xMEMS Labs

xMEMS Labs is a semiconductor and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company describes itself as redefining sound and cooling with a breakthrough piezoMEMS platform positioned at the intersection of AI, advanced materials, thermal management and acoustics. Its core innovation is the use of piezoelectric MEMS actuators fabricated in silicon to replace conventional coil-and-magnet speakers and mechanical cooling fans. xMEMS created what it calls the world's first solid-state MEMS speakers, which are used in AI glasses, earbuds, headphones and smartwatches. It also developed the first μCooling fan-on-a-chip, a solid-state active thermal management solution for smartphones, AI glasses, SSDs, data center systems and other compact electronics. The company states it holds over 500 patents worldwide for its technology, and its team of MEMS and semiconductor industry veterans has collectively designed and shipped billions of chips. The company markets its technology under the banner of "Driving the Future of Edge AI," arguing that thinner, lighter and cooler hardware is required as artificial intelligence moves to the edge. Its product families include PulseAir speakers for intelligent eyewear and AI smart glasses, the XMC-1200 micro-fan for smart glasses, uCooling fan-on-a-chip for smartphones and SSDs, and Sycamore speakers for smart watches. xMEMS is shipping products today and addresses demand across AI-powered wearables, consumer electronics, robotics, automotive systems, edge devices, storage platforms and data center infrastructure. xMEMS is a privately held company. Its management team includes co-founder and CEO Joseph Jiang, CFO Rick Curulla, CTO Dr. Chester Hwang, VP & GM Audio Interface BU Jonathan Chien, co-founder, CLO and General Counsel Wei-Fu Hsu, VP & GM Thermal Management BU Mike Housholder, VP of Worldwide Sales Steven Bentley, and co-founder and Design lead Dr. Chiung Lo. Joseph Jiang started xMEMS Labs with Jemm Liang in 2017 after serving as VP of Marketing at Knowles, Inc., and previously as Executive Vice President at Fortemedia.

xMEMS Labs was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company was started by Joseph Jiang together with Jemm Liang in 2017, with additional co-founders including Wei-Fu Hsu and Dr. Chiung Lo. Joseph Jiang had previously served as VP of Marketing at Knowles, Inc., a leader in MEMS microphones, and before that as Executive Vice President at Fortemedia in Santa Clara, where he led a team that won noise suppression solutions at many of the world's leading smartphone makers. The founding team brought deep MEMS and semiconductor experience, having collectively designed and shipped billions of chips over their careers. From its inception, xMEMS pursued a piezoMEMS silicon platform that uses piezoelectric actuators fabricated in silicon rather than conventional moving-coil speaker designs. This led to what the company describes as the world's first solid-state MEMS speakers, targeting applications such as AI glasses, earbuds, headphones and smartwatches. The company states it has accumulated over 500 patents worldwide for its technology. xMEMS later extended its piezoMEMS platform from audio into thermal management, developing the μCooling fan-on-a-chip — described as the first solid-state active cooling solution of its kind. This technology targets thermal bottlenecks in smartphones, AI glasses, SSDs, data center systems and other compact devices where conventional fans are too bulky. Product introductions have included the XMC-1200 micro-fan for smart glasses, PulseAir speakers for intelligent eyewear and AI smart glasses, uCooling fan-on-a-chip for smartphones and SSDs, and Sycamore speakers for smart watches. By the mid-2020s the company positioned its platform around the hardware demands of edge AI and AI infrastructure, marketing under the theme "Driving the Future of Edge AI." It states that it is shipping products today across AI-powered wearables, consumer electronics, robotics, automotive systems, edge devices, storage platforms and data center infrastructure. In August 2026, xMEMS announced the appointment of veteran finance leader Rick Curulla as Chief Financial Officer to support its next phase of global growth and commercialization; Curulla had previously held finance roles at NVIDIA, Outset Medical and Tenstorrent. The company remains privately held.

• 2026

  Rick Curulla is appointed Chief Financial Officer.

• 2018

  xMEMS Labs is founded and headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

• 2017

  Joseph Jiang starts xMEMS Labs with Jemm Liang.

• xMEMS creates the world's first solid-state MEMS speakers.

• xMEMS develops the first μCooling fan-on-a-chip for active thermal management.

• xMEMS introduces the XMC-1200 micro-fan for smart glasses.

• xMEMS introduces PulseAir speakers for intelligent eyewear and AI smart glasses.

• xMEMS introduces Sycamore speakers for smart watches.

Pioneer of solid-state MEMS audio and active micro-cooling for AI-era hardware, built on a proprietary piezoMEMS silicon platform.

• Solid-state MEMS speakers

  World's first solid-state MEMS speakers, powering AI glasses, earbuds, headphones and smartwatches.

• PulseAir speakers

  A breakthrough full-range MEMS speaker for open-air listening, built on the Sound from Ultrasound platform, for intelligent eyewear and AI smart glasses.

• Sycamore speakers

  The world's thinnest and lightest speaker for smart watches, transforming AI voice interactions.

• μCooling fan-on-a-chip

  The first solid-state active thermal management solution, enabling improved thermal performance in smartphones, AI glasses, SSDs, data center systems and beyond.

• XMC-1200 micro-fan

  The world's smallest active micro-fan for smart glasses, enabling sustained AI performance, extended video recording and color-accurate displays.

• uCooling air-pump-on-a-chip

  The world's smallest active thermal solution for SSDs, eliminating throttling and maintaining peak data rates.

• 2020.07.08

  Reported2020.07.07

  xMEMS announces Montara silicon MEMS speaker[5]xMEMS发布Montara纯硅MEMS扬声器tech.sina.com.cn

  xMEMS announced its Montara pure-silicon MEMS speaker, a new speaker design described as a monolithic chip.

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1. 1xMEMS | MEMS Speakers | Acoustic Vents | Micro Coolingxmems.com
2. 2xMEMS Labs | About Usxmems.com
3. 3xMEMS Adds Veteran Finance Leader Rick Curulla to Help Scale Next Breakthrough AI Hardware Company - xMEMS Labsxmems.com
4. 4xMEMS Labswikidata.org
5. 5xMEMS发布Montara纯硅MEMS扬声器tech.sina.com.cn