Sigma Designs Powers Verismo Networks' Broadband TV Set Top Box

SMP8652 Media Processor Chosen to Deliver Unparalleled TV Entertainment From Today’s Wide Range of Sources to the Digital Home

MILPITAS, CA — 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 SMP8652 Secure Media Processor™ is being used inside Verismo’s Broadband TV set top box. Sigma’s SMP8652 gives Verismo’s customers the most complete solution available for migrating their customers to the IP-connected home.

With Sigma’s SMP8652, Verismo has a complete, end-to-end solution that allows the integration of linear channels, combined with best in class over the top (OTT) Internet videos, Video-on-Demand (VOD), and live channels from around the world, along with the ability to play back personal media right off the box. The solution also provides social networking functionality with sites like Facebook and Twitter, and photo viewing from popular Internet sites like Picasa.

The SMP8652 is instrumental to the success of Verismo’s solution. Sigma’s unique chipset enables 1080P HD functionality and includes a powerful secure media processor that can decode and playback in a wide variety of Internet video file formats — more than any other on the market.

“We chose the Sigma solution because its history with successful deployments in IPTV set top boxes,” said Dhaval Ajmera, executive vice president at Verismo. “Sigma’s media processor solution offers the highest integration with the widest support for more video streams and protocols than any other solution on the market. Sigma’s solution is by far the most complete and affordable solution available today.”

Sigma Designs SMP8652 delivers a low cost, high performance solution for the IP-enabled home. The SMP8652’s efficient architecture offers substantial savings for new set top box designs while providing high-quality user experiences.

“Verismo has taken full advantage of our high performance media processor platform to give end users a world-class solution for the IP-connected home at an excellent price point,” said David Lynch, vice president and general manager, Media Processor Group at Sigma Designs. “We believe their end-to-end solution, with our media processor, will win many high profile installations as an IPTV client for over the top content.”