SYDNEY, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Audio Pixels
Holdings Limited (ASX:AKP; OTC:ADPXY), a fabless semiconductor
company focused on the development and production of MEMS based
digital speaker chips, and ICsense, Europe's largest IC design company specialized
in analog, mixed-signal and high-voltage design and supply of
custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC's), announced
today that they have entered into a comprehensive agreement
directed to support the production needs of Audio Pixels'
patented low cost micro-electro mechanical ("MEMS") digital
speakers.
"The wealth of knowledge and experience demonstrated by
ICsense throughout a rather intense qualification process, provided
us with the unwavering confidence that we have selected an ideal
partner for our ASIC design needs," said Yuval Cohen, Chief Technology Officer of Audio
Pixels. "Additionally, ICsense's turnkey approach which includes
test and manufacturing services, delivers an efficient and cost
effective mass-production solution to seamlessly integrate the
High-Voltage ASIC driver with our MEMS structure."
"We are proud that Audio Pixels has selected ICsense to
design and supply the high-voltage ASIC for the world's first
digital MEMS speaker. This unique development will benefit from
ICsense's long track record in MEMS ASICs. But at the same time, it
will pose exciting challenges, since it combines innovative MEMS
technology, high-voltage operation and disruptive speaker
performance," explains Bram De
Muer, CEO and co-founder of ICsense. "We look forward to
be part of Audio Pixels's MEMS digital speakers that will
change the way we perceive voice and music on future electronic
devices."
Audio Pixels
Audio Pixels patented technological platform utilize entirely
new techniques to generate sound waves directly from a digital
audio stream using low cost micro-electromechanical structures
(MEMS). This innovation overcomes many of the limitations found in
conventional loudspeaker subassemblies thus enabling the production
of speaker products that deliver superior sound and electrical
performance all in a semiconductor type package that is remarkably
compatible with existing and emerging OEM requirements and
ambitions for their consumer electronic device
designs.
ICsense
ICsense is a foundry independent IC design company offering
advanced IC design services and design and supply ASIC solutions
for the consumer, medical, industrial, automotive and aerospace
markets. The core business of ICsense is analog, mixed-signal and
high-voltage IC design. ICsense has key design expertise in power
management, high-efficient DC/DC conversion, HV IC design, drivers,
MEMS, sensor and actuator interfacing, ADC-DAC, timing circuits and
ultra low power design. ICsense is an ISO 9001:2008 certified
company.
http://www.icsense.com
About Audio Pixels Holdings Limited
Audio Pixels Holdings Limited is company listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange with the code AKP and has its ADR's
listed on the OTC market in the USA with code ADPXY. Audio Pixels
Holdings Limited owns 100% of Audio Pixels Limited, an unlisted
Israeli corporation and was founded in July
2006 and has developed a revolutionary technological
platform for reproducing sound, thus enabling the production of an
entirely new generation of speakers that will exceed the
performance specifications and design demands of the world's top
consumer electronics manufacturers.
Audio Pixels patented technologies employ entirely new
techniques to generate sound waves directly from a digital audio
stream using low cost micro-electromechanical structures (MEMS)
rather than conventional loudspeaker elements. This innovation
enables the production of speaker products that deliver performance
that is many orders of magnitude better than conventional speaker
technologies, all in an affordable package that is only one
millimetre thick.
Audio Pixels MEMS-based Digital Sound Reconstruction platform
enables the market for audio speakers to follow the evolution of
the video display market from large, heavy analog tube based
monitors to the digital flat panel displays of today. Driving the
rationale for change in audio speakers is the ever-increasing
demand for smaller, thinner, clearer sounding, more power-efficient
speakers. Conventional speaker technologies remain deeply rooted in
the original voice coil inventions of Alexander Graham Bell. The inherent limitations
of such speakers prohibit the delivery of quality sound in smaller
packages. Audio Pixels innovative patents in the fields of
electromechanical structures, pressure generation, acoustic wave
generation and control, signal processing and packaging, combine to
forever change this paradigm.
Market research overwhelmingly suggests that both manufacturers
and consumers alike are starving for real innovation in audio
speakers, in particular for good quality sound in a form factor
that is far more compliant with current device and lifestyle
trends. While the industry at large has been able to digitize and
shrink all other device electronics, the last remaining barrier is
the speaker, which remains large, heavy, bulky and extremely
restrictive.
Upon achieving mass production capabilities Audio Pixels plans
to sell and/or license its products to the manufacturers of
speakers and consumer electronic devices worldwide, which
collectively consume billions of speaker units annually. Audio
Pixels will produce and sell a single type of silicon chip that can
be used either as a standalone speaker or cascaded in any multiples
of the same chip in order to achieve the desired performance
specifications. This modular paradigm is entirely unique to the
audio industry, which today expends significant resources designing
and specifying new drivers, acoustic chambers and drive electronics
for each new device. Audio Pixels innovative approach not only
facilitates maximum flexibility to its customers, it further
enables the customer to calibrate on the design and production of a
singular product model, maximizing economies of scale, while
limiting overhead associated with multiple versions of
products.
Management maintains active exchange with industry leading
companies spanning a broad cross section of the MEMS and consumer
electronic industries. Audio Pixels Limited has already
demonstrated the technology to potential customers and strategic
partners.
Forward-looking statements
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements with
respect to the financial condition, results of operations and
business of AKP and certain of the plans and objectives of AKP with
respect to these items. By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and
depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are
many factors that could cause actual results and developments to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements.
For further information please contact:
Havi Shimchovich
Administrative Manager
Audio Pixels Limited
+972-732-324-444
havi@audiopixels.com
Jeroen Van Ham
Sales Manager
ICsense NV
+32 16 589 721
vanham@icsense.com
SOURCE Audio Pixels Holdings Limited
