Silicon Image, Inc. (SIMG) On-Board for Open Standards for Mobile Devices; Stock Price Spikes
Silicon Image, Inc. (SIMG) announced today that it is committed to creating an open standard for next-generation memory interface technology targeting mobile devices. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of semiconductor intellectual property solutions is part of an open-standard group that includes Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., LG Electronics, and ARM. The companies are collaborating to create a standard for dynamic random access memory (DRAM), named Serial Port Memory Technology (SPMT(TM)), which will enable extended battery life, bandwidth flexibility, significantly reduced pin count, lower power demand and multiple ports by using a serial interface instead of the parallel interface…