Units Units (2021) Percentage bgn ratio (20210 AP embedded WiFI BT Combo Low Power Value Overall -2016 Phone 1499.2 1832.6 53.9% 35% Highend are separate. Low end are SoC embedded Yes. Combo Yes SoC embedded are low end not addressable. High end is ac/ax combo. Not addressable 4.1% Tablet 200 160 4.7% 31% Same as mobile Same as mobile Same as mobile Same as mobile -4.4% Watch 10.4 98.2 2.9% 59% Low end AP for app installable. Ids/el;derly tracking used GSM chip (feature phone). Depends for low end Yes No probablity in high end. Special purpose watches might have a low opportunity 56.7% Mobile Router 45.3 56 1.6% 23% 4.3% DSC (Camera) 19.8 17.156 0.5% 99% -2.8% Notebook PC 147.8 154 4.5% 6% no Yes 0.8% Desktop PC 22.3 24.2 0.7% 0% 1.6% WIFI AP/Router 110.3 133 3.9% 6% 3.8% PC Adapter 15.6 8.3 0.2% 0% -11.9% Printer 78.1 74.9 2.2% 91% No No Yes -0.8% TV 125.2 172.6 5.1% 25% 6.6% BD Player/Recorder 15.3 11.2 0.3% 60% -6.0% Set Top Box 69.4 75.3 2.2% 0% 1.6% OTT Video Box 96.6 137.5 4.0% 26% 7.3% Game Console 38.7 30.8 0.9% 0% -4.5% Game Controller 9.5 8.9 0.3% 0% -1.3% Car infotainment 24.4 70.8 2.1% 24% 23.7% Home Appliances 26.2 76.2 2.2% 100% 23.8% Smart Plug 8.5 13.9 0.4% 100% 10.3% Home Monitoring Cam 11 33.1 1.0% 77% 24.6% Smart Speaker 3.5 34.5 1.0% 0% 58.0% Others 128.9 176.5 5.2% 82% 6.5% Total 2706.00 3399.66 4.7%

List of WiFI bgn providers

 List of standalone WiFi bgn chips:

Espressif: ESP8266

TI: CC323x

Cypress/Infineon: CYW4336x

Marvel: 88W8688???

Realtek: 8188EE

Redpine/Silabs

Gainspan

Microchip

Rohm

I&C

RDA

WinnerMic

SSV

Standalone, MCU speed, AP mode, RAM, Flash, Secureboot, packaging (pitch, QFN, Pins), power consumption, OS, 

Dev kit

Espressif CEO among richest Singaporeans

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2020/08/19/singapores-50-richest-37-billion-added-to-their-wealth-amid-pandemic

Among the new faces this year is Binny Bansal, the co- founder of Indian shopping site Flipkart, who moved to Singapore last year after selling the firm to Walmart and is now a venture capitalist. While three of the four newcomers are billionaires, the fortune of Teo Swee Ann, cofounder and CEO of fast-rising semiconductor firm Espressif Systems, is just shy of the ten-digit mark.

1.       Ticket booking

2.       Reserving hotel

3.       Moving company

4.       Landlord refund

5.       International bank account

6.       Pension Refund

7.        Retirement money

8.       Close phones

9.       Buy phones for kids

10.   Close bank accounts

11.   Close electricity, gas, internet accounts

12.   Get international driving license – 

13.   Get medical records from Dr Yoon and the dentist

14.   Get international insurance for family (3 months) -> Align with new co insurance start date

15.   Sell the car

A 28µW IoT Tag that can Communicate with Commodity WiFi Transceivers via a Single-Side-Band QPSK Backscatter Communication Technique

More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless smart devices. These could all be made possible thanks to a new ultra-low power Wi-Fi radio developed by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego.

The device, which is housed in a chip smaller than a grain of rice, enables Internet of Things (IoT) devices to communicate with existing Wi-Fi networks using 5,000 times less power than today’s Wi-Fi radios. It consumes just 28 microwatts of power. And it does so while transmitting data at a rate of 2 megabits per second (a connection fast enough to stream music and most YouTube videos) over a range of up to 21 meters.

The team will present their work at the ISSCC 2020 conference Feb. 16 to 20 in San Francisco.

Qualcomm intros ultra-low-power modem chip for IoT devices

Qualcomm Inc. will ship a new modem chip for so-called internet of things devices this year that measures smaller than a dime and is touted as the most power-efficient product in its category.

