A provider of voice hardware solutions, XMOS, and Sensory, a Silicon Valley company that enhances the user experience and security of consumer electronics, have announced a partnership to deliver Sensory’s TrulyHandsfreeTM voice control technology on the XMOS xCORE-VOICE far-field voice capture processing platform.

Voice interfaces are often called conversational interfaces for good reason - they allow users to talk to an embedded device instead of using touch screens and buttons to execute a command. Conversations take place between two or more people who may be next to each other but are often a couple or more metres apart.

Voice interfaces are increasingly popular and ubiquitous in today’s life environment, ranging from well-known teleconferencing systems to upcoming connected natural speech enabled personal assistants. Such new applications are based on a networked topology where processing is distributed on multiple nodes.

XMOS has announced what is claimed as the world’s most flexible microphone aggregation solution for Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) in smart home applications. With the ability to aggregate up to 32 MEMS microphones, the xCORE Array Microphone offers USB and I2S backhaul, enabling a new class of array microphones to be created.

In a significant performance upgrade to its multicore MCU platform technology, XMOS has announced it can now support a Gigabit Ethernet MAC in firmware. It will be accessible through its latest generation of devices; the xCORE-200 family.

Designed to meet the demands of both high-resolution consumer audio and complex multichannel professional audio applications, the xCORE-AUDIO processor family has been introduced by XMOS. The family includes the xCORE-AUDIO Hi-Res-2 and the xCORE-AUDIO Live, both of which are based on the company’s xCORE-200 MCU processor technology. 

A multicore MCU, which integrates 16 high-performance 32-bit-RISC-processor-cores in a single device, has been introduced by XMOS. The xCORE-200 delivers up to 2000MIPS of real-time computing power and is claimed to be the industry’s first 10/100/1000Gb Ethernet solution available with a programmable MAC layer and internet webserver support. This advanced capability from a low-cost multicore MCU opens up a whole new set of Gigabit-speed IoT...

Featuring a base processor board with real-time hardware debug facilities, the xCORE-XA development system has been released by XMOS. The system, which is designed for the company's xCORE-XA range of eXtended Architecture xCORE devices, is offered with xTIMEcomposer Studio tools for integrated code development.

A four and eight-channel wireless microphone system, featuring Audio-Video-Bridging (AVB) functionality powered by XMOS' xCORE multicore microcontroller, has been released. Comprising a range of microphones and supporting units, the Executive Elite system from Revolabs is designed for easy installation and set up, as well as high audio quality.

XMOS today announces its Multi-Function Audio (MFA) platform, enabling designers to address the growing demand from consumers and the music industry for higher audio quality from their professional and audiophile products. A fully featured reference design that provides the core USB audio capabilities required in next-generation audio products, the MFA platform leverages XMOS technology already in use by customers such as Meridian, OPPO, Sennheis...

XMOS announces its Multi-Function Audio (MFA) platform, enabling designers to address the growing demand from consumers and the music industry for higher audio quality from their professional and audiophile products. A fully featured reference design that provides the core USB audio capabilities required in next-generation audio products, the MFA platform leverages XMOS technology already in use by customers such as Meridian, OPPO, Sennheiser and...

XMOS and Synapticon have announced a partnership that will dramatically accelerate the uptake of next-generation motion control technologies in the fast growing areas of robotics, smart factories and autonomous vehicles. The two companies are working together to support emerging trends such as Industry 4.0 in the $170bn factory automation market as well as the fast growing service robotics market.

XMOS and Synapticon have jointly announced a range of development kits which allow developers to address new opportunities in rapidly growing sectors such as consumer and professional robotics, transportation, and the $170bn (USD) factory automation market. This enables emerging trends such as Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing.

Bristol based chip firm, XMOS, supports UKESF programme to help attract the best young talent to the electronics industry. The company will also be sponsoring UKESF undergraduate scholarships and will actively participate in its Go4SET school-competition series, designed to increase awareness of the industry and spark enthusiasm for electronics and engineering in 12-14 year old students.

XMOS offers the world's most advanced multicore microcontroller development suite with the new xTIMEcomposer-Enterprise. A fully integrated multicore development environment for users of the xCORE multicore microcontroller products, this industrial grade tool suite allows users to develop in a C or C++ development language and include simple extensions that describe parallel tasks.

XMOS announce a range of eXtended Architecture xCORE devices that combine the company’s configurable multicore microcontroller technology with an ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M3 processor, to create the next wave in programmable system-on-chip products. xCORE-XA represents a dramatic leap forward in the evolution of programmable SoC devices, and is the result of a partnership with Silicon Labs.

XMOS and Silicon Labs announce a technology partnership allowing XMOS to integrate world-leading energy friendly ARM technology into its xCORE multicore microcontrollers to produce the next wave in programmable system-on-chip products. The partnership builds on the revolutionary, configurable xCORE multicore microcontroller architecture from XMOS.

XMOS has today introduced an ultra-low-cost development platform that opens up the configurable xCORE multicore microcontroller technology to the widest possible community of users, the startKIT. As part of the product launch XMOS is offering 2,500 startKITs free of charge to engineers who register and qualify on its website at www.xmos.com/startkit.

XMOS today announces that its xCORE-USB multicore microcontrollers have been selected by Sony for its new PHA-2 portable headphone amplifier. Launched at IFA last month, the Sony PHA-2 combines multiple audiophile USB interfaces with a high resolution DAC and a high-quality headphone amp, all in a tiny portable product.

XMOS today announces the launch of the xCORE-USB sliceKIT, a significant new addition to its sliceKIT family of modular development boards and software. Together with the xTIMEcomposer development suite and xSOFTip software IP blocks, this new sliceKIT makes it simple to develop USB-equipped applications on the xCORE-USB range of deterministic, low latency, multicore microcontrollers.