RESEARCH PAPER: Matter – Making Smart Homes Smarter

By Bill Curtis, Patrick Moorhead - January 4, 2023

Matter, a new industry standard for smart homes, promises universal product interoperability, better user experiences, and reduced friction across the consumer electronics (CE) marketplace. At its core, Matter is a universal “language” for smart home device communication using networks already available in most homes –Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Thread. Matter makes smart homes smarter by transforming the whole home into a plug-and-play automation platform for CE products.

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Executive Summary
Introduction
Smart Homes Aren't Very Smart
What Problems Does Matter Solve?
The Quest For Interoperability
Interoperability - A Consumer's Point Of View
Interoperability - A CE Industry Point Of View
Three Keys To Matter's Success
Inside Matter
NXP Leadership: Silicon And Software
FAQ
Consumer Questions
Supplier Questions
The Matter Effect
Figure 1: The Matter Stick
Figure 2: Matter-Enabled Smart Home Network Schematic
Figure 3: Matter Bridging
Figure 4: NXP Silicon For Matter And Thread

Companies Cited:

Amazon
Apple
Google
NXP

Bill Curtis

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Bill Curtis is the Moor Insights & Strategy Analyst in Residence for large-scale Internet of Things systems. Bill helps enterprises design distributed solutions that integrate the full end-to-end IoT stack from real-world devices to analytics.

Patrick Moorhead

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Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.