Greenvity Communications has entered into a technology partnership agreement with MegaChips Corp. to jointly develop a series of connectivity technologies for smart energy management and electric vehicle applications. The collaboration aims to deliver products that will enable consumers and utility companies to monitor, manage and optimize energy usage for smart-grid connected appliances, equipment and electric vehicles through smart meters and home gateways.
The companies have a combined vision to develop technologies and patent-pending techniques that ensure intelligent and reliable communication among applications in the global home area network (HAN) and smart energy management market segments. Greenvity will focus on mixed-signal, RF and signal processing IC technologies, while MegaChips will contribute its expertise in digital IC, software and manufacturable system design along with its history of delivering successful, high volume products to the Japan market.