Silicon Labs has announced that its MG26 family of wireless SoCs is now available through the company and its distribution partners. As one of the most advanced high-performance matter and concurrent multiprotocol solution, the MG26 SoC features double the Flash and RAM of other Silicon Labs multiprotocol devices, advanced AI/ML processing, and best-in-class security.
“With MG26, we’re not just setting a new standard in multiprotocol wireless performance for battery-based, low-power smart home applications—we’re redefining what’s possible for the future of IoT connectivity with Matter,” said Jacob Alamat, Senior Vice President for the Home and Life business unit at Silicon Labs. “This device empowers developers to create smarter, safer, and more powerful solutions in an increasingly connected world.”
Further enhancing security through its Custom Part Manufacturing Service (CPMS), Silicon Labs allows customers to customise their order with their own Matter device attestation certificates (DAC), simplifying and accelerating product launches using Silicon Labs Matter-enabled SoCs while preventing IP theft and counterfeiting.
The AI/ML capabilities of the new SoC enhance its performance in critical tasks such as predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, keyword detection, vision, and other applications spanning the IoT.
THe MG26 family offers:
- Higher compute in a multicore format with an Arm Cortex-M33 CPU and dedicated cores for the radio and security subsystems, freeing up the main core for customer applications
- Doubled Flash, RAM, and GPIO capacity compared with the MG24 device family, allowing IoT device builders to develop advanced Edge applications that leverage larger, more accurate machine learning models for improved performance. It also allows for the processing of larger machine learning workloads like higher resolution vision
- Embedded AI/ML hardware acceleration, enabling up to 8x faster processing of machine learning algorithms using as little as 1/6th the power compared to running on the CPU. Silicon Labs’ new AI/ML Developer Journey provides an easy on-ramp for developers to start building new models to take advantage of this processing power.
- Best-in-class security with Silicon Labs Secure Vault and ARM TrustZone, compliant with all Matter security requirements
- Concurrent multiprotocol, enabling the ability to run both Zigbee and Matter over Thread at the same time, simplifying SKU management for the product manufacturer and ease of use for the end user
- Industry-leading RF performance to energy-efficiency ratio, with transmission power of up to +19.5 dBm and world-leading receiver sensitivity with ultra-low TX, RX, and sleep currents enable long-life battery-powered IoT devices with superior wireless performance
Smart lock manufacturer Nuki, which will enter the US market in 2025, chose SIlicon Labs as a Matter partner for their newest Smart Lock to achieve reliable, efficient connectivity. This is Nuki’s first lock that’s not only compatible with European doors but also US deadbolts.
“Silicon Labs’s Matter-ready SoCs enable us to bring super compact, battery-driven devices with parallel support for several communication protocols to the market,” said Jürgen Pansy, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Nuki. “Our latest innovation, the award-winning Smart Lock, supports Matter via Thread using Silicon Labs hardware that saves energy and space in the lock’s design to allow for additional connectivity integrations like Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi.”
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