Collaboration of SPARK Microsystems and Softgent for the development of highly efficient wireless communication and positioning technology
In a significant move, Canadian fabless semiconductor company SPARK Microsystems and software solutions provider Softgent have joined forces to extend the reach of SPARK's breakthrough Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology. This collaboration aims to offer customers flexible, integrated UWB-based platforms at unrivaled cost efficiencies and ultra-low power profiles.
The combined design acumen of both companies promises unmatched performance in wireless data communications and ranging. SPARK's second-generation SR1120 transceiver, integrated with Softgent's IoT connectivity platforms, brings about ultra-efficient wireless communication and positioning, breakthrough power efficiency, high-performance wireless IoT connectivity, unrivaled cost efficiencies, and accelerated time-to-market.
Compared to other UWB offerings in the market, SPARK delivers competing ranging capability at approximately 100X lower power consumption in a uniquely cost-effective architecture. This partnership is set to further extend the impact of SPARK's UWB technology in the market.
The collaboration integrates SPARK's ultra-wideband (SPARK LE-UWB) technology with Softgent's platforms for high-performance wireless IoT connectivity, positioning, ranging, and tracking. The combined design offers extended battery charges up to 10 times longer than Bluetooth for increased autonomy, with no performance compromises.
Sylvain Jalbert, the VP of engineering at SPARK Microsystems, stated that Softgent supports OEMs worldwide in advancing their wireless solutions. Marcin Hasse, the co-founder and CEO of Softgent, added that the performance benefits enabled with SPARK LE-UWB technology are vital to the next generation of wirelessly connected healthcare and industrial devices.
This partnership is open to customers interested in advancing their wireless solutions with SPARK's breakthrough UWB technology. The collaboration is aimed at helping customers in healthcare and industrial markets achieve breakthrough efficiencies using SPARK technology.
Customers interested in partnering with Softgent and SPARK Microsystems are invited to contact them. The partnership is currently active and is focused on enabling customers to advance their wireless solutions with SPARK's UWB technology. This integration provides enhanced wireless data communication, positioning accuracy, and extended battery life, making it well-suited for applications requiring long device autonomy and efficient real-time tracking.
- The collaboration between SPARK Microsystems and Softgent, focusing on SPARK's Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology, aims to offer customers high-performance wireless IoT connectivity, extending battery charges up to 10 times longer than Bluetooth for increased autonomy.
- With this partnership, SPARK's UWB technology will be integrated with Softgent's platforms, leading to breakthrough efficiencies for customers in the healthcare and industrial markets, with unrivaled cost efficiency and performance benefits vital for the next generation of wirelessly connected devices.
- Customers in the home-and-garden, lifestyle, and home-automation sectors would benefit from this partnership, as it offers them gadgets and smart-home-devices leveraging data-and-cloud-computing and technology, enabling efficient real-time tracking, extended battery life, and accurate positioning.
