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Silicon Image Licenses Impinj's AEON(R)/MTP Nonvolatile Memory for High-Volume Consumer Electronics and Computing Chips
| Source: Impinj, Inc.
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - November 2, 2007) - Leading logic nonvolatile memory (NVM)
intellectual property (IP) supplier, Impinj, Inc., today announced that
Silicon Image, a leading provider of semiconductors for the secure storage,
distribution and presentation of high-definition content, has licensed
Impinj's AEON® NVM cores to embed system-critical application data in
high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and serial advanced technology
attachment (SATA) chips.
Silicon-proven at the world's leading semiconductor foundries, Impinj's
AEON/MTP NVM cores deliver significant design and cost advantages to
system-chip designers targeting high-volume applications, including power
management, digital rights management and the integration and testing of
high-performance analog circuitry. AEON/MTP's multiple-time programmable
capability enables features such as security key refresh capability,
in-field user data configuration and in-field performance optimization.
"Silicon Image is delivering high-function chips to some of the fastest
growing electronics industry sectors," said Larry Morrell, vice president
and general manager of IP Products at Impinj. "We are very pleased that
Impinj's AEON/MTP cores have been chosen to help meet the growing demand
for silicon innovation required for those sectors."
"Our market-leading chips for home entertainment and other electronic
products must have reliable, embedded NVM with multiple-time
programmability," said Eric Almgren, vice president of Business Development
and Intellectual Property at Silicon Image. "Impinj's AEON/MTP is the
market-leading standard for NVM IP and we look forward to the new
functionality it will bring to our chip designs."
About Impinj, Inc.
Impinj, Inc. is a semiconductor and RFID company whose patented
Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables two synergistic business lines:
high-performance RFID solutions and semiconductor intellectual property
(IP). Impinj is the leading technical innovator in developing UHF RFID
solutions for both item-level and supply-chain tagging worldwide. Impinj
draws on its technical expertise and industry partnerships to deliver the
GrandPrix™ RFID solution comprising high-performance tags, readers,
software, antennas and systems integration. Impinj also licenses innovative
IP products to leading semiconductor companies worldwide, allowing them to
seamlessly integrate crucial nonvolatile memory (NVM) alongside analog and
digital functionality on a single chip. Impinj's IP products include the
popular AEON® family of embeddable cores, which provide rewriteable NVM
technology in logic CMOS manufacturing. For more information, visit
www.impinj.com.
Impinj, Speedway, Self-Adaptive Silicon, GrandPrix and AEON are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Impinj, Inc.