Amimon raises $15 million for wireless HDTV
The latest round includes new and existing investors Amimon said but the company did not list the investors. Previous rounds have included Stata Venture Partners, Argonaut Private Equity, Cedar Fund, Evergreen Venture Partners, Walden Israel and Motorola Ventures who are still listed as Amimon’s main investors.
The money will be used to accelerate the development of follow-on generations of wireless high definition video chipsets. The money is also expected to help Amimon expand its position in the mobile TV and tablet markets enabling mobile- and tablet-to-TV connection.
Amimon (Herzlia, Israel), founded in 2004, said it is ramping up production to deliver WHDI chipsets to multiple customers and that numerous companies are developing products – wireless HDTVs, PC-to-TV, tablet-to-TV, HD wireless bridges – based on Amimon’s WHDI chipsets.
"Notebook PCs, handsets and tablets have emerged as primary sources of HD content and consumers are eager to connect these devices to the TV; WHDI offers the only viable option for connecting these devices to a TV," said Yoav Nissan-Cohen, chairman and CEO of Amimon, in a statement. "We will use this round of funding to solidify Amimon’s WHDI technology as the connection method of choice for all mobile devices and tablets to the TV."
The WHDI standard utilizes a 40 MHz channel in the 5 GHz unlicensed band to deliver uncompressed 1080p/60-Hz HD video. WHDI and can be implemented with a single antenna for minimal footprint. WHDI includes support for all 3-D formats required by the HDMI 1.4a specification and range of over 100 feet through obstacles and walls. WHDI supports HDCP revision 2.0, providing security and digital content protection and compatibility with HDMI.
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