SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of systems solutions to enable connected home entertainment, today announced that it has shipped its ten millionth c.LINK(tm) chipset. Entropic's c.LINK technology enables the creation of a whole home digital entertainment network using existing coax cabling.
c.LINK Award-winning Technology
Entropic's c.LINK Home Networking products support the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(tm)) standard 1.0 and 1.1 specifications for home networking over coax. The MoCA 1.1 Standard was selected by Electronic Design magazine as the Best Home Networking Technology of 2007. Earlier this year, Entropic announced the availability of the industry's first MoCA 1.1 enabled chipsets.
Entropic's c.LINK technology is also being deployed as a solution for high speed broadband access over coax cable services in geographies that employ "deep fiber" architectures.
"We are extremely pleased with the rapid adoption of our c.LINK home networking and broadband access technologies," said Patrick Henry, Chief Executive Officer of Entropic Communications. "As a company, we are focused on delivering solutions for connected home entertainment. This achievement demonstrates the fact that service providers have embraced our c.LINK solution for the delivery of digital entertainment content into and throughout the home."
Entropic's c.LINK technology has been deployed by Verizon's FiOS TV in the U.S. and Jupiter Communications (J:COM) in Japan. Additional operators around the globe are in field trials and early deployment of the technology. Actiontec, Alcatel, Browan, D-Link, Foxconn, Linksys, Jabil, Motorola, Mototech, Panasonic, Scientific Atlanta, Tellabs and Westell are among the companies integrating c.LINK into their various home networking or home access products.
The Solution for Home Entertainment Networking and High Speed Broadband Access
Entropic's c.LINK home networking products are compliant with the MoCA standard and enable the creation of a whole home entertainment network for multiple streams of HD video and other digital entertainment over the existing coax infrastructure. No new wires or truck rolls are required. Therefore, it is a cost-effective and easy to adopt networking solution providing operators up to 175 Mbps throughput, 16 node support, parameterized Quality of Service and remote diagnostic capabilities. For consumers, c.LINK makes multi-room HDTV DVR, PC-to-TV content streaming, multi-room and online gaming, and extended wireless coverage possible.
Entropic's c.LINK Access products enable high speed broadband access over existing coax cabling in geographies that deploy "deep fiber" architectures, known as fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) for single family units (SFUs) and fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) in multiple dwelling units (MDUs). c.LINK Access can be used for delivery of triple-play services of voice, video and high speed data, including high speed delivery of video downloads.
About Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications, Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets systems solutions to enable connected home entertainment. The company's technologies significantly change the way high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia content such as movies, music, games and photos are brought into and delivered throughout the home. For more information, please visit www.entropic.com
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the advantages and deployment of Entropic's c.LINK technology. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the effects of competition; Entropic's dependence on a limited number of customers and ultimately service providers; Entropic's ability to introduce new and enhanced products on a timely basis; the risk that the market for high-definition television-quality video and other multimedia content delivery solutions based on the MoCA standard may not develop as anticipated; the effect of intellectual property rights claims; risks related to Entropic's international operations; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's final prospectus filed with the SEC on December 7, 2007. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.