Thursday, October 4, 2018

Semtech Expands IoT Efforts In China With Alibaba

Camarillo-based Semtech said today that it has inked a deal with Chinese internet giant Alibaba, as part of an effort to expand use of its LoRa wireless technology in China. According to Semtech, it has extended an Internet of Things (IoT) collaboration effort with the Alibaba Cloud, to help tackle use cases such as logistics tracking, air quality, food safety compliance, and smoke detecting safety. Financial details of the collaboration were not announced. As part of the collaboration, Semtech said that Alibaba Cloud showed off a demonstration "Airship Balloon" which connects sensors from 20 meters underground to 40,000 meters above ground, to showcase the LoRa Technology. Semtech's LoRa devices provide low-power wireless radio communications for Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.