GreenPeak celebrates over 100 Million ZigBee chips delivered to the Smart Home market

World leading low power RF semiconductor company provides wireless connectivity for Smart Home and Internet of Things solutions

Berlin, IFA2015, Germany - 01 September 2015 - GreenPeak Technologies, the leading low power RF semiconductor company, today announced that it has shipped well over 100 million IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee chips into the Smart Home market. GreenPeak RF chips are used in a wide range of consumer products including set-top boxes and gateways, remote controls, home monitoring devices for security, energy efficiency and lifestyle applications. Many of the new set-top boxes and internet gateways already have ZigBee inside, providing great opportunities for device and application developers to introduce Smart Home solutions that can connect to this available home sensor network, as well as for operators to offer additional services.

ZigBee is one of the three leading wireless technologies for the connected home. WiFi is used for high bandwidth, content rich applications with access to power and Bluetooth is used to connect wearables to smart phones. ZigBee, based on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard, is the low power version of WiFi and ideally suited for connecting sentrollers (sensors, actuators and controllers) to the internet with extremely long battery life requirements. For example, remote controls using ZigBee can operate for over a decade without recharging or battery replacement.

“Currently, most homes have about ten wireless devices connected by WiFi”, says Cees Links, CEO and Founder of GreenPeak Technologies. “However, within a few years, we expect over a 100 ZigBee or other IEEE 802.15.4 based connected devices in each home. This includes sensors, appliances and gateways used for monitoring and controlling the home environment for security, energy management and lifestyle applications. GreenPeak is a proven leading and successful ZigBee technology supplier. With well over 100M ZigBee chips installed in the market, we plan to continue our growth in the ZigBee market as well as expanding into other IEEE 802.15.4 based communication standards.”

According to Mareca Hatler, Director of Research at ON World, “ZigBee is dominating the IEEE 802.15.4 ecosystem and is set to lead the Smart Home and Internet of Things (IoT) market. Annual shipments for IEEE 802.15.4 low power wireless chipsets doubled in 2014 and are on track to increase by 550% by 2020. ZigBee standards are expected to be used in 80% of the 802.15.4 annual chipset shipments.”

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Visit GreenPeak at IFA & IBC
To learn more about our innovative Smart Home and IoT solutions with live demonstrations, please visit the GreenPeak booth at:
- IFA – 4-9 September 2015 – Messe Berlin - Hall 6.2 Booth 118
- IBC – 11-15 September 2015 – Amsterdam RAI - Hall 1 Booth 1.C90

About GreenPeak Technologies
GreenPeak Technologies is an award winning fabless semiconductor/system company and the world recognized leader in the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee market with a rich offering of semiconductor products and software technologies for Smart Home data communications and the IoT.

The GreenPeak founders have significantly contributed to the invention of WiFi and are responsible for it being a commercial success used by billions of people worldwide today. GreenPeak is recognized as a leader in developing new wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications, demonstrating rapid growth and adoption by major customers. GreenPeak is privately funded. It is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands and has offices in Belgium, China, France, India, Korea and USA.

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