GainSpan, a

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-based semiconductor company, designs and markets ultra-low power Wi-Fi technology. It offers Wi-Fi chips, software, and embedded Wi-Fi modules. The company provides

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technology for the residential housing, healthcare, and smart energy industries. It has more than 90 employees primarily working in research and development at its two R&D centers in San Jose, California and Bangalore, India.

History

Engineers from Intel Corporation created GainSpan in September 2006 with the goal of reducing the power consumption of traditional Wi-Fi. GainSpan was the first company to optimize Wi-Fi chips for low power consumption and to apply new power management techniques to target long battery life applications. Greg Winner was appointed CEO of GainSpan in 2010. In August 2010, GainSpan launched its GS1011M

module that companies can integrate into their products to provide WiFi connectivity. GainSpan created the GS2000 in 2013. It was the first chip developed to combine both Wi-Fi and

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IP. In January 2014, GainSpan became the low-power Wi-Fi technology supplier for Solem Electronique's WiFi irrigation controller and Wi-Fi outdoor lighting system. In January 2015, GainSpan was selected as a partner to integrate its GS2000 modules into Ring's HD video doorbells. In 2017, GainSpan was acquired by

Telit Cinterion Telit Cinterion (known as Telit prior to January 1, 2023) is an Internet of Things (IoT) Enabler company headquartered in Irvine, California, United States. It is a privately held company with key operations in the US, Brazil, Italy, Israel, an ...

for US$ 8 million. Telit took the 60 software and application tech team based in Bangalore as leverage and used them to expand their research and development facilities.

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External links

*http://www.gainspan.com Companies based in San Jose, California Semiconductor companies of the United States Electronics companies established in 2006 Electronics companies disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in California 2006 establishments in California 2017 mergers and acquisitions American companies established in 2006 American companies disestablished in 2017