Over the past 30 years, ESS Technology has been leading the trend of audio technology. ESS Technology is a private non wafer semiconductor company designed and marketed for high performance analog and audio equipment for mobile devices, consumer electronics, automobiles and specialty thermal audio systems. Founded in 1984 by Forest Mozer, the company makes synthetic speech for a variety of devices, including the first generation of smart voice toys, and iconic home computer systems such as Commodore 64. Today, ESS Technology's most famous product is its SABRE series of high-performance audio products.