Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM), a leading provider of System-on-Chip (SoC)
solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home,
will be showcasing to the companys many innovations at IBC2010. Sigma
Designs will be demonstrating cutting-edge technologies in media
processing, home entertainment networking, and home control in its
suite, located in the Balcony Suite BM24, on the Mezzanine Level, Hall 1.
At this years show, Sigma will give first-ever public demonstrations of:
ClearPath, Sigmas breakthrough home entertainment networking
connectivity solution. This is the first powerline technology to
employ MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) features for higher
performance, greater reliability and improved throughput
New thin-client solutions that enable service providers to install set
top boxes throughout an entire home for significantly less cost than
ever before
New optimized solutions for Microsoft Mediaroom based on Sigmas
second-generation SMP8652 media processor. Sigmas solution will show
the highest CPU performance available along with substantial savings
for new set top box designs
The industrys lowest cost, lowest power RVU remote user interface for
set top boxes, which enables consumers to use DLNA to distribute their
content across RVU-enabled devices in the home
Sigma will also showcase its popular Z-Wave solutions for home control.
Through the widest ecosystem of devices available to consumers today,
Z-Wave technology helps service providers increase Average Revenue Per
Unit (ARPU) and net profits by enabling new services in home control,
security, and energy management. Sigmas Z-Wave solutions put home
control in the palm of consumers hands. The demonstration will be a
chance to test drive real-world applications using Z-Wave to monitor
and manage energy use, home entertainment systems, lighting and
appliance control, HVAC systems, security, and access control for a home
all from a smart phone.
In addition, Sigma will also:
Redefine technical boundaries in home entertainment networking
Sigma will show how its HomePlug AV and HomePNA solutions help service
providers deliver content to more rooms, faster, more reliably, and at
a lower cost than ever before
Empower innovation in processing media
See Android and Over the Top (OTT) platforms that deliver twice the
performance
Learn how to offer more compelling interface capabilities and
navigation to customers with new 3D graphic technologies
Find breakthrough price performance in a cable TV application through
a gateway and thin-client design
Only Sigma Designs can offer its customers a complete home solution in
media processing, connectivity, and home control. Its media processors
cover the range of customer needs for delivering content, from
ultra-high performance as well as chipsets that enable very affordable
solutions. In home connectivity, Sigma continues to deliver innovative
solutions for service providers and CPE equipment manufacturers to offer
cost-effective, reliable, and easy distribution methods for HD media
content, triple-play services, and IPTV over a homes electric power
lines. Sigmas industry-standard Z-Wave solutions transform stand-alone
home devices into intelligent network nodes that can be controlled and
monitored wirelessly. This enables service providers to increase ARPU
and net profits by delivering compelling new services such as home
control, security, energy management, and more.
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clients, thin clients, Android, Z-Wave, triple-play, home control, media
processor, RVU, Clear Path
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the
future potential of Sigmas products and solutions. Actual results may
vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited
to, general economic conditions, including continuance of the current
economic conditions specific to the semiconductor industry, the rate of
growth of the IPTV, digital media adapter, and hybrid cable/IP thin
clients markets in general, the ramp in demand from Sigmas set-top box
and telecommunication customers, Sigmas ability to deploy and achieve
market acceptance for Sigmas products in these markets, the ability of
its SoCs to compete with other technologies or products in these
emerging markets as well as other risks that are detailed from time to
time in Sigmas SEC reports, including our quarterly report on Form 10-Q
as filed June 9, 2010. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise
disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements
that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
About Sigma Designs, Inc.
Sigma Designs is a leading fabless provider of highly integrated SoC
solutions that are used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout
the home. Sigmas SoC solutions include media processors, home control
and communication devices which combine semiconductors and software as
critical components of high-growth consumer applications including
IPTV-based set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, HDTVs, entertainment
connectivity devices, and RF-based home control devices. Headquartered
in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs also has design centers or sales
representatives in Canada, China, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea (third
party), Singapore, and Taiwan. For more information, please visit Sigma
Designs web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.
Source: Business Wire