Silicon Image acquires sci-worx
Silicon Image, Inc. has announced its acquisition of sci-worx. The acquisition of sci-worx is expected to enhance and accelerate the expansion of Silicon Image's system-on-a-chip (SoC) design capabilities for the storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition (HD) content in the consumer environment.Prior to the acquisition, sci-worx was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG.
"We are excited to acquire an intellectual property company that provides us with key IP and gives us a stable and highly-skilled engineering talent pool to advance our chip integration plans for the storage, distribution and presentation of HD content in the consumer environment," said Steve Tirado, president and CEO of Silicon Image. "This acquisition enhances our ability to provide our top-tier consumer electronics customers with a full-line of ICs, from our industry-leading HDMI chips to our new front-end input processors to next generation fully-integrated storage, networking and DTV SoC products, and furthers our goal of enabling the secure connected HD home and personal domain."
