Silicon Image Announces Americas Distribution Agreement With Symmetry Electronics

New Agreement Gives Silicon Image Access to Important Distribution Channel

October 19, 2007

Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced an Americas distribution agreement with Symmetry Electronics, a leading design-oriented distributor serving the Audio/Video, Wireless and Embedded markets. The new relationship provides Silicon Image with access to Symmetry's established Americas distribution channel to distribute VastLane, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Digital Video Interface (DVI) processors, PinnaClear integrated HDTV input processors and SteelVine storage processors. Symmetry Electronics will distribute the products through its award-winning eCommerce site, SemiconductorStore.com. "Adding a market leader such as Silicon Image allows us to expand our product portfolio with a supplier who is helping drive standards for digital content delivery, storage and presentation," said David Beck, director of technical marketing at Symmetry Electronics. "This relationship will allow us to add more value to our existing customer base by offering the latest solutions for high-definition content." Sal Colbar, vice president of worldwide sales at Silicon Image adds, "Silicon Image is excited to be partnering with Symmetry Electronics and to be featured on their SemiconductorStore.com e-commerce site. Symmetry is well respected and highly regarded in the Americas. I'm confident our relationship will help us deliver enhanced satisfaction and yield increased demand from our distribution customers in these important regions." Silicon Image's VastLane transmitters, receivers and PHYs are designed to enable the secure distribution of high-performance digital video and audio connections in PC and consumer electronic devices. VastLane products play a critical role in the transition to HDTV by bridging the content delivery gap between content providers and consumers. To deliver precision rendering of digital content, Silicon Image offers its PinnaClear HDTV processor family, which is comprised of highly integrated input processors and switches. For high-bandwidth storage solutions, Silicon Image's SteelVine Storage family of processors give consumers simple, reliable, scalable storage of valuable digital assets in consumer devices such as PCs or Digital Video Recorders (DVRs).

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