# CEO Letter: Feb 2020

DevFeed: [CEO Letter: Feb 2020](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ceo-letter-feb-2020-13823.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/ceo-letter-feb-2020/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2020-02-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [Espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/espressif.md>), [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdk.md>)

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## AI overview

Espressif's February 2020 CEO letter reviews the company's 2019 IPO, ESP32-S chip launches, security work including hardware vulnerability fixes in ESP32v3, its IoT developer ecosystem, planned 2020 chips, and operational measures related to the coronavirus epidemic in China.

## Source excerpt

Dear all, 2019 has been an eventful year for Espressif; we went IPO and we launched the new ESP32-S series of chips that enable making secure, connected devices with high performance at affordable cost. We also worked on improving the security of our existing systems. ESP32v3 (aka ESP32 ECO3, the updated version of ESP32) patched the hardware vulnerabilities that were uncovered by the works of our security consultants and later independently by "LimitedResults" (aka "LR").