Audio Weaver - Audio Algorithm Generator tool (Design, Develop, Deploy)

Overview

Audio Weaver® an Audio SW Development Platform, an Audio drag and drop EDA suite if you like, to streamline the audio algorithm SW development process by you and your customers on your chipsets. It is a hardware (CPU/DSP) independent platform designed for audio algorithm development. It is an innovative graphical design environment for developing optimized embedded audio software. Development teams can create applications that realize their desired sound quality up to 10X faster than traditional development approaches by allowing developers to work in parallel at different stages of the development cycle and by re-using pre-built, highly optimized audio processing modules. It is a cross-platform audio-processing engine featuring a library of over 400 audio building blocks optimized for embedded Arm, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Intel, MediaTek, NXP, DSP Group, and other processors.

Audio Weaver® embodies years of audio product development experience and is used by several leading audio technology companies today. It enables algorithm and product developers to more quickly and efficiently develop products and technology. It is a complete tool, remaining suitable for the entire lifecycle of an algorithm, from basic research, to optimisation and productization, integration into end products, and ongoing legacy support.

There are over 400 SW plug ins for the platform including TalkTo™ which is a High performance Audio front end for far-field voice-controlled products an Adaptive Interference Canceller (AIC) that learns and eliminates external noise sources guaranteeing reliable voice control even at significant background noise levels, for example used in GoPro Hero to eliminate wind noise.

AWE Designer™ Configuration tools for AWE Core:
Realtime Drag ‘n Drop GUI Interface for design, control, product testing and debug, Integrate or Create advanced audio features, Open APIs for external tools and scripting, Open Platform for 3rd Party Modules, Client and Customer developed, Includes “Native Target” with AWE Core for Windows

AWE Core™ All-in-One Audio Processing Engine:
Complete Audio Processing SW Engine resident on CPU/DSPCore, Real Time Reconfigurable Audio-Pipeline, 400+ Audio Building-blocks, Processor & OSAgnostic, Open APIs & Extensible with 3rd partybuilding-blocks

Audio Weaver® Engine (AWE) Core Processing Engine : Development Libraries, Production Libraries

Audio Weaver® Engine (AWE) Designer: Standard Edition, Pro Edition (req. Matlab)

Automotive Tuning Suite, Automotive Measuring Suite, RTASC Real Time Audio System Check. Audio Playback IP: Volume Management, Bass Enhancement

It passes Google Assistant, Alexa Mobile Accessory (AMA) and Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS) 2.1 Premium Test . Reports are available under NDA.

Audio Weaver® is currently deployed across more than 40 million devices worldwide and is central to the audio experiences of automotive innovators like Porsche - used it to create the Taycan signature sound, Tesla, Bugatti, and Volkswagen. In addition, Audio Weaver is embedded in leading automotive audio providers Panasonic, Sony, Alpine, and more.

Key Features

  • Integrate or Create advanced audio features
  • Realtime Interface for design and debug
  • Open APIs for external tools and scripting
  • Includes Native Target with AWE Core for Windows
  • AWE Core All-in-one Audio Processing Engine
  • Reconfigurable Audio-Pipeline400+ Audio Building-blocks
  • Processor & OS Agnostic
  • Open APIs & Extensible with 3rd party building-blocks

Benefits

  • Faster time to market
  • Enables customer to easily add their own value and differentiate product features
  • Ability to integrate multiple 3rd party IP’s
  • Easier debugging and tuning
  • Enables IC partners to create value added solutions that can be contributed to an IP store
  • Common platform that all members of the customer support chain can use for debugging, tuning

Block Diagram

Audio Weaver - Audio Algorithm Generator tool (Design, Develop, Deploy) Block Diagram

Applications

  • Smart Speaker, Ear Buds, Hearing Aid
  • Cell Phone, TV
  • Automotive Infotainment

Technical Specifications

Foundry, Node
TSMC, SMIC, FDSOI
Maturity
Silicon Proven
Availability
Ready to license
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