Amimon plans to license its IP and technology for the...

Amimon plans to license its IP and technology for the Wireless Home Digital Interface standard to third-party semiconductor companies and CE brands for next-gen CE, PC and mobile products, the company said Monday. Until now, Amimon was working with other companies including Sony, LG, Belkin, Asus, Sharp and HP on its chipsets for wireless HD audio-video links, Uri Kanonich, senior director, sales Americas, told Consumer Electronics Daily. The licensed technology from Amimon will enable wireless delivery of uncompressed high-definition video and audio, with “zero delay” and picture quality equivalent to that provided by a wired cable, Kanonich said. Companies won’t be demonstrating their own chipset technologies at CES, Kanonich said, but the company’s decision to license its technology was based on “a few companies approaching us” about licensing the technology. Licensing talks are still “behind closed doors,” he said. The licensing program will enable third parties to integrate Amimon’s IP into their own chipsets and “tailor it to their own market needs,” in interactive displays, PCs, cameras and other products, he said. The upgraded Amimon technology includes lower latency, a two-way data link in parallel with the video, and reduced power consumption, the company said. Amimon will demo its technology at CES with a wireless touch screen running Windows 8, enabling a real-time wireless video link between a base processing unit and the display, it said. Amimon said its WHDI technology offers features beyond those currently found in standard WHDI, including support for video resolution up to 4K x 2K, multi-cast, advanced control links and increased range. On the competitive environment, Kanonich said, many companies have attempted multi-room AV solutions based on Wi-Fi using proprietary solutions based on compression that have led to latency and robustness issues. With Amimon’s technology, each application will use only the power it needs to support a specific use, he said, saying the video needs for an Ultrabook vary greatly from those of a professional camera. The semiconductor market revenue potential for wireless AV chipsets, while still young, could reach the multi hundred-million-dollar level, he said.