InnoPhase Touts Low-Power Single-Chip Platform for Edge-Based IoT Products

Fabless semiconductor company InnoPhase announced the Talaria Two platform, a single-chip wireless IoT platform it says can create a new class of IoT products that "can cut the power cord and be battery-based with a DTIM3 specification at least half that of leading lowpower Wi-Fi solutions." Talaria Two comprises a multiprotocol transceiver, MAC/PHY, digital power amplifier and embedded ARM processor for lightweight IoT applications, said the company. Talaria Two uses the company’s PolaRFusion radio architecture, which processes radio signals using polar coordinates rather than traditional IQ coordinates. It’s said to significantly reduce the power required to transmit, process, and receive wireless information by moving most of the radio signal processing from power-hungry analog circuits, found in today’s IQ-architecture wireless solutions, into power- and size-efficient digital logic. Initial customer products showed battery life improvements of more than 50 percent vs. competitive solutions, it said, allowing “weeks, months or even years longer between battery charging or replacement.” The chip can actively manage 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 for edge-of-network applications, said the company. Teknique chose Talaria Two for a battery-powered camera targeted to consumer monitoring and commercial security markets for its ability to maintain Wi-Fi connectivity at "extremely low 2 power levels and eliminating the need for a wireless hub," said CEO Ben Bodley.