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Sonic Emotion Absolute 3D sound software available on Cadence Tensilica hifi low-power audio/voice processors

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SAN JOSE, USA: Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Sonic Emotion, a world leader in 3D sound entertainment, announced that an optimized port of Sonic Emotion¹s Absolute 3D sound software is now available on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice digital signal processing (DSP) family. This is the first time Absolute 3D sound software has been ported to a DSP IP core.

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Rajeev Kapur, CEO of Sonic Emotion, said: "We targeted the Cadence HiFi DSP cores for our first IP core port because they are the most popular and lowest power audio/voice IP cores on the market. By providing an optimized port of our software on the HiFi DSP cores, we can bring our Absolute 3D sound technology to a broad range of OEMs and end-equipment manufacturers including mobile, home audio including TVs and enable them to differentiate their products by providing a more compelling user experience."

By working closely with leading consumer OEMs, Sonic Emotion¹s Absolute 3D post-processing provides high audio quality, enabling the creation of a natural virtual 3D sound field across an entire listening area giving listeners a hyper-realistic and immersive audio experience no matter where the device or listeners are positioned to enjoy their favorite movies, music and games, ensuring a premium sound experience Absolute 3D sound software was debuted in a series of award-winning Samsung Soundbars at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014, where Sonic Emotion was named as a CES Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering award honoree.

"We're seeing strong demand from our HiFi licensees to provide innovative audio/voice differentiated software solutions to allow their products to stand out, and we are getting strong interest for this efficient 3D sound experience," stated Larry Przywara, Cadence¹s director of audio/voice IP marketing.

The Tensilica HiFi Mini Audio/Voice DSP IP core is optimized for the lowest power consumption, enabling always-on listening. As part of the HiFi family of DSP cores, the IP core features more than 125 software packages that have been ported to the HiFi architecture by Cadence and more than 55 partners.

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