SiBEAM Inc., now a subsidiary of Silicon Image, was a fabless semiconductor company and a developer of high-speed wireless communication platforms. The company was among the leading innovators of millimeter wave (mmWave)
solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communications technology. The company was based in Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale, California

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 and San Diego, California

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The company was founded in 2004 by a team of researchers in wireless communications from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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 and strategic backers including Panasonic

Panasonic

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, Samsung

Samsung

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, Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

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, and Best Buy

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. The company has raised over $112 million of venture capital

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 financing from U.S. Venture Partners

U.S. Venture Partners

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, New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates

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, Foundation Capital

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, and Lux Capital

Lux Capital

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 in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

SiBEAM was developing millimeter wave technologies to meet the demand for high-bandwidth services. A founding member of the WirelessHD

WirelessHD

WirelessHD is an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface for wireless high-definition signal transmission for consumer electronics products. The consortium currently has over 40 adopters; key members behind the specification include...

 Consortium, SiBEAM’s first products are based on the WirelessHD

WirelessHD

WirelessHD is an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface for wireless high-definition signal transmission for consumer electronics products. The consortium currently has over 40 adopters; key members behind the specification include...

 1.0 specification. The company's Omnilink60-based WirelessHD

WirelessHD

WirelessHD is an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface for wireless high-definition signal transmission for consumer electronics products. The consortium currently has over 40 adopters; key members behind the specification include...

chipsets are being used for end-to-end wireless high-definition digital video display, without compression or buffering.

SiBEAM was noted by several publications as one of the promising startup companies in its industry.

SiBEAM was acquired by Silicon Image in April 2011 for $25.5 million in cash and Silicon Image stock.