Digital Content Anywhere
Company Milestones
Since our founding in 1995, Silicon Image, Inc. has been a leader in digital connectivity and interface solutions and standards, playing a key role in the global transition to high-definition (HD) equipment and interfaces. The company’s history is a story of innovation, pioneering new technologies for both the consumer electronics and personal computing markets. From the launch of the Digital Display Working Group in 1998 to being the first to market with the introduction of the industry’s first HDMI® 1.3 solutions in 2006, Silicon Image has taken a leadership position in the development of standards, working closely with manufacturers to define and refine the way HD devices perform and communicate.

Date Milestone
May 2010
Silicon Image Promotes Noland Granberry to Chief Financial Officer
April 2010
The formation of the Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL™) Consortium with Nokia Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Image, Inc. Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation
January 2010
Silicon Image Ships Over 20 Million InstaPort-Enabled Port Processors
January 2010
Silicon Image Appoints Camillo Martino Chief Executive Officer
December 2009
Silicon Image Introduces New 4K and 3D H.264 Digital Video Decoder IP Core
October 2009
Silicon Image Introduces 18 MegaPixel Camera Processor IP Core
September 2009
Silicon Image Joins Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group
July 2009  
Silicon Image Introduces IP Core Product Family Supporting HDMI® 1.4 Features
July 2009
Silicon Image Introduces First Port Processor With 3D Over HDMI Capability
June 2009
HDMI Specification 1.4 Released
June 2009 Silicon Image introduces First Products Incorporating HDMI 1.4 Features for DTV and Home Theatre Applications
May 2009 Formation of the Serial Port Memory Technology (SPMT™) Consortium with Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.; LG Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; and Silicon Image, Inc.
January 2009 Silicon Image introduces LiquidHD™ a new personal entertainment technology designed to quickly and easily connect TVs, consumer electronics devices, personal computers, portable media devices and home theaters into a seamless network where consumers can enjoy digital content from any source device on any LiquidHD enabled display in the home.
October 2008 Silicon Image opens its latest research and development center, a 20,000 sq. ft. facility in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai R&D center and sales office, which will also serve as headquarters of Silicon Image China, will focus on the development and sales of core technologies and cost-effective products to be incorporated in consumer electronics and home entertainment devices
June 2008 Silicon Image introduces new InstaPort™ technology designed to add intelligence to HDMI® -enabled digital television (DTV) inputs to significantly reduce switching lag time and to allow consumers to reclaim the seconds spent during switching delays.
April 2008 Silicon Image joined forces with ARM, Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and STMicroelectronics to create a working group to advance a new memory interface architecture, Serial Port Memory Technology or SPMT, initially targeted for Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chips, that employs a serial interface architecture rather than a parallel interface architecture as commonly found in current memory offerings. This new architecture will enable greater bandwidth flexibility, significantly reduced pin count, lower power demand and savings on overall system cost.
March 2008 The number of firms adopting the HDMI standard surpasses 800.
January 2008 Silicon Image launched Mobile HD technology, enabling mobile phones, digital cameras, media players and other mobile devices to link directly to HDTVs so consumers can watch and listen to content on HDTVs with pristine digital quality.
September 2007 Simplay Labs Expands Global Presence by Opening of Germany Lab and Introduces New Pre-Test Tool.
June 2007 Silicon Image shipped its 1 millionth DTV Input Processor, which is based on Silicon Image’s innovative architecture, a new way of designing HDTVs that gives manufacturers the flexibility to quickly and cost-effectively add new features to their HDTV platforms. By dividing the primary DTV electronics into two highly integrated parts—the input processor and the video processor —the Silicon Image architecture allows manufacturers to focus their innovation on their value-added video processing.
February 2007 Silicon Image signs a cross-licensing agreement with Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. to use and further develop advanced intellectual property (IP), for video processors and digital television (DTV) products.
