GreenPeak Technologies

GreenPeak Technologies

Type	Private
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	2005
Founder	Cees Links
Headquarters	Utrecht, Netherlands
Number of locations	Belgium, France, Japan, Korea, United States
Products	RF Silicon - Communication controller chips for wireless Smart Home applications
Website	GreenPeak.com

GreenPeak Technologies is an Utrecht, Netherlands-based fabless company developing semiconductor products and software solutions for the ZigBee wireless market segment. ZigBee technology is used for Smart Home data communications and to facilitate the Internet of Things, the term used to refer to devices designed to be operated and managed by Internet-enabled controllers and management systems.

History

GreenPeak was formed in June 2007 through the merger of Dutch company Xanadu Wireless and the Belgian company Ubiwave. Both companies focused on extreme low power sensor networks. In July 2007, the company was launched as GreenPeak Technologies.

GreenPeak is privately owned and backed by venture capitalists: Gimv (Belgium), DFJ Esprit (UK), Robert Bosch Venture Capital (Germany) and Allegro Investment Fund(Belgium).

Operations

GreenPeak offers its wireless products and technology to corporate OEMs and ODMs for integration with their application and focuses on the world market in the United States, Latin-America, Europe and Asia.

GreenPeak is based in Utrecht (Netherlands) and has offices in Zele (Belgium), France, Japan, Korea and the United States.

Industry standards

Wireless sensor applications prosper best within the sphere of industry standards. Standards offer OEMs the freedom to purchase from a larger pool of suppliers and most importantly, standards allow devices from different vendors to interoperate, a feature which is paramount in applications ranging from building automation to industrial automation.

GreenPeak's development is based on open industry standards and based on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless network standard and supports the open global standards of the ZigBee Alliance

Products

GreenPeak’s product offering contains communication controller chips for ZigBee Smart Home applications for IEEE 802.15.4. The product portfolio features small size, ultra low-power communications chips, with integrated software, tools and reference designs for seamless integration into residential and consumer electronics applications.

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