Lowest Cost, Lowest Power RVU Offered by Sigma Designs

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced the immediate availability of RVU®-compatible client software for its high-performance, low-cost media processing chipsets and reference designs. With Sigma’s RVU solution, telco, cable, and satellite customers have a low-cost, high-performance way to distribute premium AV content, from the home gateway to thin client set-top boxes and consumer products, throughout the home. Sigma will exhibit its RVU solutions for the first time at IBC 2010 in the Balcony Suite BM24, on the Mezzanine Level, Hall 1.

“Sigma’s solution accelerates the growth of IP-based audio-video distribution in the home by giving service providers and OEMs the ability to rapidly deploy interoperable consumer products.”

Sigma RVU solutions enable multi-channel service providers to deliver their high-quality content to RVU thin client devices throughout the connected home – with a consistent user interface. OEMs can now rapidly develop and deploy networked consumer products using Sigma’s feature-rich reference designs.

“Our deep expertise in IPTV and connected media players has given us the edge in developing a low-cost, comprehensive connectivity solution using RVU for our cable, satellite, and telco customer base,” said David Lynch, vice president and general manager, media processor business unit at Sigma Designs. “Sigma’s solution accelerates the growth of IP-based audio-video distribution in the home by giving service providers and OEMs the ability to rapidly deploy interoperable consumer products.”

The RVU Remote User Interface provides for the pixel accurate rendering of the service provider’s graphic user interface on a large variety of thin-client displays. The RVU protocol, standardized by the RVU Alliance, is based on existing industry standards (UPnP, DLNA, DTCP-IP).

Sigma’s RVU client software port, which was developed jointly with JetHead Development, augments Sigma’s Adobe Flash, Google Android, Yahoo Widgets, Netflix and OpenGL ES 2.0 software modules.

“By combining our RVU software with Sigma’s great media processors, we help service providers to generate higher revenues, at lower cost,” said Brian Bender, president of JetHead Development.

Availability

RVU software is now available for the entire line of Sigma Designs’ media processors. For more information, please contact your local Sigma Designs sales office.

About the RVU Alliance

For more information about the RVU Alliance, visit www.rvualliance.org.

Key Facts:

Sigma Designs is a leading provider of SoCs to the consumer IPTV and media-player markets
Sigma Designs has developed and deployed several generations of reference designs for Cable TV Gateway-Clients
Sigma Designs is a major supplier of HomePNA, HomePlug AV and UWB home networking chipsets and also currently developing G.hn home communication chips

Tags/keywords: JetHead, Sigma Designs, RVU Software, RVU Alliance, Remote User Interface, Server-Clients, Gateway-Clients, Cable, Satellite, Telco

About JetHead Development

JetHead Development, a California-based private company, headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, is the leading developer of RVU-compliant server and client software technology. JetHead Development specializes in the development, testing and integration of embedded software for the consumer electronics market.

About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home. SoC solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic products that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players, and media communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and distributors in Korea, Russia and India. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs' web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the future potential of Sigma’s RVU solutions. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, including continuance of the current economic conditions specific to the semiconductor industry, the rate of growth of the IPTV, digital media adapter, and hybrid cable/IP thin clients markets in general, the ramp in demand from Sigma’s set-top box and telecommunication customers, Sigma’s ability to deploy and achieve market acceptance for Sigma’s products in these markets, the ability of its SoCs to compete with other technologies or products in these emerging markets as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in Sigma’s SEC reports, including our annual report on Form 10-Q as filed April 1st, 2010. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.