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Consumer electronics technology event ICCE-Asia 2017 in Bangalore
The second consumer electronics tech event ICCE-Asia 2017 to be held on October 5-7, in Bangalore. ICCE-Asia is a sister conference of the ICCE, conducted annually. The annual International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) is the annual flagship conference of the Consumer Electronics Socie
2 min readRearview image video pocessor IC from Intersil does not freeze video and delay is no more than 0.5S after rev gear
Renesas subsidiary Intersil launched a high-definition (HD) 1080p LCD video processor with analog video decoder, two scalers and MIPI-CSI2 SoC interface. TW8844 is designed to fulfill the reliability requirement of automakers to ensure their rearview camera systems are compliant with the U.S. Feder
4 min readNew high resolution audio processor IC from Rohm
ROHM launched audio processor to handle audio playback that performs volume adjustment and audio mixing for car audio and navigation systems requiring high sound quality. The BD34602FS-M was developed with a focus on sound quality by utilizing proprietary sound quality design technology with char
2 min readIoT and AI together drives consumer and car electronics market in 2017
If a car can be put under consumer product section, then automotive electronics becomes part of consumer electronics and then the car will become the major driver of consumer electronics market. The self driving car was clearly one of the attractive product at this year's consumer electronics event
4 min readSpeech recognition enabled Smart Microphone responds to your voice commands
MEMS microphone offers better sensitivity and improved frequency response compared to other microphones in the market. MEMS microphones offers significant audio quality benefit when multiple microphones are used together. Now the three companies with the different audio technology expertise have joi
2 min readSupport for 5G, Wi-Fi and wireline and mmWave in a single home gateway SoC
LA1575, the first chip from the family of the new Layerscape from NXP Semiconductors solves a multi-standard problem with simultaneous implementation of 802.11ax, 802.11ad, and millimeter wave (mmWave) standards on a single SoC device. This IC chip is initially targeted at enterprise and high-end ho
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Airpods are new market enabler for digital audio UI
After the launch of Apple AirPods and such stylish wireless hearing devices, its become trendy to go for the wireless audio ear-bud both for listening as well as voice commanding of your smart phone or any such digital gadget which has voice/speech control interface. When it comes to User Inter
4 min readChinese companies start a lab for smart home security
"Open Laboratory for Smart Home Interconnection Security“ is formed in China by companies such as Midea, Huawei Consumer BG, Tencent CESI, and Infineon along with the support of China Electronics Standardization Institute. The partners are aiming at jointly developing security technologies for smar
2 min readVoice control is increasingly used in smart home electronics
Natural human controls such as voice control and gesture is preferred over key-button like interface for controlling home appliances in a typical smart home systems technology. Voice control is taking the precedence over the other type of natural controls. Market Researcher ABI expects the voice
3 min readHigh resolution audio evaluation board for designing hd audio products
SoC chip company VLSI Solutions is offering a complete high-resolution audio player evaluation board based on its audio IC VS1005. VS1005 is an audio SoC for audio processing applications. The evaluation board is powered by VS1005 SoC and also VLSI Solution's new high-resolution audio decoder librar
2 min readIDC finds sharp decline in Smart watch shipment volumes
IDC reports the total Smart watch shipments reached 2.7 million units in 3rd Quarter of 2016. A decrease of 51.6% from the 5.6 million units shipped in 3rd Quarter of 2015. Jitesh Ubrani, IDC analyst says Smart Watches are not for everyone and he also suggest to differentiate the experiences of Smar
3 min readHomePlug specs made public after seeing 220M devices deployed
HomePlug Alliance announced its technical specifications for HomePlug AV, AV2 and Green PHYÂ will be made publicly available. HomePlug reported with over 220 million HomePlug supporting devices deployed worldwide. "As a result of the success, the HomePlug Board of Directors made the decision rece
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