http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/07/ember-lands-8m-for-a-hefty-slice-of-the-smart-grid/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/07/ember-lands-8m-for-a-hefty-slice-of-the-smart-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-861782 BobG Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:45:38 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=106025#comment-861782 Just to be clear, Ember supplies the chips to folks like Tendril, Greenbox and EnergyHub, so these folks are not "hot on their heels" - they're Ember's customers, as are most of the meter guys. As for the the "large scale" chip companies, they're already in the ZigBee chip business, and have been all along (see TI, Freescale, Atmel, etc.). Still, at 7 million chips/year market, it would seem tough for anyone to make money... Just to be clear, Ember supplies the chips to folks like Tendril, Greenbox and EnergyHub, so these folks are not “hot on their heels” – they're Ember's customers, as are most of the meter guys. As for the the “large scale” chip companies, they're already in the ZigBee chip business, and have been all along (see TI, Freescale, Atmel, etc.). Still, at 7 million chips/year market, it would seem tough for anyone to make money…

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