Gigle Networks
{{infobox company
| name = Gigle Networks
| type = Fabless semiconductor company
| foundation = 2005
| owner = Broadcom
| successor = Broadcom
| location_city = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Redwood City, California, USA
| founder = Juan Carlos Riveiro, Jed Hurwitz, Hakan Fouren, Mike Wilson
| defunct = 2010
| fate = Acquired by Broadcom
| products = Home networks, Semiconductor Devices
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.giglenetworks.com/}}
}}
Gigle Networks (formerly known as Gigle Semiconductor) was a provider of high performance system-on-a-chip semiconductor devices and intelligent switching technology for home network, IPTV, consumer electronics and smart grid applications. The company was based in Barcelona, Spain, Edinburgh, UK, and Redwood City, California.
History
Gigle was a venture capital backed privately held company. The company completed a Series A funding round of $11 million in January 2006, led by Accel Partners and Pond Venture Partners; and a Series B funding round of $20 million in November 2007, led by Scottish Equity Partners with participation from Accel Partners and Pond Venture Partners.[http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204203905 Home nets chip group raises $20 million in Round B], EE Times In December 2010, the company was acquired by Broadcom for $75 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s532148|title = Broadcom | Newsroom}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s539023|title = Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything}}
Gigle announced 1 Gbit/s physical layer throughput trials in December 2006.{{Cite news |title= Gigle achieves 1-Gbps bandwidth over home wires |work= EE Times |author= Peter Clarke |date= December 5, 2006 |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1302567 |accessdate= December 23, 2013 }}
Gigle was involved in multimedia communications standards such as IEEE P1901 and G.hn. Gigle Networks was a board member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance,[https://archive.today/20120909022411/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS85621+12-May-2009+BW20090512 NEC Electronics Joins the HomePlug Powerline Alliance Board of Directors Along with Gigle Semiconductor, Intellon Corporation and SPiDCOM Technologies], Reuters a co-founder of the Homegrid Forum[http://www.homegridalliance.org/news_events/pr/04_29_08/ Industry Creates HomeGrid Forum to Develop Technology for Enjoying Multimedia Anywhere in the Home], HomeGrid Forum a member of the Home Gateway Initiative and the Broadband Forum.
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