Chipcon AS Surpasses 1 Million Shipments Of ZigBee 802.15.4 Chips

Oslo Norway, and San Diego California -- Chipcon AS announced the shipment of over 1 million ZigBee ready, IEEE 802.15.4 RF chips. The chips, part of Chipcon's ZigBee compliant wireless device networking solution utilizing its sister company Figure 8 Wireless' Z-Stack, represent only the opening act of Chipcon's ZigBee solutions as it readies the single chip CC2430 for market. To date over 1000 companies have ordered CC2420 development or evaluation kits world wide.

"The fact that we have already reached 1 million units is a significant milestone not only for Chipcon, but for the entire ZigBee 802.15.4 market," commented Geir Fore, President and CEO of Chipcon AS. Chipcon is currently working with leading OEMs in multiple application segments including building automation, automated meter reading, industrial monitoring, and healthcare. Mr. Fore added, "Our success has been based on our ability to reach the market early with a working and compliant platform, and our ability to anticipate our end customer's systems needs". He added, "We expect even further market traction in the second half of 2005, and it is now evident that the ZigBee standard is the clear winner in the wireless controls market."

SOURCE: Chipcon AS