
Milestones
2016
Trigence and Realtek announce joint development of ALC1013 silicon to enable mass production of Digital Speakers
2016
Trigence hold distribution training for 8 channel partners in Shenzhen
2015
Audio Technica launches first Dnote-enabled Pure Digital headset to worldwide market
2014
Strategic investment by Nittoku Engineering Group (market leader in production-line voice-coil winding machinery
2014
Pete Birch joins as Chief Marketing Officer and sets the development of Digital Speakers as the primary target for Dnote deployment. First Digital Speaker concept demo receives positive industry response at Computex 2014
2014
Series A investment led by INCJ (Innovation Network Capital of Japan) to fund expansion of Dnote-based products into the wider consumer market
2013
Clarion launches first Dnote-enabled ‘Z-Drive’ automotive entertainment system
2012
Seed funding by Intel Capital to fund development of Dnote® for PC applications
2011
Licensed (non-exclusive) Dnote® system to Clarion for use in automotive applications – royalty pre-payment
2010
Completed first real-time FPGA implementation of Dnote
2008
Conceived Dnote® digital amplifier processing system as a derivative of beam forming technology
2006
Founded as a spin-off of Hosei University in Japan to commercialize technologies being developed in the R&D labs