Amimon’s chip: First to serve HD video across whole home

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… Continue Reading

TZero, ultrawideband chip co., searching for more capital amid competition

TZero Technologies, a Sunnyvale, Calif. developer of chips for so-called wireless ultrawideband technology that can transmit large data files such as video in the home, is on the prowl for $25 million in a third round of funding, according to VentureWire (subscription required).

The search for… Continue Reading

Ultrawideband player Artimi raises $26.5 million

Artimi has just secured raised $26.5 million in funding– a significant amount of cash for a company active in the ultrawideband/wireless USB area.

It is early days for this technology and so there is a race on to be first to market.

UltrawideBand can transmit up… Continue Reading

Cisco employee Victor Tsao on investment binge, backs Tzero

Tzero Technologies, a Sunnyvale start-up developing a chip to provide ultra wideband (UWB) for delivering video wirelessly throughout the home, has raised an undisclosed amount of money from Victor Tsao, a senior vice president of Cisco.

The investment is notable because Tsao is supposed to be… Continue Reading