based fabless company developing semiconductor products and software solutions for the ieee 802.15.4 and zigbee wireless market segment . zigbee technology is used for smart home data communications and to facilitate the internet of things the term used to refer to devices designed to be operated and managed by internet enabled controllers and management systems . greenpeak technologies type private industry semiconductors founded 2005 founder cees links 1 headquarters utrecht netherlands number of locations belgium france japan korea united states china india products rf silicon communication controller chips for wireless smart home applications & the internet of things number of employees 100 website greenpeak.com contents 1 industry standards 2 products 3 acquisition by qorvo 4 references 5 external links industry standards edit wireless sensor applications prosper best within the sphere of industry standards . standards offer oems the freedom to purchase from a larger pool of suppliers and most importantly standards allow devices from different vendors to interoperate a feature which is paramount in applications ranging from building automation to industrial automation . greenpeak s development is based on open industry standards and based on the ieee 802.15.4 wireless network standard and supports the open global standards of the zigbee alliance products edit greenpeak s product offering contains communication controller chips for zigbee smart home and iot applications for ieee 802.15.4 . the product portfolio features small size ultra low power communications chips with integrated software tools and reference designs for seamless integration into residential and consumer electronics applications . greenpeak is member of the gsa global semiconductor alliance acquisition by qorvo edit on 17 april 2016 it was announced that greenpeak had agreed to be acquired by qorvo . 2 after the acquisition greenpeak would continue to function in netherlands as the lowpower wireless systems business unit in the infrastructure and defense products idp group of qorvo . cees links former ceo of greenpeak technologies was announced to take over as the general manager of this business unit . references edit cees links recorded pre takeover interviewed on the tv show triangulation on the twit.tv network 1 qorvo to acquire iot solution provider greenpeak technologies external links edit greenpeak official website zigbee alliance ieee 802.15.4 world economic forum technology pioneer greenpeak technology pioneer in category energy & environment deloitte deloitte fast 50 winner 2014 eeweb shaping smart homes of the future on world zigbee will lead the wireless sensor network market to 1 billion units in 2017 frost and sullivan about greenpeak gimv greenpeak in gimv cleantech and technology investment fund portfolio eetimes the smart home gets another standard embedded magazine bringing the three flavors of zigbee together in the smart home electronic specifier who will win the battle of the iot standards white paper the power of zigbee 3.0 white paper the different iot wireless communication standards explained white paper sentrollers and the world of small data white paper smart home networking retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greenpeak technologies & oldid 739648748 categories companies of the netherlandshome automationwireless sensor networkfabless semiconductor companiessemiconductor companiesdutch brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 01 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view