Samsung, this week unveiled the ARTIK platform, an open platform that includes a best-in-class family of integrated production-ready modules, advanced software, development boards, drivers, tools, security features and cloud connectivity designed to help accelerate development of smarter Internet of Things (IoT) devices, solutions and services.
As an open platform, Samsung said that the ARTIK can be easily customized for more rapid deployment of IoT devices and the services that can be delivered using them.
According to Samsung, the ARTIK platform comes in a variety of configurations to meet the specific requirements of a wide range of devices from wearables and home automation, to smart lighting and industrial applications. All members of the Samsung ARTIK family incorporate unique embedded hardware security technology, on-board memory and advanced processing power in an open platform.
The ARTIK family of IoT chips comes in three different options, ARTIK 1, the smallest IoT module which combines Bluetooth/BLE connectivity for low-power, small form-factor IoT applications, ARTIK 5 , a medium module with 1GHz dual-core processor,on-board DRAM and flash memory for home hubs, drones and high-end wearables and the high end ARTIK 10 with eight-core processor, full 1080p video decoding/encoding, 5.1 audio and 2GB DRAM along with 16GB flash memory and which includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE and ZigBee connectivity for home servers, media applications, and in industrial settings.
Young Sohn, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung Electronics
We are providing the industry’s most advanced, open and secure platform for developing IoT products. By leveraging Samsung’s high-volume manufacturing, advanced silicon process and packaging technologies, and extensive ecosystem, ARTIK allows developers to rapidly turn great ideas into market leading IoT products and applications. Industry requirements for IoT devices vary in terms of battery life, computational horse power and form factor.
