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Harish Jonnalagadda

This solid-state micro speaker aims to bring huge sound upgrades to earbuds, XR glasses, and smartwatches

XMEMS Sycamore driver highlighted in renders.

There's no shortage of innovation in the audio industry, and one particular driver of progress is the introduction of solid-state audio tech. Most earbuds use regular audio drivers with a magnetic coil to generate sound, but the idea with silicon-based alternatives is that they use a piezoelectric drive in conjunction with ultra-thin membranes to make sound, and that's just inherently cool.

Hardwired
(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)

In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, audio products, storage servers, and routers.

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