Companies collaborate to bring best-in-class solutions to the cellular IoT market

08-11-2019 | Renesas | Subs & Systems

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altair Semiconductor are partnering to facilitate ultra-small and ultra-low-power cellular IoT solutions for the global IoT market. Cellular IoT device makers can use this combination of best-in-class solutions to produce highly differentiated IoT products and services that provide much greater efficiencies and faster time to market. These integrated solutions will be provided through Renesas’ sales channels, allowing cellular connectivity to all of its markets.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Altair to deliver the industry’s best cellular IoT solutions to the booming IoT market,” said Sailesh Chittipeddi, executive vice president and general manager of Renesas’ IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit. “Our combined technical excellence and differentiated IP will allow us to design the smallest and lowest power multi-protocol cellular chip-to-cloud solution for Industrial IoT applications desired by our customers for their next-generation products.”

“This collaboration makes Altair’s technology accessible to the full breadth of Renesas customers and partners ecosystem,” said Oded Melamed, CEO of Altair Semiconductor. “The Integration of Altair’s differentiated cellular IoT technology with Renesas’ industry-leading MCUs will make this great technology immediately accessible to the mass market of IoT devices and service providers.”

By Natasha Shek