Qualcomm Offers AI-Enabled Chips for Smarter Audio Apps
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Leveraging its unrivaled legacy in audio technology, Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM raised the bar for premium audio features as it launched the QCS400 SoC series with low-power compute capabilities. This is likely to herald a new chapter for smarter audio and IoT applications by integrating highly optimized, AI-enabled solutions in single, power-optimized chip architecture.
Equipped with multiple advanced audio-visual display capabilities, the QCS400 SoCs deliver superior voice-assistant experiences with faster, smarter voice user interface. These include AI-based local automatic speech recognition, multi-keyword far-field voice pickup with beam-forming and echo cancellation, as well as support for cloud-based voice assistants for connected user experiences and impeccable sound quality.
The feature-rich chips are highly interoperable and smart, yet extremely power efficient and are a perfect fit for next-generation smart speakers, home assistants and soundbars. In particular, these chips offer advanced connectivity features with tri-radio co-existence and low-latency audio streaming capability to enable users enjoy music virtually at all places. Compared to other available products in the market, the QCS400 SoCs boast up to 25 times longer standby, with voice wake-up and extended ‘un-plugged’ battery life, delivering uninterrupted playback, along with robust AI-powered voice user interface features.
The new chip series further offers an enticing potential to enrich the sound clarity, richness, detail and depth of Dolby Atmos technology, pioneered by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. DLB. With richer sound quality, extended battery life and improved voice-assistance capabilities, the QCS400 SoCs will likely support the new-age premium sound bars and Audio-Video Receivers in DTS audio solutions.
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