尽管协议的具体细节还没有公布出来，但Akustica将成为Bosch MEMS业务部门的一部分，并继续作为一个独立的全资子公司运作。

创立于2001年的Akustica公司位于美国宾吉法尼亚州匹兹堡，该公司开发出全球第一个单片数字MEMS麦克风，并已经在全球市场上卖出5百万颗以上MEMS麦克风。现在该公司已能提供完整的模拟和数字MEMS麦克风产品。Bosch是全球领先的MEMS传感器供应商，通过这次收购，将进一步增强它在全球MEMS市场上的领导地位。

根据大多数市场研究公司的预测，MEMS麦克风市场的年增长速率将大于30%，市场需求量预计在2012年将达到10亿个。在消费电子和手机市场上，对MEMS传感器的总需求量将在2012年达到25亿美元。这一市场的主导产品有望是惯性MEMS传感器和MEMS麦克风，而这现在都是Bosch MEMS产品线的主流。

“对Akustica的战略收购使得我们能够利用该公司杰出的复杂MEMS技术来补充我们不断增长中的半导体业务，并理想地补充我们正在发展中的MEMS产品。”Bosch汽车电子部执行副总裁Stefan Kampmann博士说，“我们期待著与Akustica团队一起工作，以继续开发这一重要的业务领域。”

Akustica总裁兼CEO Joseph A. Jacobson表示：“我们很高兴能加入MEMS传感器的市场领导者，并成为Bosch扩大其消费类MEMS产品市场份额的一个组成部分。我们独特的技术、制造能力和设计技能将允许我们继续向市场提供独特的差异化的MEMS传感器产品解决方案。”

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. In the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology, some 280,000 associates generated sales of 45.1 billion euros in fiscal 2008. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its more than 300 subsidiaries and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch is represented in roughly 150 countries.

This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. Each year, Bosch spends more than 3.5 billion euros, or eight percent of its sales revenue, for research and development and applies for over 3,000 patents worldwide. With all its products and services, Bosch enhances the quality of life by providing solutions which are both innovative and beneficial.

In North America, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket products, industrial drives and control technology, power tools, security and packaging technology, thermotechnology, household appliances, solar energy and healthcare.

Bosch employs nearly 24,000 associates in more than 70 locations throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with reported sales of $8.6 billion in fiscal 2008. For more information on the company, visit www.boschusa.com.

Akustica is the leading supplier of analog and digital output microphone products that are improving voice-input quality in a host of voice-enabled applications, from mobile phones to Internet telephony on notebooks and PC camera modules. More information about Akustica is available at www.akustica.com.

作者：Jake Chen

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