Mass-production of IoT Chips
Samsung Electronics announced on August 23 that the company would launch the Exinos i-S111, an integrated chip supporting the narrow band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) which utilizes Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile telecommunication networks. This will be the first time that Samsung Electronics will mass-produced semiconductor chips for the remote IOT.
The Exinosi S111 is an IoT product that can transmit and receive data such as water, gas and electricity meter readings and the location of infants and pets from a long distance. NB-IoT is a standard telecommunication technology that exchanges a small amount of data at a low power level in all regions covered by telecommunication service carriers based on LTE base stations unlike Bluetooth and WiFi over a short distance.
Samsung integrated the functions of a modem, a processor, a memory, and the satellite navigation satellite system (GNSS) into the Exinosi S111. Therefore, the product will be able to help corporate customers that will receive this product in the future miniaturize IoT devices.
In addition, the Exinosi S111 has the ability to minimize power consumption by switching itself to the sleep mode when not transmitting or receiving data, so only two AA batteries can power finished an NB-IoT product for more than ten years.