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Sidense OTP Enables Security of Wireless Video Transmissions
Highly Secure OTP Memory Used for WHDI Key Storage on AMIMON WHDI(TM) Chips
| Source: Sidense
OTTAWA--(Marketwire - October 13, 2009) - Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Logic
Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) IP cores, today announced that AMIMON, the
market leader in wireless High Definition (HD) semiconductor solutions, is
employing Sidense's 1T-Fuse™-based one-time programmable (OTP) memory
macro technology in chips used for uncompressed wireless high-definition
video connectivity. The chips are used in AMIMON's second-generation
WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital Interface) transmitter and receiver
products designed for wireless delivery of full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD
video content throughout the entire home.
Wireless video connections eliminate the clutter and implementation
difficulties associated with the cables normally used to connect video
sources to displays and projectors. AMIMON's WHDI technology offers the
same quality as a wired connection with no signal latency problems.
"AMIMON represents a very important customer to us, since they are a
leading player in the rapidly evolving wireless video marketplace," stated
Xerxes Wania, Sidense President and CEO. "The security of high-definition
video transfer, with HDMI and now WHDI, is a critical consideration for
companies developing products targeting these applications and Sidense OTP
products for WHDI key storage represent an ideal way to guarantee this
security."
AMIMON products include WHDI chipsets, modules and reference designs that
enable wireless transmission in the 5 GHz unlicensed band of uncompressed
HD video. The wireless video is secured with the state-of-the-art HDCP
revision 2.0 copy protection protocol.
"AMIMON chose Sidense OTP for its reliability and security, which represent
two very important considerations in designing components for the home and
business wireless video equipment market," said Aviram Matosevich, Amimon's
Vice President of R&D. "We are also extremely pleased with the level of
support Sidense has given us during pre- and post-sales."
About Sidense
Sidense Corp., the only logic non-volatile memory provider listed on EE
Times 60 Emerging Startups list for 2009, provides secure, dense and
reliable non-volatile, one-time programmable (OTP) memory IP for use in
standard-logic CMOS processes, with no additional masks or process steps
required. Sidense's patented one-transistor 1T-Fuse™ architecture (U.S.
Patent #7,402,855 and others) provides the industry's smallest footprint,
most reliable and lowest power Logic Non-Volatile Memory IP solution and
offers an alternative solution to Flash, mask ROM and eFuse in many
applications.
Sidense OTP memory is available at 180nm, 130nm, 110nm, 90nm, 65nm, and
55nm and is scalable to 40nm and below. The IP is available at all
top-tier semiconductor foundries and selected IDMs. Customers are using
Sidense OTP for analog trimming, code storage, encryption keys such as
HDCP, WHDI, RFID and Chip ID, medical, automotive, and configurable
processors and logic. For more information, please visit www.sidense.com.
About AMIMON
AMIMON is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering wireless uncompressed
high-definition video for universal connectivity among CE video devices.
AMIMON is a founding member of the WHDI™ (Wireless Home Digital
Interface) SIG formed by leading CE companies to define a new industry
standard for multi-room wireless HDTV connectivity.
AMIMON is headquartered in Herzlia, Israel, with offices in Santa Clara,
Calif., USA; Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, Korea. More
information is available at www.amimon.com and www.whdi.org.