An estimated 20.8 billion objects will be connected to the Internet by 2010.
If the saying that “anything that can be connected, will be connected” is true, then IoT will dramatically change the way we interact with all of the physical objects, which will change almost every aspect of our daily lives. The opportunities and connections that IoT creates are so vast that we aren't even able to think of or fully comprehend the impact of how IoT will change our lives. According to the Nov. 10, 2015 Garner Report, by 2016, we can expect to see 6.4 billion connected objects and an IoT market that will support a total of $235 billion of spending on services. By 2020, the Gartner Report predicts that the number of connected objects will grow to 20.8 billion.
Along with the opportunities, IoT brings many challenges, such as security and privacy, all of which require a multidisciplinary approach and surroundings that conducive to testing the concept in a real world environment – a kind of living laboratory or microcosm of the larger world outside. Yokneam's unique mix of many different technologies and life styles all located in a small town atmosphere provide just that environment – one that is ideal for developing and testing IoT.
PLSense technology extends the battery life by a factor of 3-5X in real applications. Usage of the PLSense technology will bring ultra-low power devices to mainstream IoT and other high-volume applications.
The majority of the emerging tens of billions of connected Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are battery operated. Devices such as Wearable well-being devices, smart-home sensors and actuators, always-on sensors in mobile devices, hearing aids etc. will surround us anywhere, anytime.
Reducing the power consumption of the silicon powering these applications extends the battery life, reduces the frequency of battery replacement, enables richer feature-set of the devices and enables usage of smaller and lighter batteries.
The operating voltage of standard solutions is well above the Threshold Voltage (VT) of the silicon, enabling fast and robust operation between cut-off (“0”) and saturation (“1”). PLSense technology enables reducing the operating voltage to Near-Threshold or Sub-Threshold levels. This significantly reduces the power consumption and saves 70-80% of the dynamic power consumption and over 80% of the leakage power.
PLSense technology and products overcome the technological and commercial challenges associated with the Near/Sub Threshold domain.