Digital Microphones in Silicon

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TI Embraces Digital Mics

Akustica introduced what it claims is the world's first digital microphone in 2006. Texas Instruments "recognizes that digital microphones are becoming more commonplace," said Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel, co-founder of Pittsburgh-based Akustica. "We just sold our two-millionth digital microphone. It took us 15 months to sell our first million, but only three months to sell the second million."