SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SPMT, LLC, the entity responsible for licensing the Serial Port Memory Technology (SPMT™) specification and administering the SPMT Consortium, today announced the release of the SPMT specification. The specification is available to SPMT members and can be accessed at http://www.spmt.org.

SPMT is the first-of-its-kind memory specification for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) based on a serial interface rather than the standard parallel interface. The technology initially targets the mobile handset market, enabling a new generation of devices capable of running highly data intensive, media-rich applications while at the same time extending battery life.

“The availability of the SPMT specification marks the beginning of a new era in general purpose memory technology for the mobile market,” said Jim Venable, president of SPMT, LLC. “The technology defined in the specification represents a huge leap forward in providing a low cost, high bandwidth and low power solution for the rapidly evolving mobile market enabling a whole new generation of products.”

The SPMT Consortium welcomes inquiries from companies and organizations interested in joining the group. Opportunities to participate in the advancement of Serial Port Memory Technology exist for contributors and members. For more information about Serial Port Memory Technology, the benefits of SPMT membership, information about membership fees as well as an application to join, please visit http://www.spmt.org.

A webinar providing more information on the newly released specification will be held on October 22, 2009. To sign up for the webinar please visit http://www.spmt.org/resources/webinar.aspx.

You may also visit SPMT’s booth at ARM^® techcon3, October 21 – 23, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. To schedule a meeting please visit http://www.spmt.org/aboutus/events.aspx.

About SPMT, LLC

SPMT, LLC, founded in 2009 by leading mobile market companies, is the entity responsible for licensing the SPMT (Serial Port Memory Technology) memory interface specification. The organization and its founding members define and implement SPMT for broad market adoption as an industry standard memory interface capable of delivering the bandwidth flexibility, scalability, reduced pin count and low power required by future generations of mobile devices. Consortium members include ARM, Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc. For more information about Serial Port Memory Technology and the benefits of SPMT membership, please visit http://www.spmt.org.

Forward-looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the features, time–to-market, cost and advantages and benefits of Serial Port Memory Technology, as well as the establishment of Serial Port Memory Technology as an industry standard. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks associated with the claims made regarding the features, functionality, cost, advantages and anticipated benefits and market adoption of the SPMT technology, as well as those risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Silicon Image’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These risks and uncertainties could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Silicon Image assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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