Silicon Labs

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Founders
  • Nav Sooch
  • Dave Welland
  • Jeff Scott
Headquarters
Austin, Texas, United States
Key people
Matt Johnson (CEO)
Nav Sooch (chairman)
Products
RevenueDecrease US$782 million (2023)
Decrease -US$24 million (2023)
Decrease -US$34.5 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$1.44 billion (2023)
Total equityDecrease US$1.2 billion (2023)
Number of employees
1,846 (December 2023)
Websitesilabs.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Silicon Laboratories, Inc., commonly referred to as Silicon Labs, is a fabless global technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors, other silicon devices and software, which it sells to electronics design engineers and manufacturers in Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure worldwide.

It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. The company focuses on microcontrollers (MCUs) and wireless system on chips (SoCs) and modules. The company also produces software stacks including firmware libraries and protocol-based software, and a free software development platform called Simplicity Studio.[3]

Silicon Labs was founded in 1996 and two years later released its first product, an updated DAA design that enabled manufacturers to reduce the size and cost of a modem.[4] During its first three years, the company focused on RF and CMOS integration,[4] and developed the world's first CMOS RF synthesizer for mobile phones which was released in 1999.[4] Following the appointment of Tyson Tuttle as the CEO in 2012,[5] Silicon Labs has increasingly focused on developing technologies for the IoT market,[6] which in 2019 accounted for more than 50 percent of the company's revenue,[7] but in 2020 had increased to about 58 percent.[8]

In 1998, Silicon Labs released its first product, an updated Direct Access Arrangement (DAA) design that enabled manufacturers to reduce the size and cost of a modem.

In August 2019, Silicon Labs had more than 1,770 patents worldwide issued or pending.[9]

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  2. ^ "Silicon Labs 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2024-02-20.
  3. ^ "The EFM8 Series from Silicon Laboratories: A Powerful New Embedded Development Platform". www.allaboutcircuits.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  4. ^ a b c Arensman, Russ. "Mixed-signal designers find the right mix". EDN. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ^ Leopold, George. "Tuttle replaces Sayiner as CEO at Silicon Labs". EETimes. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ^ "Silicon Labs Tackles IoT Challenges | Applied Materials". www.appliedmaterials.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ^ Merritt, Rick. "IoT Modules Grow at Silicon Labs". EETimes. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ^ Carlson, Kara. "Austin's Silicon Labs sells off business unit in $2.75 billion deal". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  9. ^ "2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Silicon Labs. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.