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Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1996

Industry
  
Semiconductors

CEO
  
Tyson Tuttle

Silicon Labs wwwsilabscomlayouts1033Silabsimagessilicon

Traded as
  
NASDAQ: SLAB S&P 400 Component

Key people
  
Tyson Tuttle (CEO), Nav Sooch (Chairman)

Products
  
Microcontrollers Sensors

Stock price
  
SLAB (NASDAQ) US$ 71.25 -2.10 (-2.86%)21 Mar, 3:46 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Austin, Texas, United States

Revenue
  
697.6 million USD (Dec 31, 2016)

Subsidiaries
  
Bluegiga, Silicon Laboratories International Pte. Ltd.

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Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Silicon Labs) is worldwide fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States, that develops silicon, software and tools for the Internet of Things (IoT), Internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets. Its products include microcontrollers (MCUs), wireless SoCs, timing devices, low-power sensors, and broadcast solutions. The company’s software stack solutions include firmware libraries, protocol-based software, and the Simplicity Studio development platform.

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Silicon Labs was founded in 1996 and pioneered RF and CMOS integration, developing the first CMOS RF synthesizer for mobile phones. Since the company’s inception, Silicon Labs has focused on connectivity solutions, starting with PC modems and most recently as a leading provider of solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) with an emphasis on connectivity, performance, energy savings, and design simplicity.

Silicon Labs has shipped more than 6 billion devices worldwide and has more than 1400 patents issued and pending. Based in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has approximately 1,200 employees worldwide and sales, research and development offices located throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Silicon Labs’ customers include Samsung, Huawei, LG, Cisco, Alcatel, Harman Becker, and Technicolor.

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Leadership

  • Tyson Tuttle, Chief Executive Officer
  • John Hollister, Chief Financial Officer
  • Brandon Tolany, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
  • Michele Grieshaber, Chief Marketing Officer
  • Alessandro Piovaccari, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer
  • Daniel Cooley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Internet of Things Products
  • Mark Thompson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure
  • Sandeep Kumar, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations
  • Lori Knowlton, Chief People Officer

    • Products

    Silicon Labs provides solutions and software for use in a variety of electronic products in a range of applications including portable devices, AM/FM radios and other consumer electronics, networking equipment, test and measurement equipment, industrial monitoring and control, home automation and customer premises equipment. These products integrate complex mixed-signal functions that are frequently performed by numerous discrete components in competing products into a single chip or chipset. Silicon Labs’ portfolio is organized around four primary businesses:

  • Internet of Things - which includes 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), environmental sensors such as relative humidity and temperature sensors, and human interface solutions such as capacitive touch controllers and proximity/ambient light sensors
  • Infrastructure - which includes timing ICs (clock generators and oscillators), digital isolators, wireless ICs (2.4 GHz ZigBee SoCs and sub-GHz transmitters, receivers and transceivers)
  • Broadcast - which includes single-chip AM/FM radios for consumer radio, automotive infotainment and professional audio applications and silicon TV tuners and demodulators for flat-screen TVs and set-top boxes
  • Access - which includes analog modems for set-top boxes, point of sale terminals and multi-function printers, SLICs for VoIP gateways, and PoE devices for networking gear

    • Silicon Labs groups products into several product families.

    Industry associations

    Silicon Labs is involved in the development of both the ZigBee and Thread wireless protocol standards for Internet of Things devices. Silicon Labs was a founding member of both the ZigBee Board and the Thread Group, and is an associate member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group along with being part of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Silicon Labs is a Gold member of the Open Connectivity Foundation.

    References

    Silicon Labs Wikipedia
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