New 300MHz Port Processors and Transmitter Supports HDMI®1.4a

Date: 7/6/2011

- features MHL™ technology to connect, control and charge mobile devices

It is widely expected that next-generation consumer electronics (CE) products – such as 4Kx2K DTVs, 4Kx2K camcorders, and 3D gaming systems – will support 300MHz HDMI interfaces in order to transmit and display the latest 4K content and high frame-rate 1080p full HD 3D games. Silicon Image, a specialist provider of wired and wireless HD connectivity solutions, has responded to this application demand by introducing two new port processors and a HDMI transmitter that all support 300MHz HDMI® 1.4a. 

The SiI9587-3 and SiI9589-3 port processors incorporate Silicon Image’s InstaPort™ S technology, an industry-leading development that enables port-to-port switching times of less than one second.  Both processors fully integrate Audio Return Channel and are compatible with the growing number of MHL™- (Mobile High-Definition Link) enabled smart phones and tablets.  MHL technology enables the display of HD content from a mobile device to an MHL-enabled display, while simultaneously permitting consumers to control and charge the mobile device.
The companion device, the SiI9136-3 HDMI 1.4a transmitter supports 300MHz operation and is ideally suited for audio/video receivers, game consoles, PC graphics adapters and Blu-ray Disc™ players designed to send high frame-rate or 4K content.

According to Martin Cornish, head of application engineering at Ismosys,Silicon Image’s pan-European sales and marketing representative, the new 300MHz port processors represent the industry’s most advanced solutions for HDMI and MHL connectivity:  “Together, the SiI9587-3 and SiI9589-3 port processors and SiI9136-3 transmitter enable an end-to-end 300MHz solution to support next-generation DTVs and source devices”, Cornish said.

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About Silicon Image, Inc.
Silicon Image is a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions that enable the reliable distribution and presentation of high-definition content for consumer electronics, mobile, and PC markets.  The company delivers its technology via semiconductor and intellectual property (IP) products that are compliant with global industry standards and also feature industry leading Silicon Image innovations such as InstaPort™.  Silicon Image’s products are deployed by the world’s leading electronics manufacturers in devices such as desktop and notebook PCs, DTVs, Blu-ray Disc™ players, audio-video receivers, as well as mobile phones, tablets and digital cameras.  Silicon Image has driven the creation of the highly successful HDMI® and DVI™ industry standards, the latest standards for mobile devices - SPMT™ (Serial Port Memory Technology) and MHL™ (Mobile High-Definition Link), and the standard for 60GHz wireless HD video – WirelessHD™ (WiHD).  Via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Simplay Labs, Silicon Image offers manufacturers comprehensive standards interoperability and compliance testing services.  For more information, visit Silicon Image at www.siliconimage.com.