Overview of the Internet of Things from Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle

How the Internet of Things Will Change Our WorldTyson Tuttle – CEO – Silicon Labs

IIC CEO Summit – 18 March 2014

Silicon Labs Background

Global semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA

Founded in 1996; Public since 2000 (NASDAQ: SLAB)

Diversified company with a strong track record for revenue growth and profitability

Fabless model with >1,000 employees and 10 R&D locations worldwide

Focused on mixed-signal innovation and engineering simplicity

Broad portfolio addressing consumer, industrial and communications markets

Serve >20,000 customers with >5 billion devices shipped

>1,300 patents issued or pending

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Key Industry Trends

Global demand for Internet bandwidth

driving investment in network, cloud and

wireless infrastructure

Bandwidth

Reducing energy consumption critical for improvements in

productivity, functionality and cost

Energy

Next-generation energy friendly

connected devices transforming the

economy and the way we live

Internet of Things

What Is the Internet of Things?

“The Internet of Things has the potential to change the world –

just as the Internet did. Maybe even more so.”

Kevin Ashton, RFID Journal, 2009

Smartphones are big –

IoT is going to be

a lot bigger …

Economic Impact of the Internet of Things

The IoT will have a $1.9

trillion global economic

value-add by 2020.

Source: Gartner

2014 Is the “Year of the Internet of Things”

The IoT took center stage at the 2014

Consumer Electronics Show

Cisco CEO at CES: “IoT is a

$19 trillion opportunity”

Google buys Nest for $3.2B USD

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The Internet of Things Is a Game Changer

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Connected

Home

Lighting

Control

Smart

GridBuilding

AutomationHealth

Fitness

Safety

Security

Smart

Devices

The IoT Is Here Today: Smart Energy

METERING | ELECTRICITY

WATER | GAS | HEAT

The IoT Is Here Today: Smart Homes

ALARMS | ACCESS | SECURITY | CLIMATE |

LIGHTING | MOTION CONTROL

The IoT Is Here Today: Wearables

FITNESS | SMART WATCHES

PERSONAL MEDICAL

The IoT Is Here Today: Smart Buildings

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS |

INTERFACES | REMOTE CONTROLS

State-of-the-Art Aria Hotel, Las Vegas

The IoT Is Here Today: Smart Factories

SENSOR NETWORKS | INTERFACES |

MOTOR CONTROL

The IoT Is Here Today: Smart Cities

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TRANSPORTATION | BUILDINGS |

INFRASTRUCTURE | RESOURCES

Opportunities for IoT in China

Laboratory for innovation without legacy infrastructure

Significant government investments and initiatives

Ability to lead the world in IoT developments

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The IoT Is Still Largely in Its Infancy

Growing demand for

low-energy solutions

Rapidly evolving hardware

Need for network security

Standards and

interoperability

Political and privacy

concerns

What’s Next on the Horizon?

The IoT from “Things” to “Big Data”

“THINGS”

CONNECTIVITY

INTERNET

INFRASTRUCTURE

APPS & SERVICES

ANALYTICS

Consumers Enterprise & Industry

Big Data

Data centers, servers, storage, networks

M2M: Cellular, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Sub-GHz

Home automation and wearable

computing devices

Sensor networks, building &

factory automation devices

Energy, security, health & fitness

monitoring apps or services

Building, factory & infrastructure

monitoring services

Technologies Required for “Things”

Sensors and actuators

Light, environment, motion, power

Processing and connectivity

Energy-friendly microcontrollers

Robust and interoperable wireless networks

Multiple standards depending on use cases

Mixed-signal CMOS integration

Ultra-low energy consumption

Cost-effective system solutions

Broad range of applications

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What’s Next: The “Internet of Things SoC”

Low-cost, low-energy IoT SoC:

ARM Cortex-M processor core

Embedded flash memory

Analog/mixed-signal peripherals

Multi-protocol wireless transceiver

Sensor interfaces

Software, networking stacks, simplicity tools

Required for market to scale

Rapid innovation and integration

Coming sooner than you think!

www.silabs.com

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