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Develops low power semiconductors for wireless audio and video market.
Year Established: | 1/04 |
Funding: | 52 |
Address: | Beaverton, OR 97006 region: Northwest |
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Mail: | info@avnera.com |
Company URL: | http://www.avnera.com |
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BEAVERTON Ore. â Dec. 21 2009 â Continuing the tradition of developing breakthrough advances in âwired-qualityâ wireless audio Avnera⢠Corporation today announced AudioMagic⢠2G: the companyâs next-generation wireless analog-system-on-chip (ASoC) technology. AudioMagic 2G is the worldâs first solution to enable multiple simultaneous streams of uncompressed HD-quality audio in any wireless send/receive combination. AudioMagic 2G employs seven wireless audio technology breakthroughs to enable a âwired-qualityâ wireless audio experience in both fidelity and ease of use at affordable prices for the everyday consumer.
AudioMagic 2G is currently available in four products from Best Buy as the enabling technology behind all products bearing the Rocketboost⢠wireless audio logo (See todayâs press release: Best Buy and Avnera Unveil Rocketboost Wireless Audio Platform that Enables Products to Operate Across Categories and Brands).
âAvnera recognizes that consumers demand uncompromised audio quality but want to lose the wiresâ said Manpreet Khaira CEO Avnera Corporation âWith AudioMagic 2G OEMs can for the first time develop affordable whole-home audio products that deliver multiple âwired qualityâ wireless audio streams to any room of the house without compromising acoustic performance.â
AudioMagic 2G is the second generation of the AudioMagic family originally announced in 2007. The AudioMagic 2G platform includes a family of ASoCs and a high level multipoint to multipoint software protocol stack. All generations of AudioMagic solutions incorporate the original âAvneraAudioâ sound quality innovations that reconstruct corrupted packets when they arrive rather than re-sending them improving signal reception and virtually eliminating interference. AudioMagic 2G adds an additional seven major technology breakthroughs to âAvneraAudioâ extending the point to multipoint 1G technology to a true multipoint to multipoint 2G technology. The seven breakthroughs are:
â¢Â Multipoint to Multipoint Audio
AudioMagic 2G systems support up to 10 nodes that can send or receive wireless audio simultaneously. AudioMagic 2G is the first wireless audio solution that supports up to ten simultaneous streams of audio. Any of the receiver nodes can receive audio streams from any of the sender nodes using AudioMagic 2Gâs dynamic control capability.
â¢Â True HD Digital Audio
â¢Â Simultaneous Support for Varying Qualities of Audio Sources
AudioMagic 2G is the first and only solution to support simultaneous audio streams of varying audio qualities; like one audio stream at CD quality (16 bit 48 KHz) with another simultaneous stream at HD quality (24 bit 96 KHz).
â¢Â Ultra-Low Fixed Latency
AudioMagic 2G is the industrys first digital wireless system that achieves a sub-10 millisecond (10ms) fixed latency in the 2.4 GHz ISM band while providing wired-quality wireless audio.
â¢Â Inter-node Synchronization
Multi-channel applications such as 7.1 surround sound require perfect synchronization between all receiving nodes meaning no jitter or latency between the speakers. AudioMagic 2G provides perfect synchronization between all receiving speakers.
â¢Â Co-existence with Wi-Fi
â¢Â Harmony with Other Devices Operating in the 2.4GHz Band
Additionally Avnera has announced the availability of the AvneraAudio Link⢠(AAL) software protocol stack. AAL eliminates the low-level details typically required to implement a multipoint to multipoint network significantly reducing the time to market. It also provides manufacturers with a way to establish interoperability between all AudioMagic 2G-enabled wireless audio devices independent of product category or brand. In particular AAL enables a simple flexible yet powerful framework for tasks such as:
â¢Â setup of the multipoint-to-multipoint network;
â¢Â automatic configuration through a smart connect capability;
â¢Â remote control of devices through playback control commands;
â¢Â sending and receiving display metadata (album art track information).
AudioMagic 2G provides consumer electronics manufacturers with a cost-effective high-fidelity platform from which an entire roadmap of differentiated wireless audio devices can be created. Some of the AudioMagic 2G products currently available include:
â¢Â Rocketfish Wireless HD Audio Starter Kit- Model: RF-RBKIT
â¢Â Rocketfish Wireless Sender/Receiver- Model: RF-RBAUX
â¢Â Rocketfish Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Speaker with Wireless Sender/Receiver- Model: RF-RBWS02
â¢Â Rocketfish Wireless Amplified Audio Receiver- Model: RF-RBREC.
