NEWS

November 20, 2003 San Jose California

Sigma Designs Inc licenses Arasan SD/SDIO Host Controller Core IP.

Sigma Designs provider of silicon-based digital media processing solutions for consumer products licenses Arasan SD/SDIO Host controller. Arasan SD/SDIO Host controller is the Industry First Standard SD/SDIO Host Controller compliant to Version 1.00 specifications. Arasan is also providing Sigma Designs with the SD Host Linux stack/drivers, thereby providing a complete solution.

Compatible drivers for the iTron OS is also provided through our partners.

About Sigma Designs Inc
Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based digital media processing solutions for consumer products. Sigma's highly-integrated solutions, based on the company's award-winning REALmagic® Video Technology, provide high-quality decoding of MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1 and Windows® Media 9 (WM9) content.

Sigma has developed complete system solutions for tomorrow's convergence products, including DVD playback, digital TV reception, video over IP, personal video recording (PVR) and video-on-demand (VOD). For more information, please visit www.sigmadesigns.com

 

About Arasan
Arasan Chip Systems Inc. founded in 1995, is a leading supplier of Reusable Intellectual Property (IP’s) cores, semiconductors and electronic design services. Arasan’s product portfolio is focused on Bus Interfaces and includes IP’s for USB 1.1 & 2.0, PCI, SDIO and CE-ATA technologies. Arasan’s products and services enable businesses to develop and leverage product design and development. Arasan Chip Systems has been an executive member of SD Card Association since 2001, MMCA since 2003 and CE-ATA since 2004. Arasan is headquartered in San Jose, California, with design centers in India and support options available in Taiwan, China & Europe.

For more information, contact:
Rich Timpa
Arasan Chip Systems, Inc.
Ph: 408-282-1600 x104
timpa@arasan.com