MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced that they have completed their acquisition of China-based privately held Celestial Semiconductor on March 4th, finalizing an agreement that was announced January 31st 2011.
Celestial provides a family of ARM-based high-performance SoCs with HD quality video processing, multi-source video input and multi-format video playback. These SoCs combine transport processing, image processing, multi-standard media playback in 480/720/1080p, noise reduction, de-interlacing, audio processing, video encoding, advanced video post processing and picture enhancement, 2D/3D graphics, advanced security and content protection. A full range of input and output options including S/PDIF, DVI, HDMI, composite and component analog video, Ethernet, digital input, SATA, USB, and audio are also provided as part of a low cost BOM design. This is combined with a feature rich software solution complete with graphical user interface and support for major conditional access standards that are required by content providers and Telcos.
Celestial products have been designed into a range of devices such as set top boxes (STB), IPTV, Interactive TVs, Net multimedia players, and portable media players being deployed by cable and telecom media service providers, Interactive cable operators, multiple system operators (MSO) in China and other emerging geographies.
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications and the digital home.. Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access & service provider equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium Networks principal offices are in Mountain View, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and Taiwan. For more information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com
