Wi-Fi 7 family tailored for the IoT unveiled

Synaptics Incorporated has extended its Veros wireless portfolio with its first family of Wi-Fi 7 SoCs tailored for the IoT. Comprising the SYN4390 and SYN4384, the scalable offering supports bandwidths up to 320MHz to deliver 5.8Gbps peak speed and low latency. The triple-combo SoCs integrate Wi-Fi 7 with Bluetooth 6.0 and Zigbee/Thread, support Matter, and are designed to minimise system cost and power consumption. They target IoT applications needing reliable performance-over-range for improved user experiences across use cases, including 8K video streaming, interactive gaming, security monitoring, immersive AR/VR, and home and automotive entertainment.

Wi-Fi 7’s multi-link operation (MLO) permits the devices to send and receive a data stream using multiple frequency bands (2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz) simultaneously in support of low latency, reliable connections, and high throughput for real-time applications like video calls and gaming. The company’s architecture supplies a power-efficient, cost-effective way to deliver the benefits of MLO.

“Growing adoption of Wi-Fi 7 in wireless networking infrastructure has created an opportunity to address a massive and diverse array of Wi-Fi 7-enabled IoT end-user devices by extending our Veros portfolio,” said Venkat Kodavati, SVP and GM of Wireless Products at Synaptics. “We are bringing the benefits of Wi-Fi 7 in a versatile solution for high-performance, low-power IoT devices. Combined with the ease of integration with our Astra AI-Native compute platform, we expect that developers will have an efficient solution for implementing next-generation connected and AI-enriched IoT products with features such as Wi-Fi Sensing.”

“Wi-Fi 7 is ushering in a new era of more enriching and sophisticated use cases for connected devices thanks to its channel bandwidth, throughput, and latency improvements,” said Andrew Zignani, senior research director, ABI Research. “However, the requirements for implementation vary by product type, and edge IoT introduces challenges that differ from PCs or infrastructure applications. Synaptics’ diverse Wi-Fi 7 solutions are tailored to address these unique needs, including low power, support for multiple connectivity protocols, and AI. These will be critical in enabling Wi-Fi 7’s expansion across multiple IoT segments, reaching billions of annual device shipments over the next few years.”

The Wi-Fi 7 IoT family’s support of Matter and its triple combo design supplies the interoperability needed to enable the devices to serve as versatile home hubs that can operate across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee/Thread networks in heterogeneous wireless environments.