Silicon Image
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{{Infobox company
| name = Silicon Image Inc.
| logo = Silicon Image-Logo.svg
| type = Public
| location_city = Hillsboro, Oregon
| location_country = USA
| founders =
| key_people = Darin Billerbeck (CEO)
| industry = Semiconductors
| products = Semiconductor and intellectual property products for mobile, consumer electronics, and PC markets
| caption =
| founded = {{start date and age|1995}} in Sunnyvale, California
| defunct = {{end date and age|2015}}
| fate = Acquired by Lattice Semiconductor
}}
Silicon Image Inc. was an American fabless semiconductor company based in Hillsboro, Oregon, and active from 1995 to 2015. The company designed circuits for mobile phones, consumer electronics and personal computers (PCs). It also manufactured wireless and wired connectivity products used for high-definition content. The company's semiconductor and IP products were deployed by manufacturers in devices such as smartphones, tablets, digital televisions (DTVs), and other consumer electronics, as well as desktop and notebook PCs. Silicon Image, in cooperation with other companies, was influential in the creation of some global industry standards such as DVI, HDMI, MHL, and WirelessHD.
Silicon Image was founded in 1995, and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, before moving to Hillsboro. The company reached peak employment of around 600 people worldwide and had regional engineering and sales offices in India, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, before being acquired by Lattice Semiconductor in 2015.
History
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The company was founded in 1995 by Silicon Valley engineers David Lee and Brian Underwood. In October 1999 it raised $46.8 million in an initial public offering.{{cite web|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1188962|title=Silicon Image raises $46 million in IPO - EE Times|work=eetimes.com|access-date=29 October 2016}}
- March 2000: Silicon Image Inc. agreed to buy the closely held DVDO Inc. for $45 million in stock to add technology for digital televisions, DVD players and high-definition video{{cite web |url=http://www.design-reuse.com/news/8924/sst-silicon-storage-technology-embedded-flash-thrust-wireless-market-acquisition-g-plus.html |title= Silicon Image Acquisition
}}
- June 2001: acquired CMD Technology Inc., a provider of SCSI and Fibre Channel storage controllers for the UNIX, Open Systems and PC markets as well as a supplier of IDE/Ultra ATA semiconductors (including CMD064x chips) for the PC and embedded markets{{cite journal | date=June 7, 2001 | url=https://www.eetimes.com/silicon-image-acquires-cmd-technology/ | title=Silicon Image acquires CMD Technology | journal=Electronic Engineering Times | publisher=AspenCore}}
- January 2007: Silicon Image completes acquisition of Sci-worx GmbH{{cite web | url=http://www.streetinsider.com/Mergers+and+Acquisitions/Silicon+Image+(SIMG)+Acquires+Sci-worx+GmbH+for+$13.5+Million/1472592.html | title=Silicon Image (SIMG) Acquires Sci-worx GMBH for $13.5 Million }}
- June 2007: Silicon Image shipped its 1 millionth DTV input processor{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
- January 2009: Silicon Image wins Emmy Award for HDMI technology{{cite web |url=http://ir.siliconimage.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=358144 |title=Silicon Image(TM) Wins Emmy Award for HDMI(TM) Technology (NASDAQ:SIMG) |access-date=2013-12-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224104447/http://ir.siliconimage.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=358144 |archive-date=2013-12-24 }}
- December 2010: Silicon Image introduces ViaPort technology{{cite news
| last =Jason
| first =Knott
| title =ViaPort Eliminating HDMI 'Handshake' Problems
| publisher =CEPro
| date =January 17, 2011
| url =http://www.cepro.com/article/hdmi_problems_being_resolved_with_viaport_technology/
| access-date =May 14, 2012 }}
- February 2011: Silicon Image completes acquisition of Anchor Bay Technologies{{cite news
| last =Udgirkar
| first =Trushna
| title =US-based Silicon Image opens R&D unit in Hyderabad
| publisher =MydigitalFC
| date =February 17, 2012
| url =http://www.mydigitalfc.com/companies/us-based-silicon-image-opens-rd-unit-hyderabad-962
| access-date =May 14, 2012 }}
- May 2011: Silicon Image completes acquisition of SiBEAM, Inc.{{cite news
| last =Clarke
| first =Peter
| title =Silicon Image to buy SiBeam for $25 million
| publisher =EE Times
| date =May 14, 2011
| url =http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215134/Silicon-Image-to-buy-SiBeam-for--25-million
| access-date =May 14, 2012 }}
- May 2011: Silicon Image unveils third-generation WirelessHD 60 GHz chipsets{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconimage.com/Company/News_and_Events/Press_Releases/2011_05_30_Silicon_Image_Unveils_Third-Generation_WirelessHD%C2%AE_60GHz_Chipsets/|title=Home - Lattice Semiconductor|work=siliconimage.com|access-date=29 October 2016}}
- August 2013: MHL Consortium announces new specification with major advancements for mobile and consumer electronics connectivity{{cite web|url=http://mhlconsortium.org/news/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?id=2147493678|title=MHL® – Expand Your World|work=mhlconsortium.org|access-date=29 October 2016}}
- September 2013: Silicon Image announces first 4K UltraHD MHL 3.0 receiver IC with HDCP 2.2 in support of secure premium content{{cite web|url=http://siliconimage.com/Company/News_and_Events/Press_Releases/2013_09_30___Silicon_Image_Announces_First_4K_Ultra_HD_MHL%C2%AE_3_0_Receiver_IC_with_HDCP_2_2_in_Support_of_Secure_Premium_Content_Transmission/|title=Home - Lattice Semiconductor|work=siliconimage.com|access-date=29 October 2016}}
- March 2015: Silicon Image is acquired by Lattice Semiconductor for $600 million.{{cite web|url=http://ir.latticesemi.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117422&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2010721|title=Lattice - Investor Relations - News Release|work=latticesemi.com|access-date=29 October 2016}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Silicon Image}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150207014440/http://siliconimage.com/ Official website], archived in February 2015
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