Avneraâs technology includes the AudioMagic and VoiceMagic families of ASoCs and associated technology and are currently enabling more than 30 products from leading brands.
About Avnera Corporation
Avnera is a venture-backed fabless semiconductor company based in Beaverton Oregon that has pioneered Analog Systems-on-Chip (ASoC) technology for wireless audio consumer electronics. The companyâs ASoC which delivers âwired-qualityâ wireless high-fidelity audio incorporates the highest level of system integration enabling fast time to market. Avnera is funded by Altien Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Best Buy DAG Ventures Intel Capital JAFCO Ventures Panasonic Venture Group Polycom and Redpoint Ventures. More information is available at www.avnera.com.
For more information please contact
Tara Sims
siliconPR for Avnera
tara.sims@siliconpr.com
415 310 5779
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BEAVERTON Ore. â Jan. 15 2010 â Avnera Corporation the pioneer in Analog System-on-Chip (ASoC) technology for consumer electronics devices announced today that it has closed a new $10 million round of financing. The money was raised from existing investors and also new investor Onkyo Corporation. Onkyo and Avnera are jointly working on several products currently and expect to bring these products to market in the second half of 2010.
Avnera has more than ten ASoCs in mass production including the AudioMagic⢠and VoiceMagic⢠families. These ASoCs are powered by Avneraâs breakthrough IP portfolio of analog and audio technologies. Avneraâs ASoCs enable dozens of products today from more than 15 customers with several more expected in 2010.
 âAvnera continues to execute well to its plan of enabling its customers to deliver differentiated audio products using Avneraâs highly disruptive ASoC technologyâ said Manpreet Khaira CEO Avnera Corporation âWe have tremendous support from our existing investors and are pleased to welcome Onkyo as a new investor. We expect to use the proceeds of series D to accelerate the companyâs growth as a pre-eminent analog semiconductor company.â
âWe are very impressed by Avneraâs world-class technologies and broad portfolio of ASoCsâ said Munenori Ohtsuki COO Onkyo Corporation. âWe look forward to collaborating closely with Avnera to assist us in delivering leading audio and video products.â
Avnera was founded in early 2004 and has raised $52M to date in four rounds of financing from Altien Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Best Buy Capital DAG Ventures Intel Capital JAFCO Ventures Onkyo Corporation Panasonic Venture Group Polycom Corporation and Redpoint Ventures.
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About Onkyo
Onkyo Corporation founded in 1946 is the worlds leading designer and manufacturer of digital audio/video products with superior audio and visual technologies as well as traditional analogue audio and speaker systems. Onkyo products include DVD/CD players amplifiers home stereo speakers and home theater systems. Furthermore Onkyo also manufactures and offers to the Japanese market innovative PC and PC peripheral products with high-quality audio capabilities. Since Onkyo merged with Sotec Corporation (Japanese PC manufacturer) in 2008 Onkyo has been expanding its PC business.
Onkyo also engages in its contract business of supplying Onkyoâs quality products like speakers for automobiles television video games and other various products. Onkyoâs worldwide headquarters is in Japan. For more information please visit www.onkyo.com
About Avnera Corporation
Avnera is a venture-backed fabless analog semiconductor company based in Beaverton Oregon that has pioneered Analog Systems-on-Chip (ASoC) technology for consumer electronics applications. The companyâs ASoC products are designed to accelerate time to market by enabling very high levels of system integration on chip thereby reducing product development time. Avneraâs ASoC solutions allow consumer electronics manufacturers to quickly and easily create wireless âwired-qualityâ multi-source multi-listener high fidelity consumer electronic audio products. Avnera is funded by Altien Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners Best Buy DAG Ventures Intel Capital JAFCO Ventures Onkyo Corporation Panasonic Venture Group Polycom and Redpoint Ventures. More information is available at www.avnera.com.
For more information please contact
Tara Sims
siliconPR for Avnera
tara.sims@siliconpr.com
415 310 5779
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Bessemer Venture Partners,Intel Capital,JAFCO Ventures,Redpoint Ventures
Manpreet Khaira
Chairman, President, and CEO
Raj Garg
Vice President, Wireless Voice Business Unit
Chris O'Connor
Vice President, Wireless Audio Business Unit
Executive Team
Charles Saxe
Vice President, Engineering
Peter Brown
Vice President, Sales
Thomas Irrgang
Vice President, Smart Speaker Business Unit
Yatin Majmudar
Vice President, Operations