“Accurate and reliable voice detection and command recognition is important for today’s smartphones and other mobile devices, but sound processing with a power hungry processor quickly drains batteries when random sounds are misinterpreted as human speech,” said Joy Wrigley, Product Line Manager, Lattice Semiconductor.

“Further, user experience is diminished when devices do not properly capture commands. Lattice’s low power, near-zero latency voice solutions alleviate these issues so manufacturers can improve the reliability of their devices’ voice activated functions while extending battery life.”

The rapidly expanding number of IoT devices is projected to reach 26 billion by 2020 according to the analyst firm Gartner. Lattice’s new solutions are ideal for a growing number of these IoT devices, which must minimize power consumption while maximizing sensor reliability and performance.