Five Minutes with Tyson Tuttle, Silicon Labs

May 01, 2018

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Five Minutes with Tyson Tuttle, Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs just announced the acquisition of the Z-Wave assets from Sigma Designs. Did they really need another protocol, already having Bluetooth, ZigBee, and WiFi?

Silicon Labs just announced the acquisition of the Z-Wave assets from Sigma Designs. Did they really need another protocol, already having Bluetooth, ZigBee, and WiFi? I wondered if that sends a mixed message to engineers trying to sort through the various media. In this week’s Five Minutes With… discussion with Tyson Tuttle, Silicon Labs’ CEO, we walked through what it means for the design community and what it means for his company.

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