Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller is the built-in digital microphone array (DMIC)
if you have kernel v5.7 or later, I suggest you check system with
sudo dmesg | grep snd
response will probably show a message that the option dmic_detect=1 has been deprecated
dmic_detect option is deprecated, pass snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1 option instead
If you wish to keep internal DMIC disabled, change the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.base.conf to this
options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=1