Last week, the Connectivity Standards Alliance had its first Member Meeting of the year in Chicago with hundreds of industry leaders and experts coming together to advance the Alliance’s technologies.
It was a full week for the NXP team who attended, contributing to dozens of sessions, meeting with partners and customers, and showcasing our latest solutions as a demo sponsor. It was kicked off with a Fireside Chat between the Alliance’s CEO Tobin Richardson and OpenADR Alliance Managing and Technical Director Rolf Bienert discussing trends in the smart energy industry. Then Jennifer Kent, VP of Research at Parks Associates, shared her insights on the future of smart home technology. With adoption of smart home technology accelerating, the focus is shifting to a few key areas such as energy management, the user experience, access control and the impact of AI. It is truly about transforming the smart home into an intelligent and autonomous home.
The week continued with sessions ranging from use case definitions to technical implementation work in the Matter, Zigbee, Aliro and Product Security Working Groups. The power of bringing experts together to advance these standards was inspiring.
NXP continues to invest strategically in areas like energy management, certification simplification and inheritance, onboarding across different technologies, such as Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth LE, security and ambient awareness. NXP will also continue to expand on recent Matter releases of ecosystem control with enhanced multiadmin, including the joint fabric method which can be especially valuable to professional home and commercial building installations.
NXP showcased many exciting demos during the Member Meeting. Learn more about the event and the demos pictured on the NXP Member Meeting page.
The networking opportunities and showcases from member companies on their technologies are always incredibly productive. NXP was proud to be a demo sponsor and to engage with the industry in demonstrating our latest Matter solutions including Zigbee to Matter bridging and additional ways of commissioning Matter devices that will be released in future versions of Matter. We also had an Aliro Pre-Release Technology demo for access control integrating NFC, UWB, Bluetooth Low Energy and security. With the continued collaboration and efforts from NXP and other Alliance members, the future of intelligent smart homes and buildings looks brighter than ever before.
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Sujata Neidig has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and is currently Director of Marketing for Wireless Connectivity where she drives product marketing and standards efforts for IoT connectivity. She also represents NXP on the Thread Group and Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Board of Directors as well as serving as Thread Group’s VP of Marketing. She is based in Austin, TX.