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Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs, Inc., was an American public corporation that designed and built high-performance system-on-a-chip semiconductor technologies for Internet-based set-top boxes, DVD players/recorders, high-definition televisions, media processors, digital media adapters, portable media players and home connectivity products. In addition to platform processing and home network hardware, Sigma Designs also offered engineering support services and customized integrated circuit development.
The company developed products for the following connected media platforms: IPTV (video over IP) set-top boxes, TV media players (such as Blu-ray), HDTVs, multimedia players, digital media adapters, portable media players, and home networking products, such as HomePlug AV, HomePNA and G.hn. Sigma Designs owns the intellectual property and was one of two chip makers for the Z-Wave home control technology. Sigma had alliances with other technology companies, including Microsoft, and their products are found in stand-alone full HD multimedia players.
Sigma Designs was founded in 1982 and is based in Fremont, California, with locations in Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Japan, Netherlands and Singapore. In September 2002, Sigma Designs and Thirdspace, the broadband TV enablement company, announced that they were combining technologies to improve the quality of streaming video solutions over broadband Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
Sigma Designs began making boards for computers, such as the RealMagic MPEG decoder. Its products were used in many of the first Blu-ray players since 2005. Sigma media processors also have more than ten-year history in the IPTV market.
In late 2007 Sigma Designs released the first 1080p capable media player chipset, the SMP863x. It spawned a series of stand-alone media players from early 2008 onwards.
Sigma Designs' products were sold worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors. Sigma's Common Stock, publicly traded since 1986, was listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol SIGM.
On December 7, 2017, Silicon Labs announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sigma for approximately $282m. On January 23, 2018, Sigma announced it was unable to meet certain closing conditions, and instead it planned to sell its Z-Wave business to Silicon Labs for $240m, and liquidate the company. The sale of the Z-Wave business to Silicon Labs was completed on April 18, 2018.
On February 8, 2008, Sigma Designs completed its acquisition of Canadian manufacturer Gennum's VXP image processing business. This technology was used in video projectors. In January 2011, Sigma announced it was adding the VXP technology to its SMP8910 system-on-a-chip.
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Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs, Inc., was an American public corporation that designed and built high-performance system-on-a-chip semiconductor technologies for Internet-based set-top boxes, DVD players/recorders, high-definition televisions, media processors, digital media adapters, portable media players and home connectivity products. In addition to platform processing and home network hardware, Sigma Designs also offered engineering support services and customized integrated circuit development.
The company developed products for the following connected media platforms: IPTV (video over IP) set-top boxes, TV media players (such as Blu-ray), HDTVs, multimedia players, digital media adapters, portable media players, and home networking products, such as HomePlug AV, HomePNA and G.hn. Sigma Designs owns the intellectual property and was one of two chip makers for the Z-Wave home control technology. Sigma had alliances with other technology companies, including Microsoft, and their products are found in stand-alone full HD multimedia players.
Sigma Designs was founded in 1982 and is based in Fremont, California, with locations in Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Japan, Netherlands and Singapore. In September 2002, Sigma Designs and Thirdspace, the broadband TV enablement company, announced that they were combining technologies to improve the quality of streaming video solutions over broadband Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
Sigma Designs began making boards for computers, such as the RealMagic MPEG decoder. Its products were used in many of the first Blu-ray players since 2005. Sigma media processors also have more than ten-year history in the IPTV market.
In late 2007 Sigma Designs released the first 1080p capable media player chipset, the SMP863x. It spawned a series of stand-alone media players from early 2008 onwards.
Sigma Designs' products were sold worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors. Sigma's Common Stock, publicly traded since 1986, was listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol SIGM.
On December 7, 2017, Silicon Labs announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sigma for approximately $282m. On January 23, 2018, Sigma announced it was unable to meet certain closing conditions, and instead it planned to sell its Z-Wave business to Silicon Labs for $240m, and liquidate the company. The sale of the Z-Wave business to Silicon Labs was completed on April 18, 2018.
On February 8, 2008, Sigma Designs completed its acquisition of Canadian manufacturer Gennum's VXP image processing business. This technology was used in video projectors. In January 2011, Sigma announced it was adding the VXP technology to its SMP8910 system-on-a-chip.