From supply chain and agriculture to cold chain monitoring, Research and Markets reports that IoT adoption is on the rise. IoT-enabled asset tracking and monitoring is a fast-growing market that’s quickly gaining the attention of these verticals and many others.

CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Semtech's all-cash transaction amounts to a total enterprise value of around US$1.2 billion, almost doubling Semtech’s yearly revenue and adding about US$100 million of recurring revenue in high-margin IoT Cloud services. Semtech expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to non-GAAP EPS and to generate US$40 million of run rate operational synergies within a year and a half.

CAMARILLO, Calif. Semtech Corporation revealed its HotSwitch platform with embedded secure circuity, dynamic behaviors (limited rush current, proper loading sequence), and safety features (overcurrent, voltage) for a smaller BOM and a reduced PCB area. The HotSwitch system can embed IEC 61000-4-2 level compliant ESD protection for a variety of applications.

CWD Limited developed the CWD CBTLRM02, dual combo module incorporated in ATEX certified smart ID cards, and integrated with Semtech's LoRa Connect™ platform with LoRaWAN® standard connectivity and Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE).

The LoRaWAN specification continues to introduce new products, technologies, applications, and use cases on a regular basis. The consortium recently held a large-scale conference to discuss, display, and tout the latest developments.

Collaboration launches first multi-band gateways using LoRa® for optimal maritime logistics and condition monitoring.

Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, and Sierra Wireless, Inc., an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, announced a definitive agreement under which Semtech will acquire all outstanding shares of Sierra Wireless for US$31 per share in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion, subject to customary closing conditions.