NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) announced on May 15 this year the availability of new devices within its KW3x family of microcontrollers (MCUs). The new KW39/38/37 MCUs add Bluetooth 5.0 long-range capabilities and expanded Bluetooth advertising channels. These enhancements are made while offering seamless migration with hardware, software and tools compatibility with the previous generation of devices, KW34/35/36. The connectivity MCUs allow Bluetooth LE devices to communicate at distances of more than a mile and increase the amount of Bluetooth advertising channels and advertising data within the Bluetooth standard, the predominant IoT protocol. The new wireless MCU solutions allow developers to address emerging use cases within automotive and industrial digitization.
Until 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) will reach 1.3 trillion USD, and the IoT devices will reach 30 billion units. In the next 25 years, the requirement of IoT devices will increase to 80 billion. ( Research Institute IDC company forecast)
In 2025, there will be 1.8 billion Mobile IoT connects in 3.1 billion cellular IoT in the world. The GSMA expected that by 2025, there will be 13.8 billion industrial IoT connections, and 65% will form the Asia-Pacic and China (6.3 billion). (GSMA)
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