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Targeting a broad variety of voice-enabled Smart Home devices including hubs, Wi-Fi repeaters, speakers and appliances, the AudioSmartAS371 is sampling now and incorporates a machine learning engine using innovative SyNAP (Synaptics Neural Network Accelerationand Processing) technology.
“Intelligence at the edge begins in the Smart Homewhere privacy is paramount and with voice as the fastest growing and most natural human interface,” says Synaptics’ HuibertVerhoeven, “our cutting-edge voice processing technology and SyNAPintegration not only provides unmatched performance and security, it opens numerous new opportunities across consumer IoT products spanning speakers, displays, set-top-boxes, thermostats, lighting, Wi-Fi repeaters, home appliances and much more.”
The products are:
The AS371 (for voice-enabled devices with SyNAP) Sampling Now
AS390 (for voice-enabled deviceswith displays) Target sampling CY19Q1
AS350 (for voice-enabled low-power devices) Target sampling CY19Q1
AS320 (for voice-enabled microcontroller-based devices) Target sampling CY19Q1
Intelligence at the edge results in an enhanced user experience through better response times and robustness.For example, performing Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) locally on-deviceensures core Smart Home voice control works when there is poor or intermittent internet connectivity.
SyNAP enables features such as user identification and behavioural prediction which allows voice assistants to perform ambient computing and a more intuitive interaction with users.
In this era of “always on” and connected,amplified by an ever-growing set of devices within the Smart Home, your device and data security is only as strong as your weakest link.
Ensuring a high level of device and system security is a fundamental tenet of the of Synaptics’ AudioSmart AS3xx family of SoCs, ranging from a dedicated security processor, to architecting every element of the SoC and system implementation.
The AS371 solution with SyNAP on-device intelligence enhances consumer privacy by greatly reducing the need to continuously send personal data to the cloud. SyNAP also takes the right steps to support GDPR compliance as well as other current and emergingregulations.
Another innovation of the AudioSmart AS3xx family is the introduction of an integrated and purpose-built far-field voice processing and wake word technology developed by Synaptics.
Having been used in a variety of global retail products for over seven years, Synaptics continues to improve its voice processing solution to further improve voice pick-up in noisy, real-world conditions and barge-in capabilities during very loud playback.
In this era of “always on” and connected,amplified byan ever-growing set of devices within the Smart Home, your device and data security is only as strong as your weakest link.
Ensuring a high level of device and system security is a fundamental tenet of Synaptics’ AudioSmart AS3xx family of SoCs, ranging from a dedicated security processor, to architecting every element of the SoC and system implementation.
The AS371 solution with SyNAP on-device intelligence enhances consumer privacy by greatly reducing the need to continuously send personal data to the cloud. SyNAP also takes the right steps to support GDPR compliance as well as other current and emergingregulations.
Another innovation of the AudioSmart AS3xx family is the introduction of an integrated and purpose-built far-field voice processing and wake word technology developed by Synaptics.
Having been used in a variety of global retail products for over seven years, Synaptics continues to improve its market-leading voice processing solution to further improve voice pick-up in noisy, real-world conditionsand barge-in capabilities during very loud playback.
Through in-house design ofthe SoC, wakewordengine, voice pre-processing and playback enhancement, Synaptics has optimized the complete system to achieve the highest possible far-field voice performance at affordable consumer electronics price points.
