Intel teams with Silicon Hive for Atom work
The collaboration spans mobile and embedded segments based on the Intel Atom processor.
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News -- EDN, February 16, 2010
Silicon Hive BV this morning announced a collaboration with Intel Corp to apply its parallel processing technology across mobile and embedded segments based on the Intel Atom processor roadmap.
Today’s announcement is not the first time Intel has shown interest in the Eindhoven-based company. Intel Capital, the investment arm at Intel, had previously led a $7 million investment round in Silicon Hive, which designs, builds, and licenses application-specific solutions for imaging, video, and communications processing through its programmable HiveFlex processor cores and vertical HiveGo solutions.
Part of the funding was used to allow Silicon Hive to release additional HiveGo solutions for image and video processing. The funding was announced in October 2008, when Silicon Hive also announced it signed a business agreement with Intel for potential product opportunities using Silicon Hive’s technology for mobile products.
“We are excited to work with Intel to bring Silicon Hive parallel processing technology to the vast ecosystem of Atom-based SOCs and their very broad consumer applications,” said Atul Sinha, CEO of Silicon Hive, in a statement today. “The strengthening of relationship between Intel and Silicon Hive offers a major growth opportunity for Silicon Hive and takes us further in our vision of mass-deployment of Silicon Hive’s technology for consumer benefit.”
Pankaj Kedia, director of global ecosystem programs in Intel’s ultra mobility group, noted that since its launch in 2008, the Atom processor has generated strong growth for the company across mobile and embedded segments. “Intel’s collaboration with Silicon Hive has the potential to enable significantly richer media experiences as we evolve our Atom roadmap to meet the needs of the smartphone and embedded market segments,” he said in the statement.
