Press Releases

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• Akustica's Microphones Win Laptop Marketshare in 2007, Looking to Cell Phones in 2008
  December 18, 2007
• TI Introduces Three Stereo Audio Codecs with Digital Microphone Support
  November 5, 2007
• Akustica Ships 2 Millionth CMOS MEMS Digital Microphone
  November 2, 2007
• Knowles Acoustics and Akustica Enter Cross-Licensing Agreement
  June 5, 2007
• Akustica Announces World's Smallest Microphones
  June 4, 2007
• Akustica Announces First High-Definition Microphone for Laptop PC's, Other Broadband Mobile Devices
  June 1, 2007
• Akustica Selects Dalsa as MEMS Foundry Partner for Single-Chip Digital Microphones
  May 22, 2007
• Akustica Microphones Enable High Definition Voice Quality on Laptop PC's, Internet Phones
  May 14, 2007
• Akustica's Digital Microphone Wins Innovation Award from EDN Magazine
  April 5, 2007
• Windows Vista Drives Demand for Akustica Microphones in Mobile Computers
  March 6, 2007
• Loud and Clear: Akustica Digital Microphones Showcase Voice in New Mobile PC's
  February 21, 2007
• Akustica's Ken Gabriel is Finalist for Two Electronics Industry 'Innovator' Awards.
  February 13, 2007
• Akustica's Digital Microphone Nominated for EDN Innovation Award
  February 13, 2007
• Electronics Products Magazine Names Akustica's Microphone Family "Product of the Year"
  January 16, 2007
• More Press Releases

In the News

• Recent Windows Vista Blog Entry Recommends Digital Microphone Arrays
  WindowsVistaBlog.com - November 2007
• MIPI Alliance Rolls Out Slimbus
  MIPI Alliance - September 2007
• Now That's What I Call a Microphone
  ChipWorks - June 2007
• Akustica Packs Analog MEMS Mic in 1 sq. mm
  EE Times - June 2007
• Interconnecting Mini MEMS Spawns Max Challenges
  Electronic Design - March 2007

• Tiny Machines Replace Electronics in Cell Phones

  Mechanical Enginering - CIME - March 2007

• A Universal CMOS MEMS Process?
  MEMS Investor Journal - February 2007

• Replacement Technologies Needed for Transistor-based Silicon Chips, but when?
  Design2Part Magazine - February 2007
• Product of the Year Story Behind the Story:  AKU2000 Monolithic CMOS MEMS digital microphone
  Electronic Products - February 2007
• EE Times Names Akustica Chairman as Finalist for Innovator of the Year in Ace Awards.
  EE Times - January 2007
• AKU2000 selected as a Product of the Year
  Electronic Products- December 2006
• MEMS chips accelerate for drive to market
  EE Times - December 2006
• MEMS best-practice definition varies by vendor
  EE Times - December 2006
• Hot 100 Products of 2006
  Electronic Design News - December 2006
• The Mic-On-A-Chip's Future Sounds Good To The Industry
  Electronic Design - December 2006
• More In the News

Sound Innovation™ Newsletter

• Voice Starts Here
  Vol. 3 No. 1
• Akustica Making Waves in the Industry
  Vol. 2 No. 4
• Akustica Supports a New Era in Mobile Communications
  Vol. 2 No. 3
• Designing a High Quality Microphone System for a Laptop
  Vol. 2 No. 2
• Akustica Announces World's First Single-Chip Microphone
  Vol. 2 No. 1
• End User Benefits of Embedded Digital Microphone Arrays
  Vol. 1 No. 4
• Embedded Digital Microphone Arrays for Laptop PCs
  Vol. 1 No. 3
• Multi-microphone Solutions for Improving Voice Quality
  Vol. 1 No. 2
• Taking Voice Quality to the Next Level
  Vol. 1 No. 1

Product Literature

• AKU2000 Product Brief
• AKU2001 Product Brief
• AKU2004 Product Brief
• AKU2103 Product Brief
• Evaluation Kit Product Brief

Corporate Background

• Corporate Overview

Photos

• James H. Rock
  President and CEO
• Dr. Kaigham (Ken) J. Gabriel
  Chairman and CTO
• Michael E. Elchik
  VP Sales
• Davin L. Yuknis
  VP Marketing and Product Management
• Hi-Res Photo of AKU20xx Microphone (JPEG)
• Hi-Res Photo of AKU21xx Microphone (JPEG)
• HI-Res Photo of Microphone (TIFF)

Media Contact

Akustica press contact:

Davin L. Yuknis
VP Marketing
Phone: 412-390-1730
Email: dyuknis@akustica.com