Acoustics 2.0?
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If VoIP services keep growing at this thrifty pace, it will soon drive the demand for better voice audio quality in its wake. That exactly is the bet of theaudio chimaker company, Akustica, which is responsible for the AKU2000, a singe-chip microphone based on standard silicon processes. This means genuine digital audio and not the current analog-to-digital microphones. The goals are interesting: Decrease most of the interferences on sound speakers, from Skype or Gizmo voice conversations or from amateur video snapshots to tell a few.
The AKU2000 need fewer space than traditional microphones because additional reducing interference components aren’t necessary any more. If it could do right in enhancing computer-based conversation, the audio chip might also find an industrial application in car-braking systems, as part of other communications chips or in medical products such as hearing aids.
As usual in emerging tech, the main drawback is the chip price. Three times higher than conventional ones. This doesn’t hamper Akustica to gain popularity among laptop manufacturers. Especially the Asian ones which are preparing to launch notebooks with the chip in a few months, said Akustica CEO Jim Rock to CNet.
Mar 3, 2006 | By Nuno
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