Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Silicon Labs) is worldwide fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. Silicon Labs provides silicon, software and solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), Internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets.

Silicon Labs was founded in 1996 and pioneered RF and CMOS integration, developing the first CMOS RF synthesizer for mobile phones. Since the company’s inception, Silicon Labs has focused on connectivity solutions, starting with PC modems and most recently as a leading provider of solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) with an emphasis on connectivity, performance, energy savings, and simplicity. Its products include microcontrollers (MCUs), wireless SoCs, timing devices, low-power sensors, and broadcast solutions. The company’s software stack solutions include firmware libraries, protocol-based software, and the Simplicity Studio development platform.

Silicon Labs has shipped more than 7 billion devices worldwide and has more than 1,500 patents issued and pending. Based in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has approximately 1,250 employees worldwide and sales, research and development offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Silicon Labs’ customers include Samsung, Huawei, LG, Cisco, Alcatel, Harman Becker, and Technicolor.

Silicon Labs provides solutions and software for use in a variety of electronic products in a range of applications including portable devices, AM/FM radios and other consumer electronics, networking equipment, test and measurement equipment, industrial monitoring and control, home automation and customer premises equipment. These products integrate complex mixed-signal functions that are frequently performed by numerous discrete components in competing products into a single chip or chipset. Silicon Labs’ portfolio is organized around four primary businesses:

Silicon Labs groups products into several product families.

Silicon Labs is involved in the development of both the ZigBee and Thread wireless protocol standards for Internet of Things devices. Silicon Labs was a founding member of both the ZigBee Board and the Thread Group, and is an associate member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group along with being part of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Silicon Labs is a Gold member of the Open Connectivity Foundation.