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Yes. Maybe Samsung integrate this new WiFi into there SoC?
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Samsung buys cellular Wi-Fi chipset vendor
Dylan McGrath
6/1/2012 1:37 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO—South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Friday (June 1) it acquired Nanoradio AB, a Swedish developer of ultra low-power wireless LAN chipsets for mobile phones, for an undisclosed sum.
Nanoradio (Kista, Sweden) specializes in developing small form factor high performance Wi-Fi chipsets with low power consumption for cellular platforms. The firm has about 60 employees.
Samsung (Seoul, South Korea) did not disclosed any details about the transaction or its plans for Nanoradio.
Nanoradio, founded in 2004, had raised at least $73 million in venture funding, including $17 million from a group of several venture capital firms in 2010. In 2011, Nanoradio was named to Deloitte LLP's ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, placing 37 with a listed growth rate of 2,929 percent.
In 2009, Nanoradio announced it would supply Sharp Electronics Corp. with Wi-Fi chipsets for an integrated low power Wi-Fi system in package.
Nanoradio (Kista, Sweden) specializes in developing small form factor high performance Wi-Fi chipsets with low power consumption for cellular platforms. The firm has about 60 employees.
Samsung (Seoul, South Korea) did not disclosed any details about the transaction or its plans for Nanoradio.
Nanoradio, founded in 2004, had raised at least $73 million in venture funding, including $17 million from a group of several venture capital firms in 2010. In 2011, Nanoradio was named to Deloitte LLP's ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, placing 37 with a listed growth rate of 2,929 percent.
In 2009, Nanoradio announced it would supply Sharp Electronics Corp. with Wi-Fi chipsets for an integrated low power Wi-Fi system in package.
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elctrnx_lyf
6/2/2012 3:11 AM EDT
These acquisitions can deliver huge profits to Samsung in the future. With Internet of Things around the corner there could be huge demand for low power smaller size WiFi solutions.
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yalanand
6/2/2012 5:25 AM EDT
I think Samsung is following footsteps of Intel. Both the companies have huge revenue reserves and they can afford to invest in potential business opportunites.
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resistion
6/2/2012 8:14 PM EDT
Samsung is the only company capable of integrating all the key system components: storage, memory, logic, chipsets, packaging, display, etc. and wireless is another nice feather in its cap. But the other side to be considered is the VC influence. Looks like they wanted a quick return on their investment.
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KB3001
6/5/2012 4:26 AM EDT
Their capabilities are huge and complementary indeed. If they carry on like this, they will leave Intel in the dust...
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t.alex
6/2/2012 8:43 PM EDT
Super low power but will it affect the coverage/distance?
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goafrit
6/3/2012 7:14 AM EDT
It is evident that we are in the season of convergence in the industry. Many firms are coming together and that is good for business. If you have a reasonable good technology in the wireless domain, the chance of being bought is now very high.
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eewiz
6/4/2012 8:51 AM EDT
Nice Move. But nowadays the state of the art radio chipsets(from TI/BCom/CSR/Qcomm) integrates WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/FM on a single die. Just WiFi alone wont cut it IMO.
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rwik78
6/5/2012 12:04 AM EDT
There are "planned" applications of wi-fi only modules for internet enabled aparatus, from remote sensing cameras to home lighting systems to smart washing machines.
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t.alex
6/8/2012 10:54 PM EDT
Yes. Maybe Samsung integrate this new WiFi into there SoC?
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Robotics Developer
6/4/2012 2:37 PM EDT
Interesting move, I wonder what else they are looking at acquiring? I like the addition to Samsung and look forward to the products that result from this purchase. I wonder if they are looking to expand into handheld wireless cloud computing?
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I_B_GREEN
6/4/2012 5:59 PM EDT
probably going to do that with integration with other samsung technology
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I_B_GREEN
6/4/2012 6:00 PM EDT
Also for uber low power may need seperate chip for PAN only mode.
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MAVERICK23
6/5/2012 12:27 AM EDT
Certainly Samsung is a company which does not shy away from investing due to its giant portfolio.Definitely Wireless company acquisition has something coming up from them in the near future.
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yalanand
6/6/2012 7:06 AM EDT
@MAVERICK23, true maverick. Samsung is doing pretty good in its smartphone and tablet business. I am sure this move will help Samsung to provide enhancement to its existing products.
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