Matter Protocol to Speed Wireless Adoption for Smart Home: Qorvo CEO

Qorvo more than doubled its revenue year over year at Samsung, with growth across multiple product categories, said CEO Bob Bruggeworth on an earnings call Wednesday for fiscal Q4 ended April 2. Qorvo supplies Wi-Fi 6E modules, antenna control, RF power management chips and other components for Samsung’s “mass-tier and flagship 5G smartphone programs,” he said. Qorvo in previous years had been “underrepresented” at Samsung, but now “the combined opportunity extends for years,” he said. Qorvo’s “customer diversification in mobile” affords the company “an expanding set of opportunities as 5G continues to grow,” he said. In support of the Matter connectivity protocol for smart home, “we expanded customer engagements with retail and service providers to integrate Matter into Wi-Fi gateways,” said the CEO. “Matter is an open and universal smart home protocol expected to simplify and accelerate the adoption of seamless and reliable wireless connectivity.”