MEMS Microphone Performance

December 13, 2023 by Jakob Vennerød and Kieran Harney

R&D Stories: How Optical Technology Enables a Generational Shift in MEMS Microphone Performance

The article summarizes the evolution of MEMS microphone technology and describes the benefits of optical microphones over conventional solutions. This is a crucial reading to understand how the first generation of optical MEMS microphones have smashed the limits of SNR and dynamic range of miniature microphones, with 80dBA SNR (14dBA noise floor), 132dB dynamic range, 24-bit digital output and all with ultra-low power consumption.

October 10, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

MEMS Industry Expert Anthony Minervini Joins sensiBel

As it gets closer to commercialization, the optical MEMS microphone company from Norway, continues to expand its business and leadership team. sensiBel confirmed that it hired industry-heavyweight Anthony Minervini to the sensiBel development team. Anthony has been in the MEMS industry for 23 years and for the last 8 years has served as the microphone packaging technology architect for the acoustics group at Apple, following previous experiences with Knowles and Invensense (TDK), and Analog Devices.

Hegel Unveils H600 Dual Mono Integrated Amplifier and DAC

August 3, 2023 by Joao Martins

Hegel Unveils H600 Dual Mono Integrated Amplifier and DAC

Hegel has introduced their reference integrated amplifier. The H600 is rated for 303 watts in 8 ohms, with a damping factor of 4000, and 2 ohms drive capability - core specifications that Hegel considers are key for an amplifier to drive any speaker with confidence and ease. In line with the company's obsession of dual everything, the amplifier is a dual mono design. It also boasts a state-of-the-art preamplifier with the same extremely precise volume attenuator found in the Hegel reference P30A amplifier.

Podcasting Startup Nomono Appoints Sylvia Brudeli as Chief Product Officer

November 17, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Podcasting Startup Nomono Appoints Sylvia Brudeli as Chief Product Officer

Nomono, the developer of wireless and connected audio recording and collaboration tools designed to help podcasters and journalists tell immersive audio stories, announced it has named seasoned technology executive Sylvia Brudeli as Chief Product Officer. The Norwegian company is expanding its executive leadership team amid global growth, on the heels of the company closing an investment round worth approx. $3.6M USD, led by Schibsted Ventures.

Nomono Sound Capsule Completely Wireless Recording Platform Simplifies Audio Recording

May 26, 2022 by Joao Martins

Nomono Sound Capsule Completely Wireless Recording Platform Simplifies Audio Recording

Nomono is a Norwegian startup working in the field of audio recording and collaboration tools, with a mission to make audio wireless and immersive. For now, Nomono elected to help podcasters and journalists use their tools to tell audio stories using its integrated hardware and software solutions that are designed to simplify field recording, file management, collaboration and production, while paving the way for a spatial audio future.

Optical MEMS Microphone Technology from sensiBel Receives Funding Needed To Enter Production

April 19, 2022 by Joao Martins

Optical MEMS Microphone Technology from sensiBel Receives Funding Needed To Enter Production

sensiBel is a Norwegian company developing a new generation of MEMS microphones using patented optical technology that they believe will be able to reach 80dB SNR and rival conventional studio microphone capsules, with all the benefits of a fully encapsulated solution. The company now announced a successful funding round of 15 million Euros, led by Germany’s TRUMPF Venture and including The European Council’s EIC Fund, Skagerak Capital, Investinor, and SINTEF Venture IV. sensiBel will use the funding to ramp up production.

SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker - A Loudspeaker History Book

September 2, 2021 by Mike Klasco

SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker - A Loudspeaker History Book

A New Must-Read Loudspeaker History Book. SEAS: The History of SEAS Fabrikker is an engaging story about the Norwegian manufacturer and its place in the Nordic speaker industry. The book about Scandinavian Electro Acoustic Systems (SEAS) was written by Danish loudspeaker engineer Claus Futtrup and jointly published by SEAS and Futtrup. Mike Klasco reviews the book for The Audio Voice newsletter and audioXpress.

Elliptic Labs Expands its Ultrasound Sensing Framework to More Devices and Mobile Platforms

November 19, 2020 by Joao Martins

Elliptic Labs Expands its Ultrasound Sensing Framework to More Devices and Mobile Platforms

Norwegian company Elliptic Labs has successfully introduced its ultrasound sensing technology to the market, leveraging early agreements with major chip suppliers to the IT and mobile industries. Following partnerships with Texas Instruments, Infineon, Knowles, Cirrus Logic and AAC Technologies, at the implementation level, Elliptic Labs this year expanded its support directly with chipset manufacturers ARM, Intel, Qualcomm and more recently MediaTek. And the company's efforts in ultrasound-based sensing are just in early stages.

SEAS Launches New Prestige Titan L19RNX1 Woofer

August 30, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

SEAS Launches New Prestige Titan L19RNX1 Woofer

SEAS Fabrikker continues to deliver on its promise to completely renew its product portfolio since the company revitalized its production, moving manufacturing from Taiwan to a new production line in Moss, Norway. Following the announcement in May 2019 of a completely new product-size of woofer in the Excel Graphene Woofer Series, named the 19-series, SEAS now launches the L19RNX1 (H1878-08) in the affordable Prestige Titan Series. The new L19RNX1 woofer was designed to respond to the challenges of high-res audio reproduction with improved clarity and dynamic capability.

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