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
College music site Ruckus raises $10M
Ruckus, which provides college students free unlimited PC and laptop download access to more than two million songs, has raised $10 million in a second round of financing.
The service is apparently making headway on competitor Napster, which offers a similar service. Earlier this month, Penn State dropped a partnership with Napster, in favor of Ruckus — because Ruckus did not charge it for the contract.
However, there’s no sign the company is making headway on revenue…. Continue Reading
Home wifi co. Ruckus Wireless raises at least $15M
Ruckus Wireless, a Sunnyvale start-up that is developing hardware that helps extend WiFi in large homes and through walls to allow better transmission of digital television has raised at least $15 million more from a group of investors, including Motorola.
We’ll be able to report more on Monday.
Ruckus’ existing backers include Sequoia Capital and WK Technology Fund also took part in the round.