Telechips and BdSound, after a long-standing collaboration, have entered into a Partnership Agreement to bring to the market a top-notch solution for speech processing inside the car, blending BdSound’s state-of-the-art SW technology with Telechips leading HW’s platforms.
Milan, Italy and Seoul, Korea -- Telechips, a leading automotive system on chip (SoC) supplier for in-vehicle and cockpit solutions, and BdSound, a leading provider of audio/voice technologies and services, today announced that they entered a Strategic Partnership Agreement to develop innovative solutions together bringing the best in-vehicle infotainment system to the market. The aim is to provide a very high-performance solution to customers in the automotive field who need a turn-key speech processing component.
The joint development will provide a full system implementation that allows customers to quickly integrate voice and speech processing into the car. The solution’s strength lies in a unique combination of a top-notch set of algorithms (BdSound S2C-A Simply Sounds Clear for Automotive) with a powerful System-on-chip platform (Telechip’s Dolphin 3 Smart Cockpit Solution). The complementarity of the two companies is the main ingredient of this promising technical and business collaboration. Also, they both bring a consolidated experience in working with global Tier-1 suppliers.
“We are pleased to announce this partnership. Telechips has been trying to offer customers high quality technologies. These efforts enable our SoCs to enforce more functions and keep providing customers with the latest technologies. I am very expected to have perfect teamwork done with BdSound even in a challenging global automotive market. Dolphin3 is the key factor of this partnership.” said Stanley Kim, VP of Business Unit at Telechips,”Dolphin3 is Telechips’ SoC designed for Automotive infotainment and Cockpit system based on ARM Cortex A72 Quad and Imagination’s high-performance GPU 9XTP GT9524.”and Imagination’s high performance GPU 9XTP GT9524.
Both companies bring key technologies and expertise to the partnership. BdSound will integrate its proprietary ITU-certified S2C (Simply Sounds Clear) technology for noise reduction, echo cancellation, beamforming and even microphone bubbles, which guarantee the best audio quality for voice assistant interaction and hands-free communication and Telechips will provide its latest innovative Dolphin 3 processor family, an ideal SoC platform for Automotive Cockpit, Cluster, and Infotainment systems.
“We are very excited for this partnership”, said Antonio Grosso, CEO of BdSound, “Telechips and BdSound have been successfully collaborated for many years and this reinforced relationship will enable to integrate our high-performance SW technology into their cutting-edge SoC platform, providing a unique offer to our customers. Reducing time and cost for prototyping and integration while keeping very high-quality results is key for car makers and the partnership between our company and Telechips allows them to achieve this goal in a more efficient and cost-effective way.”
The car infotainment system is a hot market today due to an increased demand for safe and hands-free communication in the car. Potentially 1.3 billion cars would require a seamless connected experience and an in-car human-to-human and human-to-machine interaction strongly dependent on voice to ensure maximum safety for drivers. Speech processing applications require an increasingly sophisticated system integrated in the vehicle which should let the driver’s experience be the best possible even in the harshest situation (elevated level of noise, multiple people speaking).
Telechips and BdSound share the same vision of bringing a better voice recognition system in the car. Their joint integrated and tailored solution will allow Tier-1 and OEMs customers to achieve a truly in-vehicle crystal clear voice experience.
A demonstration of a system based on Telechips evaluation kit together with the integration of BdSound technology will debut at Electronica, Munich on November 15th-18th. Customer presentations as well as meeting appointments during the fair can be requested by sending an email to:
Sales_eu@telechips.com
About BdSound
BdSound, based in Assago, Italy, is a leading provider in the audio and voice technology field offering scenario and architectural analysis, technical support, proprietary technology, and experience since 2009. Its mission is to enhance communication and voice interaction at home, at work and in the car. S2C, Simply Sounds Clear, is its suite of proprietary technology and the core of its offer that helps customers create the best voice-enabled products. BdSound is trusted by several Tier-1 companies that believe in top-quality Human to Human and Human to Machine communication inside the vehicle as an important asset for the driver. BdSound continues to invest in research and innovation to maintain its edge in providing better products to customers. BdSound is also a qualified Amazon Alexa Consulting & Professional Services (CPS) provider.
About Telechips
Telechips Inc. is a fabless company leading the system semiconductor market in Korea with its advanced products and technologies in the multimedia semiconductor sector. The main product of Telechips, the Automotive Application Processor(AP), is engineered with state-of-the-art technology, top level security and excellent power efficiency, which expands our range of applications from IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) to Digital Cluster and Cockpit Systems. Furthermore, Telechips is continuously developing and investing in next-generation vehicle technologies such as advanced driver-assistance systems(ADAS) and artificial intelligence(AI) to ensure to take the lead in the future growth engine of the automotive semiconductor industry.
Maria Luisa Sacchi
Marketing Communications manager
BDSOUND
press@bdsound.com
Stanley Kim
VP of Business Unit
TELECHIPS