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Published in Science and Technology on Monday, September 6th 2010 at 6:11 GMT by Market Wire🞛 This publication is a summary or evaluation of another publication
AMSTERDAM & MILPITAS, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--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 companya™s 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 yeara™s show, Sigma will give first-ever public demonstrations of:
- ClearPath, Sigmaa™s 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 Sigmaa™s second-generation SMP8652 media processor. Sigmaa™s solution will show the highest CPU performance available along with substantial savings for new set top box designs
- The industrya™s 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. Sigmaa™s Z-Wave solutions put home control in the palm of consumersa™ hands. The demonstration will be a chance to test drive real-world applications a" 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 a" all from a smart phone.
In addition, Sigma will also:
Redefine technical boundariesin 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 homea™s electric power lines. Sigmaa™s 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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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 Sigmaa™s 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 Sigmaa™s set-top box and telecommunication customers, Sigmaa™s ability to deploy and achieve market acceptance for Sigmaa™s 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 Sigmaa™s 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. Sigmaa™s 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 Designsa™ web site at [ www.sigmadesigns.com ].