Samsung introduced its first UWB chip Exynos Connect U100. Along with it, the Korean giant also announced the new Exynos Connect brand for semiconductor chips that offer short-range wireless connectivity such as UWB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
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The Exynos Connect U100 chip offers UWB connectivity with an accuracy of a few centimeters and precise informacemi about direction (less than 5 degrees). It is designed for use in smartphones, tablets, cars and IoT devices. UWB is a relatively new wireless technology that can transmit data at high speed using a wide frequency spectrum and short distances. Thanks to its ability to provide informace about direction is increasingly used to connect to digital keys and smart locators. It can also be used for mobile payments, smart homes and smart factories.
Samsung's new UWB chip may be useful for location tracking in challenging indoor environments, such as shopping malls, where GPS is not available. It can also help improve the accuracy of virtual and augmented reality applications. It includes RF (Radio Frequency), baseband, built-in flash memory and power management. It will likely be used in future smartphones, tablets, smart locators and other IoT products. To protect it from hackers, Samsung equipped it with STS (Scrambled Timestamp Function) and a secure hardware encryption engine.
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The chip has been certified by the FiRa Consortium, which checks the interoperability of UWB devices. In addition, it is CCC certified (Car Connectivity Consortium) Digital Key Release 3.0, enabling it to be used as a digital car key in compatible connected vehicles. Samsung can be expected to use it in future phones Galaxy and smart locators.
