Dialog Semiconductor advances in portable audio market

Dialog Semiconductor has announced today that it is further diversifying its product portfolio for portable devices and smartphones with the introduction of a new generation of ultra low power audio technology.

The company's recent success has been built upon integrated system power management devices, including standard audio codecs. By leveraging this expertise Dialog will now offer its customers a new generation of mixed signal audio technology, including codecs, speaker drivers and audio sub systems, at previously unattainable levels of low power consumption. With these new products Dialog substantially increases the addressable market for the company's mixed signal technology.

Designers of portable electronic devices are demanding higher quality audio performance with the freedom to be more innovative in order to support emerging user applications in portable devices. Dialog is now uniquely positioned to deliver this without compromising size, performance, power or flexibility. The technology is offered as stand alone devices, monolithically integrated with power management, and as stacked die solutions combined with other portable device SOCs.

Offering our customers quality sound at ultra low power for their portable devices is one of our new corporate strategic initiatives, which follows the establishment of an audio design centre in Edinburgh late in 2007. I am pleased that today we announced the first of a planned family of products which will drive a new phase of growth for Dialog, further endorsing our claim as Europe's fastest growing and leading mixed signal specialist company, said Dr Jalal Bagherli, CEO of Dialog Semiconductor.