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▶ DAVIS, Calif. - After numerous delays,
the Matter 1.0 wireless specification
has finally arrived. The Connectivity
Standards Alliance, the international
community of more than 550 technology
companies committed to open standards
for the Internet of Things, has announced
the release of the Matter 1.0 specification
and the opening of the Matter certification
program.
Member companies who make up all
facets of the IoT now have a complete
program for bringing the next generation
of interoperable products that work
across brands and platforms to market
with greater privacy, security and simplicity
for consumers.
As part of the Matter 1.0 release, authorized
test labs are open for product
certification, the test harnesses and tools
are available, and the open-source reference
design software development kit
(SDK) is complete - all to bring new,
innovative products to market. Further,
Alliance members with devices already
deployed and with plans to update their
products to support Matter can now do
so, once their products are certified.
" What started as a mission to unravel
the complexities of connectivity has resulted
in Matter, a single, global IP-based
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ification validation to reach this industry
milestone, according to the Alliance.
More than just a specification, the
The Connectivity Standards Alliance
has several authorized test labs for
Matter devices.
protocol that will fundamentally change
the IoT, " says Tobin Richardson, president
and CEO of the Connectivity Standards
Alliance. " This release is the first
step on a journey our community and the
industry are taking to make the IoT more
simple, secure, and valuable no matter
who you are or where you live. "
More than 280 member companies
- including Amazon, Apple, Comcast,
Google, Samsung SmartThings and Signify
- have brought their technologies,
experience and innovations together to
ensure Matter met the needs of all stakeholders,
including users, product makers
and platforms. Collectively, these companies
led the way through requirements
and specification development, reference
design, multiple test events and final specCEDIA
Expo 2022 Draws 15K+ Attendees to Dallas
▶ DALLAS - CEDIA Expo 2022 attendee numbers have been
announced: 15,497 total registrants with a verified attendance
of 11,946 industry professionals and 317 exhibitors participated
in CEDIA Expo 2022 from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, at the Kay
Bailey Hutchison Convention Center here, according to the
organization.
CEDIA Expo 2022 marked a return to a full-scale live event
with more than 143,000 net square feet of exhibits, sound
rooms and highly engaging activations on the show floor. Last
year's show was staged in Indianapolis, but many companies
chose not to participate due to the impact of the COVID Delta
variant at the time.
" CEDIA Expo 2022 was an impressive return to in-person
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Matter 1.0 standard launches with test
cases and comprehensive test tools for Alliance
members and a global certification
program including eight authorized test
labs who are primed to test not only Matter,
but also Matter's underlying network
technologies, WiFi and Thread.
WiFi enables Matter devices to interact
over a high-bandwidth local network
and allows smart home devices to
communicate with the Cloud. Thread
provides an energy efficient and highly
reliable mesh network within the home.
Both the Wi-Fi Alliance and Thread
Group partnered with the Connectivity
Standards Alliance to help realize the
complete vision of Matter.
This initial release of Matter, running
over Ethernet, WiFi and Thread, and
using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for
device commissioning, will support a
variety of common smart home products,
including lighting and electrical,
HVAC controls, window coverings and
shades, safety and security sensors, door
locks, media devices including TVs,
controllers as both devices and applications,
and bridges.
events for the custom systems integration channel, " noted
Jason McGraw, CTS, group vice president for CEDIA Expo and
KBIS, Emerald. " The strong turnout of attendees to this year's
show exceeded expectations and we performed much better
than most industry events held this year in terms of working
back to pre-pandemic numbers. "
More than 40% of attendees were first-time attendees,
McGraw says. CEDIA Expo 2022 featured 50 new exhibitors,
including AWOL Vision, Pulse-Eight and Simcraft, and the highly
anticipated return of Crestron, returning to the CEDIA Expo
for the first time since 2015.
CEDIA Expo 2023, which will be co-located with the newly
introduced Commercial Integrator Expo, will take place Sept.
6-9, 2023, in Denver.
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