Provides industry's highest combination of
Flash, RAM, and GPIO for Matter over Thread
AUSTIN,
Texas, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon
Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless
technology for a more connected world, today announced their new
xG26 family of Wireless SoCs and MCUs, the IoT industry leader's
highest performance device family to date. The new family consists
of the multiprotocol MG26 SoC, the Bluetooth LE BG26 SoC, and the
PG26 MCU. All three are designed to future-proof the IoT against
some of the most demanding emerging applications, like Matter, with
double the Flash and RAM of other Silicon Labs multiprotocol
devices.
"As users from consumer to industrial sectors extract more
benefits from their IoT deployments, their requirements are
steadily increasing," said Matt
Johnson, CEO of Silicon Labs, Inc. "The new xG26 family is
built for the future, empowering device manufacturers with the
confidence that their current designs will meet tomorrow's
demands."
To help designers build devices capable of running advanced IoT
applications, the xG26 family can be equipped with:
- Doubled Flash, RAM, and GPIO capacity compared to the
xG24 device family, allowing IoT device builders to develop
advanced edge applications. It also has double the number of
general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins as the xG24, meaning that
device builders can connect it to twice as many peripherals for
better system integration.
- Higher performance compute in a multicore format with an
ARM® Cortex®-M33 CPU and dedicated cores for the radio and security
subsystems, helping to free up the main core for customer
applications.
- Embedded AI/ML hardware acceleration, enabling up to 8x
faster processing of machine learning algorithms using as little as
1/6th the power, achieving greater energy
efficiency.
- Best-in-Class Security with Silicon Labs Secure Vault™
and ARM TrustZone. Using the Silicon Labs Custom Part Manufacturing
Service, xG26 devices can also be hard-coded with customer-designed
security keys and other features in the fabrication process,
further hardening them against vulnerabilities.
- 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity leveraging Silicon Labs'
proven, tested, and certified software stacks for 2.4 GHz wireless
protocols, including Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth Low
Energy, Bluetooth Mesh, Proprietary, and Multiprotocol, with a best
in class RF link budget that improves range and reduces
transmission retries, providing a better user experience while
improving battery life.
MG26 Multiprotocol SoC Designed to be Most Advanced SoC for
Matter over Thread
Silicon Labs is all-in on Matter, the
rapidly deploying application layer that allows devices to be
interoperable between the leading IoT networks and ecosystems.
Silicon Labs is Matter's leading semiconductor code contributor and
third-largest contributor. The experience gained from working on
Matter gave Silicon Labs deep insight into what it takes to build a
device capable of growing with the needs of the Matter standard as
it adds support for new device types, security enhancements, and
more. Most device types have already seen Matter's code
requirements grow by 6% in the first 18 months since Matter 1.0 was
released in October 2022.
Consumers who invest in building Matter-enabled Smart Homes
don't want their new devices to become obsolete in a few years.
Instead, they want confidence that the Matter device they purchased
last year will work with the same devices and be as secure as the
next Matter device they buy next year. That's Matter's
interoperability and security promise, which is why Silicon Labs
designed the MG26 to be the most advanced SoC for the Matter
standard.
Building off the same platform as the award-winning MG24
Multiprotocol Wireless SoC, the MG26 doubles its predecessor's
Flash and RAM capacity and can be configured with up to 3200 kB of
Flash and 512 kB of RAM. It also has double the number of
general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins as the MG24, meaning that
device builders can connect it to twice as many peripherals for
better system integration.
To enable greater intelligence for not only Matter-enabled
applications, but all applications, the MG26, BG26, and PG26 also
use Silicon Labs' proprietary Matrix Vector AI/ML hardware
accelerator. This dedicated core is optimized for machine learning
and can process ML operations up to 8x faster using as little as
1/6th the energy as a traditional embedded CPU. This
significantly improves the family's energy efficiency because the
device can offload ML-based activation or wake cues to the
accelerator, allowing more power-hungry functions to sleep and
minimize battery drain. This is ideal for smart home
battery-operated devices like sensors or switches, where consumers
look for them to fade into the background of their home and not
draw their attention with the need for constant battery
changes.
Silicon Labs Extends IoT Leadership with New SoC and MCU
Family
Silicon Labs is one of the world's leading pure-play
IoT companies, and no other can match its breadth, depth, and
expertise in the Internet of Things. That's why the xG26 launches
as a family. While the MG26 is ideal for Matter, the BG26 Bluetooth
SoC brings all the same features and is optimized for Bluetooth LE
and Bluetooth Mesh, and the PG26 brings low-power intelligence to
unconnected applications like CCTV cameras, remotes, and children's
toys. Pin compatibility between select xG26 and xG24 devices and
shared hardware and software development tools like Silicon Labs
Simplicity Studios allows for easy development and seamless
migration from other Silicon Labs Series 2 devices.
Learn more about how to begin developing cutting-edge IoT
devices using Silicon Labs, be sure to :
- The Silicon Labs Matter Developer Journey
- The Silicon Labs Bluetooth Developer Journey
- The Silicon Labs 32-Bit Microcontrollers product page
- Register for the PG26 Unboxing Tech Talk
About Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs is a trailblazer in
wireless connectivity for the Internet of Things. Its integrated
hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, and
unmatched ecosystem support make Silicon Labs the ideal long-term
partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, and home and
life applications. Silicon Labs leads the industry in high
performance, low power, and security with support for the broadest
set of multi-protocol solutions.
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