xMEMS Wins Best MEMS Solution and Startup of the Year Awards at Sensors Converge 2025

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xMEMS Labs, Inc., the inventor of the world’s first silicon piezoMEMS air pump and the leader in MEMS speakers, today announced it has been named a winner in the 2025 Best of Sensors Awards in two categories – Best MEMS Solution for the XMC-2400 µCooling fan-on-a-chip and Startup of the Year. Other nominees in the Best MEMS Solution category included STMicroelectronics, SiTime, Infineon Technologies, and sensiBel AS.

The Best of Sensors Awards recognize the industry’s most visionary leaders and transformative technologies driving the future of sensing, processing, and connectivity. xMEMS' wins underscore its pioneering contributions to next-generation thermal and audio solutions for ultra-compact electronics.

“We’re honored to be recognized with two awards at Sensors Converge this year,” said Mike Housholder, VP of Marketing at xMEMS Labs. “These wins celebrate the breakthrough innovations our team is bringing to market, not only in AI audio interfaces, but now in active micro-cooling as well. Looking ahead, we remain committed to investing in and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with silicon-based MEMS technology.”

The revolutionary XMC-2400 µCooling chip is the industry’s first all-silicon, active micro-cooling air pump for ultramobile devices and next-generation AI solutions. Just 1 millimeter thin, the chip enables silent, vibration-free cooling in smartphones, smartglasses, SSDs, optical transceivers, and other thermally constrained platforms. Measuring only 9.26 x 7.6 x 1.08 mm and weighing under 150 milligrams, the XMC-2400 is 96% smaller and lighter than traditional, non-silicon cooling alternatives.

Along with its thermal breakthroughs, xMEMS continues to transform audio with its silicon-based microspeakers, delivering full-range, high-fidelity sound in devices as thin as 1 mm with these innovations already shipping in earbuds and AI smart glasses. With a rapidly growing IP portfolio of over 250 patents, xMEMS is enabling thinner, lighter, smarter, and more efficient next-gen products across the consumer electronics, AI datacenters, and wearable technology ecosystems.

The awards program is an integral part of Sensors Converge 2025, which took place June 24-26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Winners were selected from an outstanding number of submissions and evaluated by a panel of industry judges.

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About xMEMS Labs, Inc.

Founded in January 2018, xMEMS Labs is the “X” factor in MEMS with the world’s most innovative piezoMEMS platform. It invented the world’s first solid-state, monolithic MEMS speakers that combine the scalability of semiconductor manufacturing with revolutionary audio performance, enabling new audio experiences in wireless earbuds, wearables, hearing health, and smart glasses. The xMEMS piezoMEMS platform has also been extended to produce the world’s first μCooling fan on a chip delivering active thermal management in smartphones, SSDs, smart glasses, and data center systems like optical transceivers.

xMEMS has over 250 granted patents worldwide for its technology. For more information, visit https://xmems.com.