DSP Group Strengthens its Position in Rapidly Growing Headset Market with Acquisition of SoundChip SA - Seite 2

“The global pandemic has created extensive challenges for businesses and consumers worldwide, but it has also intersected with DSP Group’s business initiatives, presenting significant new opportunities,” said Ofer Elyakim, CEO of DSP Group. “Major trends, including work from home, remote communications, and voice as a user interface, all emphasize the need for robust, integrated, and highly optimized state-of-the-art voice and connectivity solutions. DSP Group is committed to providing these solutions to meet the needs of our customers and their rapidly expanding markets. The acquisition of SoundChip is an important element of our overall strategy to efficiently deliver the highest quality and most comprehensive solutions into an expanding TAM for voice and communications devices.”

“We have been working closely with SoundChip on a number of shared-customer designs, and the acquisition is a natural and exciting evolution for us both,” said Ran Klier, CVP & GM Hearables and UC product lines at DSP Group. “Our tier one customer base includes some of the world’s leading headset brands. For them, and for all of our current and future customers, we are highly optimistic that the unique combination of DSP Group’s SmartVoice and SoundChip’s ANC technologies will generate solid demand for their next generation of hearable products.”  

“ANC represents a unique and challenging system-level problem. The high degree of coupling that exists between a headset’s acoustic, mechanical and hardware components creates a level of complexity that is often difficult for customers to master while attending to other important aspects of their products’ design,” said Mark Donaldson, SoundChip’s CEO. “Through our close collaboration with DSP Group, we have been able to successfully integrate our leading ANC technologies into a family of smart codecs that are gaining strong traction in the marketplace. In joining DSP Group, SoundChip’s talented team of electroacoustic engineers very much looks forward to multiplying this success.”

DSP Group has agreed to pay $14.5 million in cash upon closing of the acquisition and up to an additional $6.0 million subject to the performance of certain business criteria. The transaction is projected to close in the third quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. DSP Group expects to fund the transaction from existing cash.

About DSP Group 
DSP Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSPG) is a global leader in wireless chipsets for a wide range of smart-enabled devices. The company was founded in 1987 on the principles of experience, insight and continuous advancement. We seek to consistently deliver next-generation solutions in the areas of voice, audio, video and data connectivity. Experts in voice processing, DSP Group invests heavily in innovation for the smart future. The result is leading-edge semiconductor technology that allows our customers to develop products that enhance user experiences. From mobile phones to VoIP and virtual assistants using cloud-based voice services, DSP Group answers the growing demand for the ever-expanding collection of voice-controlled smart devices. For more information, visit www.dspg.com.