Digital Signal Processor (DSP)

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Fortemedia’s core competency is voice processing solutions for consumer applications. Our solutions provide voice enhancement in the areas of Far Field Pickup, improved Voice Recognition performance as well as unique low power solution for hands free device control and voice wake-up. Fortemedia’s voice processing solutions are delivered either as embedded software on popular codecs and Application Processor or as very cost-effective and easy-to-integrate IC packages.

FM1288

Introduction:
FM1288 is the Fortemedia’s system-on-chip (SOC) solution that provides high performance voice processing for automotive hands-free applications. It delivers state of the art single-microphone and dual-microphone noise suppression with acoustic echo cancellation technologies for in-vehicle and personal navigation devices (PND) based hands-free voice communications.

Summary of Benefits:

  • Best-in-class IC cost-effective solution offering high performance voice processing for vehicle hands-free calls
  • Easy system integration: well-defined, straight-forward, and flexible interconnects
  • Benefits both near-end and far-end callers
  • Voice processing specialized for automotive environment, supporting both vehicle built-in and nomadic PND devices
  • No dependency on operating system

Features: Automotive-grade3, LQFP48 (7×7 at 0.5mm lead pitch) packages

  • Highly integrated mixed-signal IC for voice processing with on-chip ROM code and RAM
  • On-chip DSP and also with hardware algorithm computation accelerators
  • Built-in ADCs and DACs for 2 microphone inputs, analog line level reference input, line-out and line level speaker out
  • Configurable sampling rate
  • Line-in and line-out digital signals via digital interface (PCM or I2S)
  • Programmable Gain Controller (PGA) and differential I/O on all analog I/Os
  • User-selectable two microphone inputs
  • Co-processor mode operation: supported with SHI interface
  • Standalone mode operation: supported with serial-EEPROM interface
  • Host interface flexibility:
  • Control: SHI (I2C-compatible), UART
  • Data: PCM, I2S, Analog I/O
  • Easy interconnects to common Bluetooth IC
  • Automotive-grade

FM1388

Introduction:
FM1388 is the Fortemedia’s system-on-chip (SOC) solution that provides high performance voice processing for automotive hands-free applications. It delivers state of the art multiple -microphone and single-microphone noise suppression with acoustic echo cancellation technologies for in-vehicle and nomadic device hands-free voice communications.

Summary of Benefits:

  • Best-in-class, mixed-signal ASIC solution offering high performance voice processing for vehicle hands-free calls
  • Easy system integration : well-defined, straight-forward, and flexible interconnects
  • Enhances voice recognition success rate in automotive noisy environment
  • Advanced algorithms for acoustic echo cancellation and noise reduction
  • Robust full-duplex for in-vehicle hands-free voice communication
  • Preserves voice naturalness and effective in automotive environment
  • Configurable processing modules for flexibility and performance

Features: Automotive-grade3, TQFP48 (7×7 at 0.5mm lead pitch) packages

  • Telephone, wideband(HD), and super-wideband voice support
  • Voice Recognition enhance mode
  • Acoustic echo cancellation with linear and proprietary non-linear filtering
  • Fast convergence
  • Bright Voice Enhancement (BVE) to provide intelligent equalization on downlink voice
  • Automatic Gain Controls
  • Dynamic Range Controls
  • Parametric equalization for uplink and downlink voice signals
  • VDA/P.1100/P.1110 tests
  • Non-invasive tuning support
  • Easy interconnects to common Bluetooth IC
  • Automotive-grade

FM1488

Introduction:
FM1488 is an audio processor suitable for applications demanding enhanced sound/voice effects and features. It incorporates three DSP cores with extensive memory resource. Given two advanced and one streamlined DSP architecture, FM1488 can enable complicated signal processing applications such as voice trigger and voice command with ultra-low power utilization.

Summary of Benefits:

  • Best-in-class multi-zones solution offering high performance voice recognition and communication for car application.
  • System integration done and compatible with all major sound effect engines
  • Selectable thresholds for balancing between voice trigger and communication
  • OEM designated sound effect integration support
  • State of the art Voice Enhancement functionality for all voice recognition engine

Features: Automotive-grade2, QFN68 (8×8 at 0.4mm lead pitch) packages

  • AI engine SSA (smart spectrum analysis)
  • Bi-directional ICC(in car communication)
  • Multi-zones voice pick up
  • Stereo echo cancellation
  • Sound effect open platform
  • Automotive-grade, QFN68 (8×8 at 0.4mm lead pitch) packages
  • In-Vehicle audio standards
  • ITU-T P.1100/P.1110, CarPlay
  • Siri VR
  • ITU-T P.1140
  • GOST R 55531

FM1505

Introduction: FM1505 is Fortemedia’s next-generation audio processor that delivers high-performance speech processing and hands-free echo cancellation for automotive applications. The solution provides Voice Operation System (VOS) which is specifically designed for efficient data transfer and synchronization among inter/intra communications; also accelerates times to market with its unique combined hardware and software solutions. The FM1505 consists of Tensilica Fusion DSP with computation up to 300+MIPS.; ForteAuto algorithm with perfect fit AIE, meeting different configuration of high-performance needs.

Summary of Benefits:

  • Enhances voice recognition success rate in automotive noisy environment
  • Advanced algorithms for acoustic echo cancellation and noise reduction
  • Robust full-duplex for in-vehicle hands-free voice communication
  • Preserves voice naturalness and effective in automotive environment
  • Configurable processing modules for flexibility and performance
  • Cost-effective solution for high quality hands-free voice communications and recognitions
  • VOS (Voice Operating System) to facilitate applications into FM1505
  • VOS is a real-time firmware framework which allows configurable data path management with ease, facilitating integration of in-house and 3rd-party processing algorithms.

Features: Automotive-grade3, TQFP48 (7×7 at 0.5mm lead pitch) packages

  • New generation of DSP IC with advanced functionalities
  • Function enhancement for acoustic echo cancellation and noise reduction
  • NB, WB, SWB and FB voice processing for Communication, Barge-in and VR
  • Capability of inter-chip communication among multiple FM1505s, smart mic, and VIDs
  • Comprehensive voice processing, covering beamforming, noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation
  • Hardware AIE to support advanced NN algorithm
  • Available with ITU-T P.1100/1110/1120/1140/1150, VDA
  • Qualified with Automotive Grade 3