CEVA Acquires Spatial Audio Business from VisiSonics

CEVA has acquired the RealSpace 3D Spatial Audio business from VisiSonics, bolstering its market position in hearables and many other markets, including gaming, augmented and virtual reality, audio conferencing, healthcare, automotive, and media entertainment. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"The acquisition of the VisiSonics' spatial audio software and business builds on an already strong relationship and allows us to better serve [manufacturers] who wish to enhance the audio experience of their products with a best-in-class immersive spatial audio solution with such world-class providers as THX. The software is market-proven with industry leaders in gaming and hearables and presents us with an opportunity to expand our customer base by delivering on the true potential of this technology, including entry into the burgeoning consumer IoT and automotive markets," said Amir Panush, CEO of CEVA, in a statement.

"For more than a decade, we have pushed the boundaries of innovation in the areas of capture, rendering, and personalizing spatial audio to create our spatial audio software. Now as spatial audio is set to become mainstream, CEVA is the right company to take our technology forward and fully exploit its potential through their global presence and synergistic technologies," said Ramani Duraiswami, founder and CEO of VisiSonics, in a statement.