Amimon to launch second-generation wireless video chip set
Amimon has managed to survive the wreckage of wireless video chip makers. And today, it’s taking the rare step of announcing its second generation of chip sets, which can transfer high-definition video from one part of the home to another.
The new generation goes a step further than the last in that it can transfer full high-definition video, which is defined as video in the 1080p format running at 60 frames per second, said Noam Geri,… Continue Reading
Amimon makes headway with high-speed home video networking
Israeli chip maker Amimon is announcing today it has sold more than 100,000 chip sets that let set-top boxes and other devices transfer data to a TV set without wires.
The company says it has generated millions of dollars in sales in 2008. That’s no small accomplishment, considering the existence of competing technologies and considerable consumer confusion about the best way to send video over a wireless network in the home.
Herzlia, Israel-based Amimon uses the 5-gigahertz… Continue Reading
Panasonic and Samsung invest in SiBEAM to promote WirelessHD
In an endorsement for wireless video networking, Panasonic and Samsung said today they have invested an undisclosed amount into SiBEAM, the maker of high-speed networking chips.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SiBEAM makes WirelessHD chips that can wirelessly transfer video from one device to another in a living room. The SiBEAM chip sets operate in the 60 gigahertz band of the wireless spectrum. It’s difficult to make radio chips that operate at that frequency, but there is very little… Continue Reading
Amimon’s chip: First to serve HD video across whole home
Silicon Valley chip company Amimon has released what it says is the first ever chip that serves high-definition uncompressed video wirelessly across the whole home.
That’s a bold claim, but could be true. The young Santa Clara, Calif. company’s chips stream HD video up to 150 feet, at an effective 250 to 800 megabits per second, which matches the capacity of the best of the numerous competing chip makers, many of them using Ultrawideband technology. (Amimon… Continue Reading
Amimon, fabless semiconductor co. for wireless data, gets Motorola investment
Amimon, a fabless semiconductor company with U.S. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. focused on wireless uncompressed high-definition video, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Motorola Ventures.
See the press release here.
Last year, Amimon raised $14 million in a second-round funding from Stata Venture Partners, Argonaut Private Equity, Cedar Fund, Walden Israel and Evergreen Partners.