ENTERPRISE IOT, DEVICES
Semtech | March 17, 2023
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, today announced the expansion of its market leading LoRa® portfolio with a new transceiver for use in Internet of Things (IoT) end points that provides lower power consumption, global connectivity and long range.
The new LoRa Connect™ LR1121 brings the best LoRa transceiver RF performance to date with the multi-band versatility permitting a single, low-power chip to be used anywhere in the world. It is pin compatible with the current LoRa Edge™ devices, allowing module makers such as Murata to have a single hardware design for a wide range of applications, with global connectivity. Likewise, Integrated Passive Devices such as Johanson Technology can readily be used alongside the LoRa Connect LR1121 to offer a smaller footprint, reduce time to market and minimize design iterations.
The highly integrated LoRa Connect LR1121 transceiver provides LoRaWAN connectivity for terrestrial low power wide area networks (LPWAN) operating at 470MHz, 868MHz and 915MHz; it also provides LoRa 2.4GHz and the S-band for direct connection to satellites.
“Semtech’s LoRa Connect is targeting the connectivity challenges faced by the industry today enabling widespread adoption and reinforcing LoRa’s position as the de-facto platform for IoT,” said Robert Comanescu, senior director of the IoT Chips Business at Semtech. “We continue to invest in improving LoRa technology and enriching our product portfolio with multi-band LoRa support and LoRa Cloud™ services that will provide best in class, sustainable, ubiquitous and global IoT connectivity.”
New modules and reference designs, developed in partnership with Johanson and Murata, are ready at launch and offer a smaller form factor, lower assembly costs and faster time to market.
Murata’s Type 2GT module, currently supporting the LoRa Edge LR1110 and LR1120 products, is also now supporting the LoRa Connect LR1121, offering a turnkey solution for lower cost assembly and faster time to market with a pre-certified LR1121 variant readily available.
"By collaborating with Semtech on this offering, we are leveraging both companies’ leadership and expertise to create the most needed solution in the IoT market which provides multi-band LoRa® and long range - frequency hopping spread spectrum (LR-FHSS) communication over sub-GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands as well as licensed S-Band for satellites," said Sasaki Akira, general manager of Connectivity Module Marketing, Murata. "The new multi-band module allows designers to develop products with a faster time to market by minimizing BOM size, cost and complexity."
Likewise, Johanson Technology’s IPD is also compatible with the LR1121 and replaces many RF passives, allowing a smaller form factor and lower assembly costs. A reference design is available now on the Semtech website to jumpstart chip down designs.
About Semtech
Semtech’s LoRa chip-to-Cloud platform is a globally adopted long range, low power solution for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, enabling the rapid development and deployment of long range, ultra-low power and cost efficient IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and IoT services worldwide. Semtech’s LoRa technology provides the communication layer for the LoRaWAN® standard, which is maintained by the LoRa Alliance®, an open IoT alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) applications that has been used to deploy IoT networks in over 173 countries. Semtech is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance and produces the “The WAN Network Show” podcast to connect massive IoT end users to operators of LoRaWAN networks around the world. With the proliferation of LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard, the LoRa Developer Portal is a technical support platform for IoT innovators to learn, connect, collaborate, and find resources to help accelerate product development efforts and expedite time to market. To learn more about how LoRa enables IoT and creates a more sustainable and smarter planet, visit Semtech’s LoRa site.
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ENTERPRISE IOT, INFRASTRUCTURE
prnewswire | April 28, 2023
Exascend, Inc., a leading provider of custom flash storage solutions, announces its latest SD300 series industrial-grade SD and microSD cards, designed to meet the increasing storage demands of the internet of things (IoT) and edge applications. Built with 176-layer 3D TLC NAND technology and ruggedized for harsh environments, the compact and removable storage solutions are ideal for edge IoT applications such as gateways, industrial drones, factory robots, surveillance cameras and infotainment systems.
Exascend's SD300 series features proprietary hardware and firmware designs, allowing it to operate in a wide temperature range of -40°C to 85°C and resist shock, vibration, and humidity. With a mean time to failure of two million hours, the SD300 memory cards are built to handle significant workloads, incorporating advanced technologies such as LDPC ECC, wear leveling, and pseudo SLC (specifically for 8- and 16-GB cards) to deliver sustained performance, low storage latency, and high endurance. Additionally, the SD300 comes equipped with a SMART (self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology) tool that helps monitor card health status and ensure reliable operation.
