德州，奧斯汀和加州，弗里蒙特 - 2018年4月18日 - Silicon Labs公司（亦稱“芯科科技”，NASDAQ：SLAB）和Sigma Designs公司（納斯達克股票代碼：SIGM）今日宣布，Silicon Labs以2.4億美元的現金交易完成對Sigma Designs公司Z-Wave事業單位的收購，包括約100名員工的團隊。
Z-Wave是智能家居在網狀網絡方面領先的技術。 蓬勃發展的Z-Wave聯盟擁有遍布全球的700多家制造商和服務廠商，提供超過2,400種經過認證、可互操作的Z-Wave基礎設備。
結合Z-Wave網狀網絡技術和可互操作的產品特性，加上Silicon Labs 多協議的專業知識，智能家居研發人員可以取得大型、多樣的生態系統網絡，以及全方位的端節點（end-node）技術選項，為數百萬智能家居的潛在客戶提供廣大的商機。Silicon Labs此次的收購策略達成了為智能家居市場提供全方位無線硬件和軟件產品組合的目標，其中包括Wi-Fi?、Zigbee?、Thread、藍牙（Bluetooth?）和專有協議。
Silicon Labs首席執行官Tyson Tuttle表示：“結合Z-Wave、Silicon Labs應用廣泛的IoT連接產品組合，讓我們能夠在智能家居市場上達成無線技術一體化的愿景。安全、可互操作的客戶體驗是智能家居產品設計、部署和管理的核心。我們的智能家居愿景是多種技術能夠安全地共同運作，任何使用我們所有連接選項的設備均可輕松連接家庭網絡，并可自動執行安全更新和功能升級。”
Z-Wave副總裁兼總經理Raoul Wijgergangs表示：“合并后，Silicon Labs和Z-Wave聯盟及其生態系統將繼續精進Z-Wave的技術藍圖，為數以百萬計的智能家居產品用戶提供創新的技術。Z-Wave是種經過驗證、廣泛部署的技術，設備銷量已達到1億數量的市場里程碑。此次收購將推動多元生態系統網絡合作伙伴的共同合作，擴大對亞馬遜、Alarm.com、ADT、三星SmartThings，Yale，Vivint，Google Home和Comcast等的鏈接。”
Sigma Designs代理總裁兼首席執行官，暨首席財務官Elias Nader表示：“我們很高興Sigma Designs絕大多數股東能批準出售我們的Z-Wave事業單位給Silicon Labs。出售這項資產此一過程是可盡快將資金返還給股東的重要里程碑 。”
Silicon Labs預計此次收購將增加2018年non-GAAP的收益，并將在2018年4月25日美國中部時間上午7時30分，于2018會計年度第一季損益電話會議上另外提供財務細節和指引。
關于Z-Wave
Z-Wave?技術是一個開放、國際公認的ITU標準（G.9959）。它是目前領先市場上的無線智能家居技術之一，在全球擁有超過2400種經過認證的可互操作產品。該標準由Z-Wave聯盟代表，并得到全球700多家公司的支持，是居家安全與安防、能源、酒店、辦公和輕商業應用等智能生活解決方案的關鍵推動技術。
關于Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs Inc.?（納斯達克股票代碼：SIGM）持續開發用于行動物聯網（IoT）市場的技術。有關Sigma Designs的更多信息，請訪問www.sigmadesigns.com 。
關于Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs（NASDAQ：SLAB）是領先的芯片、軟件和解決方案供應商，致力于建立一個更智能、更互聯的世界。我們屢獲殊榮的技術正在塑造物聯網、互聯網基礎設施、工業自動化、消費電子和汽車市場的未來。我們世界一流的工程團隊創造的產品專注于性能、節能、互聯和簡易化。更多信息請瀏覽網站：www.silabs.com。
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