ESS Technology

ESS Technology Incorporated is a private manufacturer of computer multimedia products, Audio DACs and ADCs based in Fremont, California, with R&D centers in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and Beijing, China. It was founded by Forrest Mozer in 1983 as Electronic Speech Systems. Robert L. Blair is the CEO and President of the company.

Historically, ESS Technology was most famous for its speech synthesis technology developed by Mozer as well as its line of sound chips for audio cards such as the AudioDrive series. Currently, it is known for the SABRE line of DAC and ADC products used in several audio and mobile devices.