, Inc. has been a leader in digital connectivity and interface solutions and standards, playing a key role in the global transition to high-definition (HD) equipment and interfaces. The company’s history is a story of innovation, pioneering new technologies for both the consumer electronics and personal computing markets. From the launch of the Digital Display Working Group in 1998 to being the first to market with the introduction of the industry’s first HDMI 1.3 solutions in 2006, Silicon Image has taken a leadership position in the development of standards, working closely with manufacturers to define and refine the way HD devices perform and communicate.
| June 2008 |
Silicon Image introduces new InstaPort™ technology designed
to add intelligence to HDMI™ -enabled digital television (DTV) inputs to
significantly reduce switching lag time and to allow consumers to reclaim the
seconds spent during switching delays. |
| April 2008 |
Silicon Image joined forces with ARM, Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and STMicroelectronics to create a working group to advance a new memory interface architecture, Serial Port Memory Technology or SPMT, initially targeted for Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chips, that employs a serial interface architecture rather than a parallel interface architecture as commonly found in current memory offerings. This new architecture will enable greater bandwidth flexibility, significantly reduced pin count, lower power demand and savings on overall system cost. |
| March 2008 |
The number of firms adopting the HDMI standard surpasses 800. |
| January 2008 |
Silicon Image launched Mobile High-Definition LinkTM (MHLTM) technology, enabling mobile phones, digital cameras, media players and other mobile devices to link directly to HDTVs so consumers can watch and listen to content on HDTVs with pristine digital quality. |
| September 2007 |
Simplay Labs Expands Global Presence by Opening of Germany Lab and Introduces New Pre-Test Tool. |
| June 2007 |
Silicon Image shipped its 1 millionth DTV Input Processor, which is based on Silicon Image’s innovative
architecture, a new way of designing HDTVs that gives manufacturers the flexibility to quickly and cost-effectively add
new features to their HDTV platforms. By dividing the primary DTV electronics into two highly integrated parts—the input processor and the video processor —the Silicon Image architecture allows manufacturers to focus their innovation on
their value-added video processing. |
| February 2007 |
Silicon Image signs a cross-licensing agreement with Sunplus Technology
Co., Ltd. to use and further develop advanced intellectual property
(IP), for video processors and digital television (DTV) products. |
| January 2007 |
Silicon Image acquires sci-worx, a leading intellectual property (IP) and
design service provider specializing in multimedia, communications, and networking applications
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| December 2006 |
HDMI Adopters Reach 500th milestone |
| December 2006 |
Silicon Image HDMI 1.2 transmitters for set-top boxes and DVD players
reinforces world's broadest HDMI semiconductor line |
| October 2006 |
VastLane HDMI Transmitters Enable Seamless Connection to 150 Million DVI PC Monitors and HDMI HDTV |
| September 2006 |
Silicon Image Announces New Generation of SteelVine Storage Processor
Family |
| September 2006 |
Citing a Sharp Increase in HDMI Adoption in Flat Panel Displays, Sony
Computer Entertainment Announces All New PLAYSTATION® 3 Game
Consoles Will Be Equipped Standard With HDMI (v1.3/Supporting Deep Color) Output |
| August 2006 |
Silicon Image Delivers Deep Color™ With First HDMI 1.3 Semiconductors |
| July 2006 |
Silicon Image Expands HDMI and Simplay HD Testing in China |
| July 2006 |
China Video Industry Association Agrees To Promote and Support HDMI, and to Develop HDMI Technology with Silicon Image |
| June 2006 |
Silicon Image and HDMI Founder Companies Introduce HDMI Version 1.3, Enabling Greater Bandwidth and Billions of Colors For HDTVs, PCs and DVD Players |
| May 2006 |
Silicon Image Unveils New Branding System |
| April 2006 |
Silicon Image Supplies Toshiba with HDMI Transmitter for World's First Notebook PC with HD DVD |
| January 2006 |
Silicon Image Unveils New Technologies and Programs to Provide a Richer Home Entertainment Experience for Consumers |
| December 2005 |
Proposed New Interface to Bring Next-Generation Connectivity to PC Monitors and CE Devices |
| November 2005 |
Silicon Image Expands HDMI and PanelLink Cinema Testing Operations to China |
| September 2005 |
Silicon Image Announces Industry's First Receiver to Incorporate Features of HDMI 1.2 Specification |
| August 2005 |
Silicon Image Unveils Breakthrough Next Generation 6.0 Gb/s Serdes Technology |
| March 2005 |
Silicon Image Debuts Industry's 1st HDMI Transmitters for PCs |
| February 2005 |
Silicon Image ships 100 millionth chip |
| September 2004 |
Silicon Image announces new SteelVine storage architecture |
| September 2004 |
Silicon Image debuts industry’s first SATA host controller supporting PCI-Express |
| September 2004 |
Samsung, Mitsubishi, LG, Sanyo, Pace, MediaTek and Sunplus join PanelLink Cinema Partners Program |
| June 2004 |
Silicon Image launches Silicon Image Japan K.K.; launches office in Korea and expands operations in Taiwan |
| January 2004 |
Silicon Image debuts second-generation PanelLink Cinema ICs featuring DVD-Audio and dual inputs |
| September 2003 |
First HDMI products debut at CEDIA—all feature Silicon Image HDMI ICs |
| September 2003 |
Silicon Image debuts 4-port SATA host controllers for PC and server applications |
| March 2003 |
Silicon Image announces shipment of 1 millionth SATALink™ host controller |
| January 2003 |
Silicon Image samples world's first transmitter and receiver compliant with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) 1.0 specification |
| December 2002 |
HDMI Working Group, consisting of Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba, introduces HDMI 1.0 specification |
| August 2002 |
Silicon Image samples industry's lowest power 2 Gbps quad Fibre Channel serializer/deserializer (SerDes) |
| February 2002 |
Silicon Image launches SATALink family of Serial ATA solutions, including industry’s first integrated PCI-to-Serial ATA host controller |
| August 2000 |
Silicon Image demonstrates functional SATA interface and multi-rate SerDes operating at up to 3.125 Gbps |
| June 2000 |
Silicon Image introduces first HDCP-enabled DVI transmitter and receiver pair |
| October 1999 |
Silicon Image raises $46.8 million in Initial Public Offering |
| April 1999 |
DDWG founders release DVI specification based on Silicon Image’s technology |
| June 1998 |
Silicon Image and Intel form the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) to provide a worldwide, open specification for all-digital communications from PC hosts to digital displays |
| June 1997 |
PanelLink products begin shipping |