Skyworks Solutions Inc and Ember has teamed up to develop the industry's first portfolio of ZigBee front-end modules (FEM) targeting applications such as smart metres in energy management, home area networks (HAN), and industrial automation.

ZigBee is a wireless network standard that solves the unique needs of remote monitoring and control, and sensor-network applications. "Skyworks' partnership with Ember accelerates our efforts in the energy management industry by more than doubling our addressable market for front-end modules," said Stan Swearingen, Skyworks' vice   president and general manager of Linear Products.

"Ember and Skyworks are teaming together to create the industry's first ZigBee FEM that dramatically reduces component size, cost and power consumption," said Bob Gohn, Ember's vice president of   marketing. West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS) is forecasting the ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 market to grow at an annual rate of over 117 per cent -- from approximately 8.4 million units shipped in 2007 to as   many as 516 million in 2012.

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