Knowles Acoustics and austriamicrosystems Form Strategic Partnership

ITASCA, Ill. - Knowles Acoustics and austriamicrosystems announced they have signed a strategic agreement detailing their shared vision for the advancement of surface mount microphone technology. As part of the agreement, austriamicrosystems will be a preferred silicon provider for Knowles Acoustics' SiSonic microphone.

The SiSonic™ microphone takes advantage of semiconductor manufacturing processes that result in a microphone that are suited for applications associated with automatic pick-n-place surface mounting such as cell phones and PDAs.