InnoPhase IoT, Inc., a leading wireless semiconductor platform company focused on elevating the IoT user experience based on ultra-low power Wi-Fi, has officially announced the expansion of its Talaria platform.
Under this expansion, the company will introduce Talaria 6 Family of System-on-Chips (SoCs), which is designed to integrate multi-protocol wireless connectivity supporting Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 6.0, Thread, and Zigbee, while simultaneously achieving enhanced PSA Level 2 and Level 3 security, and a high-performance ARM Cortex M33.
More on the same would reveal how InnoPhase’s family of products will, in essence, offer robust performance, energy efficiency, enhanced security, Edge AI processing, and advanced connectivity for IoT devices.
The idea behind offering such a solution is to aid the case components like smart home, building automation, industrial IoT, and health/medical segments, key applications span video cameras, doorbells, locks, thermostats, lighting, environmental and vibration sensors, appliances, health and medical devices, hubs/gateways, and Matter bridge routers. etc.
“The diversity of consumer, commercial, and industrial IoT applications increasingly requires flexible Wi-Fi SoCs that can more effectively address the power, range, latency, reliability, throughput, and security requirements of a growing number of heterogeneous IoT devices,” said Andrew Zignani, Senior Research Director at ABI Research. “InnoPhase IoT’s combination of Wi-Fi 6 with Bluetooth and 802.15.4 on a single multi-protocol SoC can enable higher performance devices, streamline deployment and interoperability, create innovative new features, user experiences, and valuable new services, alongside reducing design complexity and time to market. Such solutions will be critical in enabling the installed base of connected devices.”
Talk about InnoPhase’s latest brainchild on a slightly deeper level, we begin from its promise to provide Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with ultra-low power (ULP) & high-performance optimizations. These components, on their part, will help you access robust throughput even in noisy and high-density environments.
Markedly enough, they all draw their basis from the company’s integrated digital CMOS radio technology, something which enables the suite to realize energy-efficient, reliable, and high-performance connectivity for applications, such as smart thermostats, video cameras, and environmental sensors.
Next up, customers can come expecting both single and dual-band options (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz). This flexibility should be able to produce significantly improved range, throughput, and connection stability, especially in environments with high device density and/or interference. Furthermore, the stated option to select a band based on the use case and congestion levels allows IoT devices to operate seamlessly.
Then, there is the presence of multi-protocol support, including Bluetooth 6.0 & Bluetooth Classic, Thread, and Zigbee Mesh Networks. You see, with an ability to work alongside a wide array of existing and future IoT devices, Talaria 6 emerges as the most suitable choice for applications that happen to mandate diverse low-power connectivity options. As for some of the possible use cases of this feature, they include ram localization, proximity awareness, and music streaming for audio devices, wearables, home automation systems, and more.
Another detail worth a mention here is rooted in the suite’s integrated high-performance ARM Cortex-M33 MCU, complemented by comprehensive peripheral support. The aspect in question treads up a long distance to provide necessary computational power for real-time processing of Edge AI tasks like predictive maintenance, sensor analytics, and smart power management directly on the device. Not just that, this integration also simplifies design, as well as reduces system costs and space. It is understood to realize that through a combination of wireless connectivity and applications processing, present on a single chip.
Hold on, we still have a few bits left to unpack, considering we still haven’t touch on the suite’s PSA level 2/Level 3 security, which ensures robust protection against cybersecurity threats with hardware-based encryption, secure boot, and tamper resistance. By doing that, the solution contributions towards compliance with enhanced security demands of IoT devices, making Talaria 6 again an ideal solution for mission-critical applications in healthcare, industrial IoT, and smart home environments.
Among other things, InnoPhase’s suite features 802.11be extensions & multi-link operations (MLO), and market-ready vertical stack solutions.
