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Samsung's $100 Million Internet Of Things Bet Is Even Crazier Than You Think

January 27, 2015

Samsung has thrown its weight behind an effort called Thread, which also has the backing of Nest, processor designer ARM, and a few other industry players. As Parks Associates analyst Tom Kerber explains, Thread works by assigning every device its own IP address, and brings numerous benefits including end-to-end encryption and low power consumption. "If you think about longer-term, it's very likely that a lot of the intelligence is going to be in the end devices rather than in a central controller, so these end devices need to be addressable, and IP is kind of predominant," Kerber says.

From the article "Samsung's $100 Million Internet Of Things Bet Is Even Crazier Than You Think" by Jared Newman.

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