Silicon Labs
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US8269191024 |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat | Austin , Texas |
| management | Tyson Tuttle (Chairman of the Board), Navdeep Sooch (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) |
| Number of employees | 1,250 (Dec 31, 2016) |
| sales | $ 697.6 million US dollars (Dec 31, 2016) |
| Branch | microelectronics |
| Website | www.silabs.com |
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. is a global semiconductor company without its own manufacturing facilities ( fabless ), based in Austin, Texas, USA. The company provides complete solutions for chips, software and tools in the fields of Internet of Things , Internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer electronics and automotive. The hardware product spectrum ranges from microcontrollers, timing modules, low-power sensors to radio modules. In the software area, Silicon Labs offers software stacks, firmware and libraries. Development platforms are available for development, the Simplicity Studio deserving special mention.
Silicon Labs has shipped more than 7 billion chips to date and holds more than 1,600 patents. Silicon Labs has around 1400 employees worldwide with various development and sales locations in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Silicon Labs customer examples: Samsung , Huawei , LG Group , Cisco Systems Alcatel , Harman and Technicolor .
history
| year | description |
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| 1996 | Founded by three former Crystal Semiconductor employees - Nav Sooch, Dave Welland and Jeff Scott |
| 2000 | Silicon Labs becomes a public company |
| 2001 | Introduction of clock generators for high-speed communication systems |
| 2003 | Acquisition of Cygnal Integrated Products, a manufacturer of analog-intensive 8-bit MCUs from Austin |
| 2003 | Entry into the mixed-signal MCU market with analog-intensive high-speed 8-bit MCUs |
| 2004 | First crystal oscillator family with DSPLL technology to eliminate complex manufacturing steps |
| 2005 | Acquisition of Silicon Magike, an Austin-based developer of mixed-signal ICs, including Power over Ethernet (PoE) |
| 2005 | Introduction of a single-chip FM receiver with a small footprint and high reception performance |
| 2006 | Acquisition of Silembia, a company based in Rennes, France, which offers semiconductor solutions for digital demodulation and channel decoding |
| 2007 | NXP Semiconductors takes over the cellular communications business from Silicon Labs |
| 2008 | Acquisition of Integration Associates, a Silicon Valley-based provider of mixed-signal wireless, audio and power management ICs |
| 2009 | Introduction of the single-chip hybrid TV tuner |
| 2010 | Acquired Silicon Clocks, a California-based timing solutions provider |
| 2010 | Acquisition of ChipSensors, a provider of sensor solutions based in Limerick, Ireland |
| 2011 | Acquisition of SpectraLinear, a Silicon Valley-based provider of clock ICs |
| 2012 | Entry into the ARM-based 32-bit MCU market with the Precision32 line of mixed-signal MCUs with USB option.
Expansion of wireless solutions with the acquisition of Ember Corporation , a provider of ZigBee SoCs and software |
| 2013 | Acquisition of Oslo, Norway-based Energy Micro , provider of the EFM32 Gecko family of MCUs for low-energy devices |
| 2014 | Acquisition of the entire Touchstone Semiconductor product portfolio , including low-power, high-performance analog IC chips |
| 2015 | Acquisition of Finland-based Bluegiga , a provider of low-power Bluetooth solutions for a wide range of applications |
| 2015 | Takeover of the Telegesis company |
| 2016 | Takeover of the company Micrium , RTOS SW manufacturer |
| 2017 | Takeover of the company Zentri , Wi-Fi SW specialist |
Corporate management
- CEO: Tyson Tuttle
- CFO: John Hollister
- CMO: Michele Grieshaber
- CTO: Alessandro Piovaccari
- CPO: Lori Knowlton
Products
Silicon Labs booth at Embedded World 2014
Silicon Labs offers semiconductor solutions and software for use in electronic products. These include wearable devices, AM / FM radios, consumer electronics, network devices, test equipment, industrial electronics, and home automation. The products from Silicon Labs are characterized by the integration of complex mixed-signal functions, which in competing products are often performed by numerous separate components.
Silicon Labs' portfolio includes:
- Internet of Things: 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers , ZigBee SoCs and sub-GHz transmitters, (receivers and transceivers), environmental sensors (sensors for relative humidity and temperature sensors) and human interface solutions (capacitive Touch controller and proximity / ambient light sensors)
- Broadcasting: single-chip AM / FM receivers for consumer radios, infotainment in vehicles and professional audio applications as well as TV tuners and demodulators for flat-screen TVs and set-top boxes
- Infrastructure: Analog modems for set-top boxes, POS terminals and multifunctional printers, Line_card SLICs, VoIP gateways and PoE devices for network devices
| Product family | description |
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| MCUs | Microcontrollers contain 8-bit and 32-bit wireless MCUs based on the Cortex-M0 + / M3 / M4 cores of the ARM architecture . This family of products also includes peripheral devices such as EZRadio transceivers. |
| Wireless | ISM band receiver ICs, wireless MCUs, FM and multi-band radio ICs, Ember ZigBee and Thread 802.15.4 wireless network solutions, as well as wireless M-Bus. |
| Sensors | Sensor products include optical, proximity, daylight, relative humidity / temperature sensors, as well as sensors for heart rate and blood oxygen. |
| Isolation and power supply | Products such as multi-channel isolators and isolated drivers |
| timing | The timing family includes PCIe and LVCMOS clock generators , clock buffers, clocks with jitter damping, crystal and crystal-free oscillators and CDR / PHYs. |
| Audio transmission | AM and FM receivers |
| Video transmission | Hybrid TV tuner with analog TV demodulator |
| Analogous | Silicon Labs' low-power analog products include operational amplifiers, low-power analog-to-digital converters, comparators , power management ICs, timers and voltage detectors, and references. |
| Modems and DAA | Embedded modems, very small analog modems that are legally compliant worldwide, for embedded applications. |
| Software stacks and development tools | Silicon Labs offers software packages, development kits, evaluation boards and reference designs to help developers lay out design projects. |
| Voice | Offerings include short haul applications suitable for the customer premise as well as long haul applications for the traditional corporate switch of telephone access systems. |
Business associations
Silicon Labs participates in the ZigBee and Thread wireless protocol standards for Internet of Things devices . Silicon Labs is a founding member of both the ZigBee Board and the Thread Group, and Silicon Labs is also a member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and participates in the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bloomberg Business .
- ↑ SILICON LABORATORIES ANNUAL REPORT 2011. (PDF; 2.1 MB) Silicon Laboratories, accessed on July 27, 2012 (English).
- ↑ 2015 Company Presentation .
- ↑ Investor FAQs: When was the company founded? investor.silabs.com
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Completes Acquisition of Cygnal Integrated Products businesswire.com
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires Silembia
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs reaches agreement with NXP to sell Aero Product lines investor.silabs.com
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs to Acquire Integration Associates ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires Silicon clocks ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires ChipSensors ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mark LaPedus: Silicon Labs buys SpectraLinear (EETimes from January 26, 2011, English, accessed November 2015)
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Launches Precision32 MCUs ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Completes Acquisition of Ember ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs to Acquire Energy Micro ( Memento of the original dated June 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires Low-Power Analog IC Products ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires Bluegiga ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Release: Silicon Labs Acquires Telegesis ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wikinvest.com
- ↑ Zigbee Alliance: promoter
- ↑ Thread Members ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bluetooth Members. (look for "Silicon Laboratories")
- ↑ Wi-Fi Members
