Silicon Labs acquires Zentri, expands connectivity portfolio

Silicon Labs has bought Zentri, an innovator in low power, cloud-connected Wi-Fi technologies for the IoT. Zentri’s products helps industrial, commercial and consumer companies to securely connect and manage their products.

“This acquisition builds upon our strategy to deliver comprehensive, multiprotocol silicon and software solutions to securely connect IoT products to the cloud,” said Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs, pictured.

“Zentri’s Wi-Fi expertise, software and tools will extend our multiprotocol connectivity portfolio to a wider range of power-sensitive IoT end node applications.”

Zentri claims its combination of modules, embedded and cloud software, APIs and tools enable rapid development of secure IoT end node products in a matter of weeks.

By eliminating the need for wireless design expertise and providing a library of cloud-connected applications, Zentri is said to allow IoT device makers to focus on differentiating their products and speeding time to market.