Wireless Is the IoT Future for Silicon Labs
IoT has a “long path,” Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle told investors Wednesday, and momentum is “starting to build” in the consumer market. “You are going to continue to see new technologies and new capabilities added,” he said. “Ease of…
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use is also something that must get addressed for it to scale.” Wireless was over two-thirds of Silicon Labs’ IoT business in Q3, helping to drive overall revenue to the high end of guidance at $221.3 million, down from $223 million in the year-ago quarter but up from $207.5 million in Q2. Revenue from IoT products set a record at $133 million, up 16% from Q2, said Chief Financial Officer John Hollister. Customers are moving from separate microcontrollers to connected devices that add wireless or that integrate the two, said Tuttle. The company expects to gain traction in smart home, industrial and proprietary and consumer segments via its Zigbee, Thread and Bluetooth business.