Synaptics Incorporated expanded its Veros wireless lineup with its first Wi-Fi 7 chips designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). The new SYN4390 and SYN4384 parts support up to 320 MHz channel bandwidth to reach peak speeds of 5.8 Gbps while keeping latency low. Each chip combines Wi-Fi 7 with Bluetooth 6.0 and Zigbee/Thread connectivity and supports the Matter standard. An integrated RF front-end and power management IC help cut both system cost and energy use, making these chips a good fit for smart home hubs, security cameras and in-car entertainment systems.
Wi-Fi 7’s multi-link operation (MLO) lets devices send and receive data across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands at the same time. This boosts throughput and keeps connections reliable for real-time uses such as 8K video streaming, interactive gaming, immersive AR/VR and security monitoring. To further save power, the chips include dual-core ARM processors and onboard memory so they can handle networking tasks themselves, reducing the load on the main host processor. Bluetooth Low Energy Audio, Channel Sounding and LE Long Range round out the feature set for low-power wireless links.
Venkat Kodavati, SVP and GM of Wireless Products at Synaptics said the growth of Wi-Fi 7 infrastructure opens the door to more powerful IoT devices. He noted that pairing Veros chips with Astra AI-Native compute platform of Synaptics will give developers an easy path to build connected, AI-driven products featuring capabilities like Wi-Fi sensing. ABI Research forecasts annual shipments of Wi-Fi 7 chipsets will top two billion units by 2029, growing at a 56% CAGR from 2024 to 2029. Andrew Zignani of ABI Research added that custom-made SoCs are key to meet the varied needs of different IoT segments.
