MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for delivering entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced that its HomePlug® AV CG2110 chipset has been certified compliant by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance through the Laboratoire des Applications Numeriques (LAN) certification process. With this certification, Sigma will now deliver its signature innovation and unparalleled technology to HomePlug AV products that distribute video, audio, and data through the home.

“The CG2110 chipset passed its certification testing with ease, but most notably, the Sigma team brought a level of professionalism and organization to the review process,” said Vincent Buchoux, chief technical officer at LANPark. “Their preparation for this approval made the process seamless, which ultimately led to certification on their first attempt.”

Based on the HomePlug AV v1.1 specification, the CG2110 chipset is designed for home AV networking - video, audio, data, and voice - over existing AC power lines. Featuring guaranteed QoS, the CG2110 chipset efficiently utilizes network resources for multiple simultaneous streams of real time high-definition video, audio, voice, and data in the presence of best effort data transfers.

“The Sigma HomePlug AV CG2110 is designed to deliver rich media content reliably throughout the home,” said Gabi Hilevitz, vice president and general manager of Sigma Designs’ Home Connectivity business unit. “Since we helped contribute to the HomePlug Powerline specification, our expertise made it possible for us to get our exciting new product through the LAN approval process quickly. Now, more than a dozen companies are building Sigma-enabled solutions with the assurance that our products have passed the critical LAN testing process.”

Availability

Information on solutions using the HomePlug AV Chipset for home AV networks, set-top boxes, and residential gateways can be found at http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products.php?id=31.

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About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home. SoC solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic products that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players, and media communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and distributors in Korea, Russia and India. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs' web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the future potential of HomePlug AV as a critical component of home networking solutions. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, including continuance of the current economic conditions specific to the semiconductor industry, the rate of growth of the home entertainment networking market in general, the ability of Sigma’s HomePlug AV solution to compete with other technologies or products in this emerging market as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in Sigma’s SEC reports, including our quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed September 8, 2010. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. All other trademarks, trade names and service marks mentioned and/or used belong to their respective owners.