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iFLYTEK reports 2021 operating revenue up 41% to ¥18.3 billion

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iFLYTEK is the largest speech solution provider in China and probably one of the largest in Asia. iFLYTEK’s business area covers a wide range of speech solutions including voice recognition software and voice-based internet and mobile products covering education, communication, music, intelligent toys, etc.  While iFLYTEK is well known for their voice recognition business in […]

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MediaTek is getting ready to spin off its Airoha subsidiary

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In the past several years, Airoha became quite successful in Bluetooth audio related markets and more recently, it has had significant success in the TWS earbuds market, with customers including Sony, Beats by Apple, JBL by Harman, Skullcandy and Xiaomi.  Qualcomm’s once large dominant position in the Bluetooth headset market (through its CSR acquisition) has […]

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Syntiant raises $55 million, ships 20 million+ chips

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Syntiant is a start-up company founded in 2017 focusing on developing always on, machine learning based processor solutions.  Investors for Syntiant includes a whole spectrum of tech industry companies such as Amazon, Bosch, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, and Renasas and more.  The NDP100 chip (NDP = Neural Decision Processor), from Syntiant achieves industry leading ultra-low power […]

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Samsung’s 2022 NEO QLED TVs eliminate the need for a Dolby Atmos soundbar

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Samsung smart TV is finally adding Dolby ATMOS for its new 2022 line up. Samsung has been one of the few smart TV brands that did not promote Dolby ATMOS as it has home grown 3D audio technology called OTS (Object Tracking Sound).  It looks like Samsung has changed their marketing strategy to add Dolby […]

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Sonova completes acquisition of the Sennheiser Consumer Division and forms a new business

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Sonova is one of the largest suppliers of medical hearing aid devices globally and the latest news about the acquisition of Sennheiser’s consumer division is quite interesting in several aspects.  Sonova has quite a dominant position in medical grade hearing aids devices but they are not consumer friendly, in the sense that Sonova heading aids […]

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Sonos Roam SL drops the mic with a $159 price tag and all the portability   

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Recent Sonos Roam SL release from Sonos is quite interesting in two ways.  The first point is that the new Sonos Roam SL drops the built-in microphone meaning it is also dropping the voice assistant feature. The second point is that by dropping the built-in microphone, the Sonos Roam SL will also drop Sonos Trueplay.  […]

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