Freescale‘s newest chip is as thin as a blade of grass. Targeted at Internet of Things applications, which are expected to become a$1.7 trillion market by 2020, the Kinetis K22
microcontroller from Freescale is just 0.34 millimeters in height. But it packs a 120-megahertz processor and a variety of memories and interfaces into a tiny little package for Internet of
Things applications. It’s small enough to serve as the chip brain of secure credit cards, wearables, and other razor-thin consumer electronics. Multiple products using the chip are expected to
debut in the months ahead.
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