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New Ot i conMor e™ Hear i ngAi dUt i l i sesI nt el l i gent Technol ogyt oMi mi ct heWayt heBr ai nFunct i ons •Thewor l d’ sf i r sthear i ngai dwi t hanonboar dDeepNeur alNet wor k •I nt el l i gentDNNt r ai nedwi t h12mi l l i onsoundscenesf r om r eall i f e •Newchi psetwi t hdoubl et hepr ocessi ngpowerandei ght f ol di ncr easei nmemor yof pr evi ousgener at i ons •i OSandAndr oi d™ connect i vi t yandr eadyf orBl uet oot h®LEAudi o •Ot i conONApppr ovi di ngper sonal i sedcont r olandaccesst or emot e,onl i nehear i ng af t er car e Copenhagen,Denmar k,Januar y13t h,2021–Leadi nghear i ngai dmanuf act ur er , Ot i con,t odayl aunchest her evol ut i onar ynewOt i conMor e™ hear i ngai d,t hewor l d’ s f i r sthear i ngai dt oal l owuser st ohearal lr el evantsounds.Ot i conMor e™ br eakswi t h t het r adi t i onofsi mpl yal l owi nguser st ohearbet t erf r om onedi r ect i on,t hankst oan onboar dDeepNeur alNet wor kwhi chi st r ai nedt osuppor tt hebr ai nt opr ocesssound i namor enat ur alway . Ot i conMor e™ ut i l i sest hei nt el l i gentcapabi l i t i esofaDeepNeur alNet wor kt omi mi c t hewayt hebr ai nf unct i ons.I thandl essoundsbasedont heexper i enceandt r ai ni ngi t hasr ecei ved.TheDeepNeur alNet wor ki nOt i conMor e™ i ssomuchmor et hanst andar dAIsof t war e–i ti sauni queanddedi cat edhear i ngai dsol ut i on,devel opedf orr eal t i meoper at i oni never ydayl i f e.BasedonOt i con’ svastsoundpr ocessi ngexper i ence,i thast r ai nedt heDeepNeur alNet wor kwi t h12mi l l i onsoundscenesf r om r eal l i f e.Thi sopt i mi sest hewayOt i conMor e™ makessoundsmor edi st i nctbywor ki ng seaml essl yacr ossvar yi ngl i st eni ngenvi r onment swi t hunpar al l el edpr eci si onand cl ar i t y ,whi l eensur i ngt hatt hesoundi scomf or t abl ef ort heuser .Wi t ht hi si nt egr at ed i nt el l i gence,Ot i conMor e™ hasl ear nedt or ecogni sesoundsf r om ar oundt hewor l d, t hei rdet ai l s,andhowt heyshoul di deal l ysoundt oopt i mal l ysuppor tt hebr ai n.Wi t h t hi sl aunch,Ot i cononceagai ndemonst r at eshowt oi nnovat ehear i ngt echnol ogyi n or dert ocompl et el yr ei nventhear i ngai ds. Ot i conMor e™ i spower edbyanent i r el ynewchi pset ,Pol ar i s™,whi chpower st he t echnol ogi esi nOt i conMor e™ wi t hmor espeed,pr eci si onandcapaci t yt hanOt i con haseverpr ovi dedbef or eandi spower f ulenought oconst ant l yr unt het r ai nedDNN. Pol ar i s™ boast sanei ght f ol di ncr easei nmemor yandt wi cet hepr ocessi ngpower compar edt ot hepr evi ousgener at i onchi psetf r om Ot i con.Theal l newpl at f or mf eat ur essevenpr ocessi ngcor es,andduet oi t suni quear chi t ect ur e,del i ver ssuper i or pr ocessi ngcapabi l i t i eswhi l eal soopt i mi si ngpowerconsumpt i on.
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