Renesas Electronics Corporation, a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced its first development kit that includes support for the new Matter protocol.
Renesas also announced that it will offer Matter support on all future Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low-Energy (LE) and IEEE 802.15.4 (Thread) products – including products from recently acquired Dialog Semiconductor and Celeno Communications.
The Matter protocol promises to solve the interoperability problem for smart home devices. It securely connects multiple smart devices to each other across ecosystems, regardless of manufacturer.
“As a leader in integrated processing, connectivity is a critical part of our IoT solutions,” said Sean McGrath, vice president of the Connectivity and Audio Business Division of the IoT, Industrial and Infrastructure Business Unit at Renesas. “With our wide range of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi solutions and Thread products in development, we are well positioned to take advantage of the Matter standard in a variety of applications working with customers around the world.”
Matter is an application layer protocol that abstracts underlying connectivity technologies such as Wi-Fi, Thread, and Bluetooth LE. By using a common software stack, device manufacturers building with Matter will support multiple smart home ecosystems and voice services. Smart home users will be able to purchase any Matter-certified device, regardless of their platform of choice.
Renesas has more than a decade of experience in Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi. With more than 600 million wireless devices sold, Renesas offers a wide range of connectivity SoCs used in IoT, wearables and home networks. Its easy-to-use development tools that support Matter will result in faster time to market for IoT device manufacturers looking to integrate their products into the Matter ecosystem.
“We are delighted to see an IoT leader like Renesas commit to supporting the Matter standard. It’s another indication of the positive momentum the standard is generating among device and equipment manufacturers,” said Chris LaPre, head of Alliance Technology.
Renesas is a member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the Alliance), the global organization that creates IoT standards and certifications.
Subject support is available at www.renesas.com/Matter.
