HD audio DSP SoCs for home audio from Trident

Trident Microsystems, Inc has announced its new MAP-X family of audio System-on-Chip (SoC) designed to deliver HD Audio and Internet connectivity for next generation home audio, AV receivers and sound bars. The seven members of the new MAP-X audio family complement Trident's innovative set-top box and digital TV solutions by enhancing the audio functionality in home audio products needed to create a realistic and immersive home entertainment experience.

The MAP-X family targets the traditional home audio markets, including AV receivers and mini and micro-system components, the fast growing sound bar market. Trident explains that originally designed as an add-on to home theater setups, sound bars are becoming a thriving and distinct home audio segment, according to an analysis by the Consumer Electronics Association, and also sound bars provide consumers with an option to improve audio quality and their listening experience, which is being diminished due to the limitations on speaker driver sizes imposed by the space constraints associated with increasingly thin profile flat panel TVs.

"Trident's goal is to deliver innovative, fully integrated audio SoC solutions to the home audio market, and the MAP-X family is integral to achieving this goal," said Dirk Wieberneit, Vice President and General Manager of Trident's TV Business Unit . "We revolutionized television picture quality with our industry-renowned ME/MC technology and now our new audio products complete the home listening experience by delivering a truly cinematic and immersive sound experience via MAP-X enabled devices."