Optimized to handle high-resolution images and 4K videos at the edge
The combination of 5G transmission speeds and artificial intelligence (AI) computing has accelerated edge IoT deployment, leading to demand for smaller and higher-speed storage solutions. With sequential read/write speeds of up to 90 MB/s and 80 MB/s respectively, the SD300 offers exceptional performance that can meet the requirements of data-intensive applications. Both SD300 series SD and microSD cards carry speed class of V30/U3/C10 and performance class of A2, capable of supporting continuous 24/7 video recording and processing high-resolution images and 4K footage at the edge.
"Exascend is committed to providing our customers with the highest-quality storage solutions that can meet the needs of their most demanding applications," said Frank Chen, CEO of Exascend. "The SD300 series industrial memory cards are the latest additions to our portfolio, and we are confident that they will be valuable for our customers in the industrial sector."
About Exascend
Exascend is a leading provider of innovative standard and custom storage solutions specialized in low-power, high-performance, and high-reliability products, having garnered over 60 patents worldwide. With full product lines of enterprise and industrial SSDs, memory cards, readers, and DRAM, our expertise covers hardware, firmware, software, product engineering, manufacturing, and customization services. We enable customers to push the boundary of possibilities and to differentiate with quality, reliability, and flexibility – Inspiration to Innovation.
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INFRASTRUCTURE, PLATFORMS
Sepio | April 21, 2023
Sepio, the leading provider in Asset Risk Management, today launched the newest version of its namesake platform, enabling organizations to regain control of their complex and dynamic asset ecosystems. This product milestone gives customers the ability to manage their asset risks with granular controls based on Sepio's true Asset DNA, leveraging the platform's patented physical layer-based technology. Sepio seamlessly integrates with existing tools to enhance organizations' day-to-day cybersecurity operations with its field-proven technology.
Inflated digital complexities, spurred on by the proliferation of connected devices, the convergence of IT, OT, and IoT, and the growing trend of hybrid work, have made it increasingly difficult for organizations to manage their asset risks and maintain regulatory compliance. Organizations require a single, consolidated view of their entire asset ecosystem, which they can subsequently manage with granular risk-based controls that are automatically enforced.
"We understand the challenges that come with controlling asset risk and mitigating cybersecurity threats in a rapidly evolving digital business environment," said Yossi Appleboum, CEO and co-founder of Sepio. "We want to relieve security teams and IT managers of those challenges so they can manage their asset risks with confidence and ease. I am excited to release to the market the latest version of Sepio, which provides the necessary features to support security teams and IT managers in their mission, developed based on our years of real-world experience and invaluable feedback from our loyal customers and security analysts."
Asset visibility
Sepio's patented physical-layer based technology provides continuous, holistic visibility of all IT, OT, and IoT assets across an enterprise's network and endpoints, down to their peripherals – even those that lack unique identifiers and are difficult to detect using alternative methods.
Sepio's Asset DNA establishes trust in each asset's identity by analyzing unique characteristics that cannot be altered or spoofed by attackers, ensuring reliable device monitoring and detection of unauthorized or rogue devices.
The unparalleled visibility of IT, OT and IoT assets in a single pane of view, scaled across the entire asset surface, helps security teams better understand their complex asset ecosystem and serves as the crucial foundation to effective asset risk management.
Granular policies
Sepio offers flexible and granular policy creation, allowing organizations to control their asset risks according to their specific business needs and regulatory requirements. Customers can create multiple, differentiated policies based on various parameters, including asset hardware and software characteristics, such as device type or vendor; Sepio Asset Risk Factors; or custom tags for even greater versatility.
By establishing fine-grained scalable policies to manage asset risks, organizations can manage their diverse asset surface with flexibility, close control gaps, and uphold compliance requirements.
Automated enforcement
Sepio enables action at scale by automatically enforcing policies uniformly and definitively across the entire asset surface, allowing organizations to regain and maintain control of their dynamic ecosystem.
Automated policy enforcement saves organizations from the unreliability and inconsistency of manual enforcement, whereby policies may not be applied coherently. It also enables organizations to respond to threats faster, significantly reducing the mean time to remediation.
"Security teams and IT managers require a reliable asset inventory, upon which they can automatically enforce flexible, tailor-made risk-based policies. We're proud to bring such capabilities to the market in a single solution, making it easier than ever before for organizations to manage their asset risks", said Appleboum.
About Sepio
Sepio provides the first hardware asset risk management platform based on device existence. The company's solution offers customers actionable visibility, policy enforcement and mitigation capabilities, allowing them to confidently manage their asset risks. The solution does not require any traffic or activity monitoring – and as such is use case and device agnostic, whether it is IT/OT/IoT. If an asset connects to your infrastructure, Sepio will report it. At any scale, within less than 24 hours, you can see, assess and mitigate your asset risks and strengthen your cybersecurity posture.
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