Thursday, September 23, 2004XIMETA Announced Partnerships With Set Top, Multimedia CompaniesIrvine-based Ximeta (www.ximeta.com) announced today that it has signed strategic partnerships with Sigma Designs and Syabas, to add its network storage technology to digital media players and set top boxes. Sigma's reference designs for its video processing chipsets will feature Ximeta's NDAS device driver and compatible operation. The company also said that its drivers will be compatible with the Syabas myiBox solution, which allows people to use PC-based music, movies, and photos from their l (More info...)
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Microsoft, Qualcomm Team On Wireless Media StreamingSan Diego-based Qualcomm (www.qualcomm.com) and operating system giant Microsoft Corp. (www.microsoft.com) announced that Qualcomm will integrate Windows Media audio and video components into Qualcomm's Qtv video decoder solution. Qualcomm's Qtv solution provides multimedia capability combined with wideband CDMA and CDMA2000. The license means that manufacturers who design in Qualcomm chips for wireless devices will be able to play back Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV). Th (More info...)
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Broadcom Buys Cell Chip Maker for $120MIrvine-based Broadcom (www.broadcom.com) has made another acquisition, this time for UK-based chip maker Alphamosaic. The company said it would pay $120M in stock for the company, which develops mobile imaging and 3D graphics technology for use in cell phones and other devices. Alphamosaic's current first generation multimedia co-processors is being used by handset maker Samsung, and provides MP3 player, video on demand, and megapixel-class camera for Samsung phones. Alphamosaic is also sampling (More info...)
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Avamar Raises $15MIrvine-based Avamar Technologies has raised another $15M in venture funding. The company said yesterday that funding came from Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Benchmark Capital, and CMGI@Ventures. The company said that the funding would be used to ramp its sales and marketing efforts. Avamar develops disk-based data protection and backup products, and has raised at least $55M in venture capital.
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