January 2007 Silicon Image acquires sci-worx, a leading intellectual property (IP) and design service provider specializing in multimedia, communications, and networking applications
December 2006 HDMI Adopters Reach 500th milestone
December 2006 Silicon Image HDMI 1.2 transmitters for set-top boxes and DVD players reinforces world's broadest HDMI semiconductor line
October 2006 HDMI Transmitters Enable Seamless Connection to 150 Million DVI PC Monitors and HDMI HDTV
September 2006 Silicon Image Announces New Generation of SteelVine Storage Processor Family
September 2006 Citing a Sharp Increase in HDMI Adoption in Flat Panel Displays, Sony Computer Entertainment Announces All New PLAYSTATION® 3 Game Consoles Will Be Equipped Standard With HDMI (v1.3/Supporting Deep Color) Output
August 2006 Silicon Image Delivers Deep Color™ With First HDMI 1.3 Semiconductors
July 2006 Silicon Image Expands HDMI and Simplay HD Testing in China
July 2006 China Video Industry Association Agrees To Promote and Support HDMI, and to Develop HDMI Technology with Silicon Image
June 2006 Silicon Image and HDMI Founder Companies Introduce HDMI Version 1.3, Enabling Greater Bandwidth and Billions of Colors For HDTVs, PCs and DVD Players
May 2006 Silicon Image Unveils New Branding System
April 2006 Silicon Image Supplies Toshiba with HDMI Transmitter for World's First Notebook PC with HD DVD
January 2006 Silicon Image Unveils New Technologies and Programs to Provide a Richer Home Entertainment Experience for Consumers
December 2005 Proposed New Interface to Bring Next-Generation Connectivity to PC Monitors and CE Devices
November 2005 Silicon Image Expands HDMI and PanelLink Cinema Testing Operations to China
September 2005 Silicon Image Announces Industry's First Receiver to Incorporate Features of HDMI 1.2 Specification
August 2005 Silicon Image Unveils Breakthrough Next Generation 6.0 Gb/s Serdes Technology
March 2005 Silicon Image Debuts Industry's 1st HDMI Transmitters for PCs
February 2005 Silicon Image ships 100 millionth chip
September 2004 Silicon Image announces new SteelVine storage architecture
September 2004 Silicon Image debuts industry’s first SATA host controller supporting PCI-Express
September 2004 Samsung, Mitsubishi, LG, Sanyo, Pace, MediaTek and Sunplus join PanelLink Cinema Partners Program
June 2004 Silicon Image launches Silicon Image Japan K.K.; launches office in Korea and expands operations in Taiwan
January 2004 Silicon Image debuts second-generation PanelLink Cinema ICs featuring DVD-Audio and dual inputs
September 2003 First HDMI products debut at CEDIA—all feature Silicon Image HDMI ICs
September 2003 Silicon Image debuts 4-port SATA host controllers for PC and server applications
March 2003 Silicon Image announces shipment of 1 millionth SATALink™ host controller
January 2003 Silicon Image samples world's first transmitter and receiver compliant with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) 1.0 specification
December 2002 HDMI Working Group, consisting of Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba, introduces HDMI 1.0 specification
August 2002 Silicon Image samples industry's lowest power 2 Gbps quad Fibre Channel serializer/deserializer (SerDes)
February 2002 Silicon Image launches SATALink family of Serial ATA solutions, including industry’s first integrated PCI-to-Serial ATA host controller
August 2000 Silicon Image demonstrates functional SATA interface and multi-rate SerDes operating at up to 3.125 Gbps
June 2000 Silicon Image introduces first HDCP-enabled DVI transmitter and receiver pair
October 1999 Silicon Image raises $46.8 million in Initial Public Offering
April 1999 DDWG founders release DVI specification based on Silicon Image’s technology
June 1998 Silicon Image and Intel form the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) to provide a worldwide, open specification for all-digital communications from PC hosts to digital displays
June 1997 PanelLink products begin shipping