The chip, descriptively named the Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT Modem, was announced on Thursday. It’s designed to enable internet access on connected devices that need to operate for long time periods using a limited amount of electricity. Agricultural sensors, smart parking meters and package tracking devices are some of the systems that could potentially make use of the chip. 

ZETA alliance members to produce low power consumption disposable IoT tags

https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/zeta-alliance-members-produce-low-power-consumption-disposable-iot-tags

Socionext, ZiFiSense, a founder of LPWA (Low Power Wide Area Network) standard ZETA, and Techsor have jointly started the development of SoCs for ZETag, a next generation, low cost, low power consumption IC tag.

Most of the IC tags currently in use are passive tags, which do not have a power supply. However, existing active tags cost around several tens of dollars, and transmission distance is less than 100 meters.
In comparison, the ZETag transmission can reach several kilometers, its cost will be reduced to the extent that the tags can be used as disposable.                        

Intel Buys Rivet Networks

Intel has bought the company behind the popular Killer brand of Wi-Fi products found in laptops from Alienware, Dell, Lenovo, HP and more.

Intel and Rivet have been key competitors for last several years.

https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-has-acquired-the-company-behind-killer-wi-fi-cards

Palma Ceia SemiDesign to use Agile Analog Configurable IP

Agile Analog, a leading provider of semiconductor analog IP, today announced Palma Ceia SemiDesign, a provider of communication chips and IP for WiFi HaLow and Cellular NB-IoT applications, has selected Agile Analog’s data converter and power management IP for its next-generation of WiFi and cellular IoT products.

https://www.eejournal.com/industry_news/configurable-analog-semiconductor-ip-enables-faster-iot-chip-design/

5G networks are now fatser than WiFi

Open Signal has been benchmarking speeds of WiFi and newly rolled 5G networks. It turns out that 5G is now offering higher speed than WiFi in various countries around teh world as shown in the diagram above.

For more details: https://www.opensignal.com/2020/05/06/5g-download-speed-is-now-faster-than-wifi-in-seven-leading-5g-countries

Low Power IoT System Design with Cypress MCUs and Wi-Fi

An online webinar is being held on June 1st by Cypress. Here is the agenda:

1. PSoC 6 Low Power IoT MCU Overview
2. CYW43012 Low Power Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Radio Overview
3. Wi-Fi Power Saving Techniques 
4. Host MCU Power Optimization Techniques
5. Low Power Assistant Middleware
6. How To Get Started & Resources

Fell free to register here: https://www.electronicdesign.com/resources/webcasts/webinar/21130648/low-power-iot-system-design-with-cypress-mcus-and-wifi

Dialog Launches two modules for ultra low power Wi-Fi connectivity

The modules have 4MB flash and required RF components which including a crystal oscillator, RF-lumped filter, and either a chip antenna or a u.FL connector.

https://www.embedded-computing.com/iot/dialog-semiconductor-extends-iot-connectivity-portfolio

WiFi-6 adoption to benefit Taiwanese RF players

According to Digitimes, Taiwance IC vendors Mediatek, Realtek and RichWave are all expetced to benefit from Wi-Fi 6 adoption in 2020. 

With its share in China's Wi-Fi RF chip market much higher than than 5% share it holds globally, the growing sales of Wi-Fi 6 RF chips are likely to contribute 20% to RichWave's total revenues in 2020, said the sources.

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20200506PD204.html

Wi-Fi Ecosystem

Wi-Fi Chip Makers (abgn, ac, ax)

Broadcom
Qualcomm
Samsung
Dialog
Silabs
Nordic
Espressif
Redpine Signals -> Acquired by Silabs
CSR -> Acquired by Qualcomm.
Nanoradio -> Acquired by Samsung
Palma Ceia Semi Design

Wifi HaLow (802.11ah)
Adapt IP
Morse Micro

Caltech to double its claim for patent infringement by Apple and Broadcom

$1.1B isn't enough.  Demanding royalties for current and future sales as well. 

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/silicon-labs-redpine-signals-2020-03/

Silabs acquisition of Redpine Signals

The acquisition will increase Silabs revenue by $20M with an annual cost of $15M. 

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/silicon-labs-redpine-signals-2020-03/

6GHz Wi-Fi to generate $183 billion by 2025, study says

The FCC's proposal for the 6GHz band would open it for standard-power Wi-Fi connections, and also for low-power indoor connections (LPI) and very-low-power connections (VLP). The latter two are the bread and butter for machine-to-machine communications (M2M), which could prove pivotal as the Internet of Things continues to evolve.

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/6ghz-wi-fi-access-could-boost-speeds-and-generate-183-billion-by-2025-study-says/