Amimon ships more than half a Million PC to TV connecting wireless ICs

Israel based Amimon has disclosed that it has shipped more than half a million of its wireless ICs used for wirelessly streaming media content from computers to TVs. Amimon says it has been experiencing very strong and rapidly growing demand for its wireless 1080p WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) wireless IC chipset. Amimon estimates the shipment will cross 1 million by end of 2010. Amimon's wireless audio/video ICs are used on modern consumer electronic devices to send and receive high definition media content inside the home across computers and home entertainment equipment such as TVs.

Electronics devices using Amimon's wireless ICs includes wireless HDTVs, PC-to-TV wireless adapters, video accessories (dongles, HD video switches), medical device equipment, and Pro-AV video cameras. Some of Amimon's customers include: ASUS, Brite-View, Gefen, Haier, Hisense, IDX, LG, Mitsubishi, Philips, Sharp, SONY, Stryker and Zinwell.

"Amimon is the clear market leader in the wireless HDTV space; 9 out of 10 wireless HDTV systems in the market use Amimon's chipsets," said Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen, Amimon's Chairman and CEO. "In addition to continued success in the wireless HDTV market, a plethora of Amimon-based wireless PC-to-TV products are hitting the market. Amimon will continue to dominate the market and this is reinforced by our current backlog and new design wins."

The bulk of Amimon's sales have been of its 2nd generation chipset. Amimon's 2nd generation chipset is built to the WHDI standard; key features of the WHDI standard are:
Full 1080p/60Hz HD video & high quality computer graphics
Range: multi-room - beyond 100 feet (30 meters) through walls
Less than 1 millisecond latency
Hollywood approved HDCP 2.0 copy protection
Low power consumption modes for portable devices
Low cost - mass adoption price points
5GHz unlicensed band with support for Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Over-the-Air switching

The Amimon WHDI wireless ICs can be embedded into CE devices such as LCD and plasma HDTVs, multimedia projectors, A/V receivers, Blu-ray DVD players, set-top boxes (STBs), game consoles, computers, DVRs, PC-to-TV adapters and HD video switches, allowing wireless streaming of uncompressed HD video and audio.

"Computers are a major source for multimedia entertainment. With Amimon's technology, the basis of the WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) standard, consumers can now wirelessly connect their PCs to their TVs in full HD," said Noam Geri, vice president of marketing and business development for Amimon. "WHDI has no noticeable latency, enabling seamless PC-to-TV interaction and allowing consumers to enjoy all PC applications on their TV, including gaming."