April 14, 2015, Seoul — NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI), an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider, announced a new Bluetooth Smart portfolio featuring low-power mesh capabilities. This technology was acquired from the Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) technology and wearable business unit of Quintic, which was recently acquired, with the aim of strengthening the company's Bluetooth product portfolio. The announced portfolio will reinforce Bluetooth capabilities, which are part of NXP's low-power wireless connectivity standards for IoT, such as NFC, ZigBee, and Bluetooth Smart.

Asit Goel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security Monitoring and Control Devices at NXP, stated, “Compatibility, low power, and security solutions will be the core technologies leading the next wave of IoT-based smart and wearable devices,” adding, “By adding low-power mesh capabilities to the Bluetooth Smart portfolio, NXP is further strengthening its efforts to provide leading Bluetooth solutions optimized for growing market trends and industry standards.”

By adding mesh capabilities to its Bluetooth Smart solutions, NXP enables developers and manufacturers to support multi-node communication. This functionality can be utilized during the development of lighting, sensors, thermostats, and various other devices and electronic products for smart home implementations. Traditional mesh network flooding technology suffered from rapidly increasing energy consumption due to the massive emission of broadcast signals. In contrast, NXP's low-power solutions offer the advantage of enabling synchronization and routing via protocols that facilitate efficient connections between nodes. These NXP solutions effectively increase energy efficiency across the entire network by several times. Furthermore, this solution incorporates a layered architecture and a self-configuring network function featuring enhanced security performance and self-recovery capabilities to support future new technology developments. In addition, a remote update feature has been added to enable network upgrades even after installation.

Charles Sun, Vice President of SengLED, a leading OEM manufacturer of smart lighting and smart home devices such as 'Pulse Solo', said, “NXP is meeting the demands of the smart home and industrial communications sectors through a strong and complete product portfolio along with outstanding Bluetooth solutions,” adding, “Given the importance of our own product innovation and enhancing customer satisfaction, we are proud to have selected NXP as the technology provider for smart home devices to be offered to current and future customers.”

NXP plans to showcase a variety of Bluetooth devices, including the newly announced technologies, at Bluetooth World, held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California from April 14 to 15 (Booth No. 24). Additionally, on April 15, Vice President Azit will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of "The Role of Bluetooth in the Internet of Things." For further details on NXP Bluetooth Smart solutions, please refer to the link.