Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2022
Description of Business
Description of Business	1. Description of Business Silicon Laboratories Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, industry leading ecosystem and robust support enable customers in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. The Company provides analog-intensive, mixed-signal solutions for use in a variety of electronic products in a broad range of applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) including connected home and security, industrial automation and control, smart metering, smart lighting, commercial building automation, consumer electronics, asset tracking and medical instrumentation. Within the semiconductor industry, the Company is known as a “fabless” company meaning that the integrated circuits (ICs) incorporated in its products are manufactured by third-party foundry semiconductor companies. On April 22, 2021, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Skyworks Solutions, Inc. agreed to acquire certain assets, rights, and properties, and assume certain liabilities, comprising the Company’s infrastructure and automotive business for $2.75 billion in cash. The transaction closed on July 26, 2021. The financial results of the infrastructure and automotive business have been presented as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements because the sale represented a strategic shift for the Company. Prior period financial statements have been reclassified to reflect these changes for all periods presented. See Note 3, Discontinued Operations, for additional information. Unless indicated otherwise, the information in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements relates to the Company’s continuing operations and does not include the results of discontinued operations.

Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2022

1. Description of Business

Silicon Laboratories Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, industry leading ecosystem and robust support enable customers in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. The Company provides analog-intensive, mixed-signal solutions for use in a variety of electronic products in a broad range of applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) including connected home and security, industrial automation and control, smart metering, smart lighting, commercial building automation, consumer electronics, asset tracking and medical instrumentation. Within the semiconductor industry, the Company is known as a “fabless” company meaning that the integrated circuits (ICs) incorporated in its products are manufactured by third-party foundry semiconductor companies.

On April 22, 2021, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Skyworks Solutions, Inc. agreed to acquire certain assets, rights, and properties, and assume certain liabilities, comprising the Company’s infrastructure and automotive business for $2.75 billion in cash. The transaction closed on July 26, 2021. The financial results of the infrastructure and automotive business have been presented as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements because the sale represented a strategic shift for the Company. Prior period financial statements have been reclassified to reflect these changes for all periods presented. See Note 3, Discontinued Operations, for additional information. Unless indicated otherwise, the information in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements relates to the Company’s continuing operations and does not include the results of discontinued operations.