大力擴充公司確定性以太網技術和專業知識，為高度同步的工業自動化網絡及工業物聯網提供強大的實時連接

 Analog Devices, Inc.(NASDAQ:ADI)今日宣布收購Innovasic Inc.——確定性以太網半導體和軟件解決方案的領先供應商。此次收購完成后，ADI公司可掌握一整套多協議工業以太網解決方案，并為適用于工業自動化和工業物聯網(IoT)的ADI智能自動化解決方案產品組合增添關鍵的配套技術。

目前，工業自動化市場正逐步從串行現場總線向以太網連接轉變，同時，工業物聯網日趨普及，敏感的工業自動化應用亟需高度可靠的實時以太網連接。ADI公司收購Innovasic后，可立即為客戶提供一整套面向工業以太網應用的創新解決方案，同時打造業內較佳技術路線圖，以滿足工業物聯網等未來連接需求。這些解決方案將進一步完善ADI公司現有的高性能工業自動化解決方案，包括軟件可配置IO、現場儀器儀表、高效伺服驅動系統等。

• 了解有關Innovasic公司確定性以太網解決方案的更多信息：http://www.innovasic.com/industrial-networking-solutions

• 了解有關ADI公司自動化解決方案的更多信息：http://www.analog.com/cn/applications/markets/process-control-and-industrial-automation.html

• 了解有關ADI公司電機控制解決方案的更多信息：http://www.analog.com/cn/applications/markets/motor-control-pavilion-home.html

ADI公司自動化業務部門總經理Kevin Carlin表示：“我們的自動化客戶需要高度可靠的同步網絡技術，以支持如汽車制造等需要多組機器人在惡劣嘈雜的條件下井然有序地協同作業的應用環境。這些客戶還力爭在即將實現的工業物聯網中更廣泛地應用以太網，以提高作業效率，降低成本。IEEE (電氣電子工程師協會)業已明確，為使以太網滿足新興應用的確定性需求，需要實行新的標準，為此，IEEE正在制定全新的時間敏感型網絡(TSN)標準。Innovasic公司的技術不僅能解決當前的工業以太網問題，還能滿足全新IEEE TSN標準的部分前期要求。此次收購Innovasic公司后，ADI可幫助客戶打造一條由傳感器邁向未來工業物聯網連接的發展之路。”

Innovasic團隊將加入ADI公司的工業自動化業務部門，作為核心技術組，負責開發公司的確定性以太網技術解決方案，并繼續為工業客戶提供生命周期較長的半導體產品組合。Innovasic團隊將由其聯合創始人兼首席運營官Jordon Woods領導，工作地點仍位于美國新墨西哥州阿爾伯克基市。

Woods表示：“我們很高興能夠加入ADI公司，成為‘智能自動化’解決方案的一分子。Innovasic和ADI都致力于幫助客戶解決較具挑戰性的技術難題，提供生命周期非常長的產品，以便滿足工業市場的獨特需求。現在，我們通過強強聯合，可更加有效、更加高效地解決客戶的通信需求，幫助他們應對全球較嚴苛的工業自動化環境。”

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