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Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that its Tensilica IP Group and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) worked together to develop the latest generation of SHARC® automotive audio processors, further strengthening ADI’s industry-leading position in premium in-vehicle audio solutions. The joint effort brings Cadence’s highly optimized Tensilica DSP architecture into the next-generation ADSP product family from ADI, enabling richer audio experiences, enhanced voice interactions, and greater system intelligence for future automotive platforms.
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For decades, ADI has been a leader in automotive audio processing, with its ADSP family powering many of the world's most advanced infotainment and premium audio systems. These processors enable a broad range of applications, including:
“As the complexity of automotive audio, acoustic and voice applications continues to grow, it became clear that we needed a DSP architecture capable of delivering significantly higher performance and on-chip AI capability while maintaining the deterministic real-time behavior our customers depend on,” said Andrew Lanfear, head of Automotive Audio & Networking, ADI. “Given their leadership in DSP IP, working with Cadence was the natural choice for ADI. The ability to create custom instructions using Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) technology allows us to accelerate proprietary audio and voice algorithms while providing dedicated DSP resources for real-time voice offload and next-generation automotive workloads.”
“ADI’s selection of Cadence’s Tensilica DSP technology for the next generation of ADSP processors underscores its focus on high-performance automotive audio and AI,” said Amol Borkar, group director, product management, Tensilica DSPs, Cadence. “The advanced architecture in the SHARC-FX core is optimized for on-chip AI/ML and signal-processing workloads, enabling applications such as music genre identification, music source separation (MSS), and real-time vocal removal to run efficiently on the DSP, while the host CPU remains dedicated to vehicle-domain and operating system functions.”
“DSP Concepts has been a long-time trusted partner of both Cadence Tensilica DSPs and ADI, enabling rich audio applications on both platforms,” said Chin Beckmann, CEO of DSP Concepts. “Through the integration of their technologies in our Audio Weaver (AWE) framework, we were able to witness and validate the winning, best-in-class results of this amazing collaboration between these industry pioneers.”
Building on the success of the ADSP-SC59x/2159x family, ADI is introducing the new ADSP-SC84x/2184x platform, featuring a next-generation architecture and a transition from 28nm to 16nm process technology, delivering significantly improved energy efficiency, higher operating frequencies, and increased integration for modern software-defined vehicles (SDV). Other benefits include an LPDDR4 memory interface, increased on-chip L2 memory, enhanced cybersecurity via a dedicated hardware security module (HSM), and two optional connectivity cores offering enhanced communication and mainline Linux support.
One of the ADSP-SC84x family’s key innovations is the introduction of the new SHARC-FX processor core, designed and built through a joint engagement with Cadence. The SHARC-FX features a custom DSP architecture, built on the same technology platform that delivers best-in-class Tensilica DSPs for audio, vision, and radar segments. As a result, the SHARC-FX delivers a substantial performance uplift, supporting a broader range of data types, enhanced VLIW SIMD architecture, efficient cache operations, and an expanded instruction set optimized for modern signal processing and AI workloads. Together, these improvements, coupled with the higher operating frequency of the SHARC-FX processor core, provide 5X higher performance compared to the previous generation SHARC+ processor used in the ADSP-SC59x family. This paves the way for an array of next-generation applications in the vehicle, including seat-specific in-cabin audio experiences, AI-enhanced noise cancellation, intelligent voice assistants, and generative AI audio.
As automotive audio and voice-enabled systems continue to evolve, many workloads are now transitioning from traditional signal-processing algorithms to AI-driven approaches that deliver higher accuracy, greater adaptability, and more personalized user experiences. The SHARC-FX core’s expanded instruction set enables it to efficiently implement these emerging AI models alongside conventional DSP workloads, providing the computational performance required for real-time neural-network-based audio inference at the edge. By supporting optimized NN kernel routines for popular AI/ML frameworks such as Google’s LiteRT™, the latest AI models can be easily offloaded to the SHARC-FX core for a high performance and energy-efficient implementation compared to running them on the host CPU.
Furthermore, ADI provides a rich toolset and ecosystem consisting of Cadence’s compiler and tools as well as ADI’s EZ-KIT® evaluation system, CrossCore® Embedded Studio, SigmaStudio+ TM, and other industry-leading frameworks, including DSP Concepts’ Audio Weaver.
The Cadence Tensilica IP Group is a leading provider of DSP IP, with widespread adoption across its full range of DSP product families. It also provides automotive-ready DSP IP, certified up to ISO 26262 ASIL-B, for ADAS and other safety-critical applications.
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The joint venture brings Cadence’s highly optimized Tensilica DSP architecture into ADSP product family from ADI, enabling richer audio experiences, enhanced voice interactions and greater system intelligence for future automotive platforms.
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers as Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him. The remarkable show of support for the President Donald Trump-backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.
“Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away," Stevens said in a video announcing the endorsement, which led her top aide to quit. “And he's right. And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”
El-Sayed dismissed the endorsement when asked about it by reporters later Sunday, saying he's focused on issues voters care about, such as the high cost of living.
“At the end of the day I actually don’t think about Haley Stevens," he said, adding later: “None of this matters."
Michigan Democratic leaders were left shocked. With just less than 48 hours to go before Election Day, a party that had spent months trying to unite behind its Senate nominee was suddenly grappling with an extraordinary defection in one of this year's most important races.
