Nordic Semiconductor ASA, a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, markets, and sells integrated circuits and related solutions for short-and long-range wireless applications in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia/Pacific. It offers ultra-low power components; and develops low power cellular IoT. The company also provides Bluetooth 5 solutions; low power cellular devices for the IoT; and Bluetooth 5.1 solutions for direction finding applications. In addition, it offers Zigbee 3.0 IoT solutions; Thread solution for low-power devices; nRF9160 system-in-package; nRF52 and nRF51 series system-on-chips, as well as nRF591, nRF53, nRF52, and nRF51 series software development kits; ANT, a proprietary ultra-low power wireless solution for battery operated products; and application specific integrated circuits and related consulting services. Further, the company provides software for system development, communication stacks, and application layer software, as well as development tools for desktops. Its products are used in various applications, such as audio, automotive, beacon, computer peripherals, drug delivery, patient monitoring and alerts, smart home, healthcare, connected health and home, education, industrial automation, LED lighting, logistics/asset tracking, transportation, retail and payment, sports and fitness, toys and gaming, virtual reality and augmented reality products, wireless PC peripherals, mobile phone accessories, and consumer electronics, as well as wearables, including connected watches, jewelry, proximity tags, and smart clothes and apparels. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.