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Saied Tehrani
Saied Tehrani is a semiconductor executive and engineer who has served as President and CEO of ESS Technology, the San Jose maker of the SABRE audio DAC and ADC chips, since 2019. With a PhD in electrical engineering and more than 30 years in the industry, he spent two decades at Motorola, helped pioneer commercial MRAM as a founder and COO of Everspin, ran a $500M microcontroller business as CTO of Spansion, and holds more than 75 US patents. In 2008 he received the IEEE Daniel Noble Award for the development of MRAM technology.
ESS Technology, Inc.
ESS Technology is a privately held fabless semiconductor company in San Jose, California that designs high-performance analog and audio chips. It is best known for its SABRE line of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), built on the patented HyperStream modulation architecture, which are widely regarded among audiophiles as some of the best-sounding audio silicon on the market. ESS parts power everything from LG flagship smartphones and Sennheiser's flagship headphones to home-theater receivers, professional studio gear, soundbars, and automotive audio systems.