SPiDCOM Technologies was

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-based company that specialized in

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and Linux-based software bundles for Multimedia Home Networking and other wire based applications . MStar Semiconductor acquired SPiDCOM in November 2011.

Products

Radomir Jovanovic founded SPiDCOM in September 2002 as subsidiary to a group that included ELSYS Design in

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, where the initial project started. Known as a

fabless semiconductor company Fabless manufacturing is the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing their fabrication (or ''fab'') to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry. These foundries are typically, but not exclu ...

, SPiDCOM designed

system-on-a-chip A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC ; pl. ''SoCs'' ) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system. These components almost always include a central processing unit (CPU), memory ...

integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Large numbers of tiny ...

s and

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based firmware for computer network communications over wires such as electrical power,

coaxial cable Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced ) is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric ( insulating material); many coaxial cables also have a p ...

s, and telephone lines. Applications included audio and video home networking,

Internet access Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is sold by Internet ...

(often called "broadband"), and energy conservation. Its first product was the SPC200 launched in 2005, and the SPC300, announced in 2009. A reference design was announced in 2010.

Standards

SPiDCOM participated in standardization efforts inside international regulatory and standards bodies, such as the

European Telecommunications Standards Institute The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of Information and communications technology, information and communications. ETSI supports the developmen ...

, the

Home Gateway Initiative The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) was a nonprofit trade organization to discuss the key specifications and standards of residential gateways, also known as home gateways. It was founded by telephone companies (Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Franc ...

and

IEEE 1901 The IEEE Std 1901-2010 is a standard for high speed (up to 500 Mbit/s at the physical layer) communication devices via electric power lines, often called broadband over power lines (BPL). The standard uses transmission frequencies below 100 ...

. SPiDCOM had a board member of the

HomePlug Powerline Alliance The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is a trade association of electronics manufacturers, service providers, and retailers that establishes standards for, and tests members' devices for compliance to, the various power line communication technologies ...

. OMEGA was a project, funded from 2008 through 2011 by the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

, to develop a 1 Gbit/s home network over power lines, radio wireless and optical wireless. SPiDCOM participated with the OMEGA Project, leading the powerline communication work package.

References

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External links

SPiDCOM Technologies website
Fabless semiconductor companies Semiconductor companies of France Power-line communication Internet access