Tensions between the two Democrats have festered since the primary. Stevens is a staunch supporter of Israel, while El-Sayed is a fierce critic of the U.S. ally. He has also been criticized by some in the community for past remarks regarding a Michigan synagogue attack and for appearances with controversial streamer Hasan Piker.
El-Sayed, a former Michigan public health official, is facing Rogers, an ex-congressman, for the seat held by the retiring Democrat, Gary Peters. Keeping Michigan in Democratic hands is vital to the party’s effort to win a majority for the final two years of Trump’s second term.
Stevens and El-Sayed were originally scheduled to attend church together, along with other Michigan and national Democrats, including South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. Democrats hoped it would be a show of unity as they worked to boost turnout in the Detroit area, where concerns have lingered about enthusiasm among Black and Jewish voters in key Democratic strongholds.
Instead, Stevens swayed to gospel music alongside Rogers in the pews at Perfecting Church, while El-Sayed was a few miles away at a different house of worship campaigning alongside prominent Democrats, including Clyburn. The Associated Press attended both services as the dramatic split-screen unfolded.
After the church service north of Detroit, where Stevens and her fiance Jason Turkish worshipped with Rogers and his wife, Kristi, the congresswoman told reporters, “I’m not turning my back on Democrats. It is this one vote.”
Rogers, standing beside her, said he was “honored” by her support.
Their appearance came days after Stevens publicly reaffirmed she would vote for her party's nominee. It also led her longtime chief of staff to resign, with a number of staff members expected to follow soon, according to a person familiar with the developments who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
“We are shocked and heartbroken,” the aide said in a statement.
The state party chair, Curtis Hertel, said Stevens' endorsement “shows that she has abandoned everything she claims to care about.”
“We reject the attempts by Stevens and bad-faith actors to divide our party and undermine our momentum," Hertel wrote, and won't let such 11th-hour “distractions” deter the campaign. Hertel later wrote that Stevens "is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future."
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who supported Stevens in the primary, denounced her endorsement of Rogers.
“This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens,” Schumer wrote in a social media post.
Among the Democrats who joined El-Sayed at church Sunday morning were U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the Senate primary before voting began.
Dingell, a senior Democratic figure in the state who helped organize the planned joint appearance, said she asked Stevens not to attend and that Stevens told her she would abide by that.
“I'm the one who pulled it, because it had become way too distracting," Dingell said in an interview before Stevens appeared with Rogers. “This is not how I was going to spend my weekend before the election, to be perfectly frank.”
In the August primary, Stevens defeated El-Sayed in Wayne County, which includes Detroit, and neighboring Oakland County, drawing support from Black and Jewish voters who are important parts of the Democratic coalition.
Early voting for Tuesday's election has been underway since Oct. 24. As of Friday, more than 1.8 million people had already voted in Michigan.
The Democratic primary was among the most bitter this year. Each candidate accused the other of making personal attacks. Tens of millions of dollars in outside spending poured into the race, including from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s affiliated super PAC, which backed Stevens. El-Sayed took particular offense to an outside group’s ad accusing him of disrespecting women.
Although Stevens pledged after the primary to help El-Sayed however she could, the two have not appeared together publicly since a unity breakfast two days after his primary win.
Last week Stevens’ fiance told The Detroit News that he would vote for Rogers. Stevens later appeared on CNN to reaffirm her support for El-Sayed but urged his campaign to “shut out the hate and call it out.”
But on Friday, after The Associated Press reported on the planned joint appearance, Stevens released a lengthy statement calling on El-Sayed to condemn an ad by an independent left-wing group that linked U.S. support for Israel to high grocery prices.
“Abdul promises to get money out of politics,” Stevens wrote. “He can begin by getting Israel out of his explanation for everything Michigan cannot afford.”
El-Sayed responded: “So while Congresswoman Stevens seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago, let’s all focus on the task at hand.”
He made clear the ad was not made by his campaign and said “I do not agree with the contents of that ad.”
Trump praised Stevens in a Truth Social post, saying she was “a Highly Respected Democrat” and that her support from Black and Jewish voters in Michigan is “virtually unprecedented.”
“Haley said what few people are willing to say. She showed great and almost unprecedented loyalty to the Great People of Michigan with what she did,” Trump wrote. “It’s a thing called bravery, and few people have it like just displayed by Congresswoman Haley Stevens!”
Appearing with Trump in Iowa for a campaign rally, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he spoke to Stevens after she endorsed Rogers. Johnson said he “encouraged her to stay safe and keep speaking the truth.”
A spokesman for the Republican National Committee, Hunter Lovell, said Democrats who feel abandoned by El-Sayed “have a home” with Rogers.
Cappelletti reported from Washington.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a campaign rally, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Rev. Horace Sheffield III, left, prays with Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., during a Souls to the Polls campaign event at Northend Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is handed the microphone by Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., during a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks alongside Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after a church service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks as he accompanies Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his wife Sarah Jukaku, attend a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
In this image taken from video, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., Abdul El-Sayed’s former Democratic primary rival, third from right, attends service with El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, center, at Perfecting Church in Detroit on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., speaks with reporters before Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed attends a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his wife Sarah Jukaku, attend a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed attends a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers speaks during a campaign event, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2016, in Sterling Heights, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
A child dressed in a Halloween costume listens as Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Sterling Heights, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Sterling Heights, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
