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PRESS RELEASE
For further information contact:
Sheryl M. Gulizia
Manager, Public Relations
Silicon Image, Inc.
Phone: 408/616-1553
Fax: 408/830-9527
sgulizia@siimage.com
Stacey Voorhees
Account Associate
MCA
Phone: (650) 968-8900
Fax: (650) 968-8990
LEADING ADD-IN-BOARD MANUFACTURERS CHOOSE PANELLINK® FOR
DIGITAL-OUT CAPABILITY
Silicon Image's PanelLink DVI Implementation
Continues Proliferation in PC Hosts
SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 26, 2001 — Silicon Image (Nasdaq: SIMG), a
price/performance leader in high-bandwidth semiconductor solutions for
mass markets, today announced its PanelLink® Digital Visual Interface
(DVI) transmitters are being incorporated in the industry's state-of-the-art
add-in-boards from NVIDIA, Matrox, Appian, 3Dlabs and FGL Graphics, a
division of SONICblue, Inc. By enabling more PCs to provide a digital
output, these design wins demonstrate the industry's move towards digital,
and specifically DVI, as the standard interconnect between PC hosts and
LCD monitors.
According to San Jose, Calif.-based market research firm Stanford Resources,
over 75 percent of all flat panel monitors will incorporate a digital
interface by the end of 2001. This number increases to over 90 percent
by the end of 2002. DVI enables the transmission of PC data in its native
digital form from source to display—eliminating the need for digital-to-analog
and analog-to-digital conversions that degrade image quality and require manual
image adjustments. In its recent evaluation, PC Magazine noted that eight of the
13 most popular 15-inch LCD monitors were equipped with at least one DVI connector.
To benefit from these digital LCD monitors, the PC must provide a digital output.
Most often, this is accomplished with the inclusion of a DVI-compliant graphics
card.
PanelLink transmitters can be found on NVIDIA's digital graphics cards, as
well as Matrox's G200 Multi-Monitor Series (MMS); Appian's Gemini™ DVI-I,
Appian Traveler™ and Appian X™; 3Dlabs' Wildcat™ II 5110; and FGL Graphics'
Fire GL2 and Fire GL3. PanelLink is the leading DVI implementation with more
than 15 million units shipped to date.
Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing for NVIDIA, stated, "More of
our OEM customers are demanding digital-out capability so end users can
seamlessly hook their PCs up to the latest digital LCD monitors. When
shipping in high volumes to the world's largest PC OEMs, high performance
at a reasonable cost is imperative. With the power of our GeForce and
Silicon Image's PanelLink, game enthusiasts, corporate end users and home
end users alike can experience intense 3D animation with incredible
resolution."
Commenting on the design wins, Silicon Image's Vice President of Marketing
and Business Development Michael Kelley noted, "As price points decline, more
consumers are switching to flat panel displays. The majority of these displays
are digital, and PCs are increasingly incorporating digital outputs to ensure
connectivity with these monitors." Kelley added, "We are pleased that
add-in-board manufacturers have responded to this need with a widening
array of DVI-compliant graphics boards, the majority of which feature
PanelLink. The proliferation of DVI on the host side of the market will
benefit consumers, who will reap the benefits of a pure digital viewing
experience and have a much easier time selecting PCs and digital displays
that are compatible with one another."
Mitch Furman, senior product manager, display technologies, for Matrox,
stated, "Matrox is committed to providing our customers with innovative
solutions offering the highest quality video and graphics images. Our
G200 MMS, which supports up to four DVI-based digital flat panel displays
on one PCI card, is the only quad DVI solution shipping today. Because the
integrity of our DVI output is very critical, we chose PanelLink, the industry
standard, as our DVI solution."
Silicon Image provides a family of DVI transmitters that enable scalable,
all-digital connectivity with flat panel displays, digital CRTs and projectors.
PanelLink transmitters offer bandwidth of up to 5 gigabits/second, supporting
displays ranging from VGA to UXGA resolutions (25-165 Mega-pixels/second) in
a single link interface. PanelLink transmitters have been included in PC
systems from leading manufacturers such as Compaq, Fujitsu, IBM and NEC.
About Silicon Image Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Silicon Image, Inc.
designs, develops and markets high-speed semiconductor solutions for a variety
of communications applications that require cost-effective, high-bandwidth
capabilities. Leveraging Silicon Image's circuit innovation at the physical
layer, the company's proprietary, reduced overhead Multi-layer Serial Link
(MSL™) architecture is well suited to address a number of mass markets with
aggressive bandwidth price/performance requirements-including the display,
storage and networking sectors. Evidencing its success, Silicon Image has
shipped more than 15 million high-bandwidth, low-cost semiconductor solutions
to the PC market alone. For more information on Silicon Image and its proven
multi-layered, high-speed interconnect technology, visit
www.siimage.com
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements include
statements related to inclusion of Silicon Image products in other companies'
products, the possible continuation of these relationships, and the performance
expected of such products, and those related to the future market for and
price of digital host solutions and DVI and digital adoption. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including
those described from time to time in Silicon Image's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking
statements. In particular, customers may integrate competitors' products rather
than Silicon Image's products, the volumes may not materialize, and the
inclusion may not produce revenue, margin or profit. In addition, consumers
may not purchase flat panel displays, pricing of digital host solutions may
not be as expected, and adoption of DVI and digital technology may not occur
or may not occur according to expectations. Also see "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Factors Affecting
Future Results" in the most recent Annual Report, Form 10-K or 10-Q filed by
Silicon Image with the SEC. Silicon Image assumes no obligation to update
this forward-looking information.
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