History
History
Chips&Media is a global IP supplier with
more than 20 years of experience.
Check out the history of Chips&Media, which has
brought countless hours of experience at the heart of multimedia IP
2020
~ Recent
2024
- - Established Daegu R&D center
2023
- - Released ‘CMNP,’ the high-resolution image processingNPU IP
- - Released ‘WAVE6 PX4 Series,’ the video codec IP with YUV422/YUV444 encoding and decoding supported
- - Listed on 'Global Star Fabless' for the fabless company promotion project by Korea Government
2022
- - Signed a video IP license contract worth a 4.2billion won with a China-based semiconductor company
- - Released 'WAVE677DV,' the 8K60fps@1GHz multi-standard (AV1/HEVC/AVC/VP9) video codec IP
- - Joined Access Advance VVC Patent Pool
- - Accomplished 3 billion won in royalty sales for four consecutive quarters
2021
- - Listed on 2020Best KOSDAQ Public Corporation
- - Participated in semiconductor360 LIVE 2021
- - 'WAVE627,' the 4K UHD multi-standard video encoder with AV1 supported
- - Accomplished 1 billion shipments of multimedia IP
2020
- - Released 'WAVE517,' 4K UHD multi-standard video decoder IP with AV1 supported
- - Released and signed a contract for 'c.WAVE120,' the deep learning-based super-resolution
up-scaling HW IP - - Participated in2020 Embedded Vision Summit
- - Exhibited in Samsung Foundry SAFE™ Forum 2020
- - Exhibited in SEDEX 2020
2010
~ 2019
2019
- - Released 'WAVE541C,' the 8K UHD@60fps HEVC/AVC video codec IP
- - Released 'WAVE510A,' the world's first commercial AV1 4K UHD video decoder IP
2018
- - Released 'c.WAVE100,' the deep learning-based object detection HW IP
- - Released 'WAVE521C,' the 4K UHD HEVC/AVC@60fps video codec IP
2017
- - Released 'WAVE520,' the UHD HEVC@60fps video encoder IP
- - Released ISP IP models by co-partnering with BTree Co.,Ltd.
- - 'CARPO,' 2MP ISP IP
- - 'LEDA,' 5MP ISP IP
- - 'NIX,' HDR computational photography IP
- - 'HYDRA,' Window Motion Adaptive based 3DNR computational photography IP
- - 'KERBEROS,' lens distortion correction IP
2016
- - Released 'WAVE510,' the HEVC@60fps video decoder IP
- - 'WAVE420L,' the ultra-small size HEVC video codec IP
- - Released 'WAVE512,' the UHD HEVC/VP9@60fps video decoder IP
- - Released 'WAVE515,' the UHD HEVC/VP9/AVS2@60fps video decoder IP
2015
- - Released 'cFrame30,' the lossy compression IP
- - Listed on KOSDAQ (Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotation)
- - Released 'WAVE512,', the UHD HEVC/VP9@60fps video decoder IP
- - Released 'CODA7Q,' the cost-effective multi-standard HEVC supporting codec IP
2014
- - Released 'WAVE410,' the UHD HEVC video decoder IP
- - Over 200 million SoC units shipped with Chips&Media IPs by the licensees
- - Released 'WAVE420,' the UHD HEVC video codec IP
2013
- - Listed on KONEX (Korea New Exchange)
2012
- - Established US office in San Jose, CA
- - Established Japan office in Tokyo
2011
- - Established Taiwan office in Hsinchu
2012
- - Signed a strategic partnership with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc
2003
~ 2009
2009
- - Established China office in Shanghai
- - The first HDTV SoC with Chips&Media's IP shipped by DTV SoC manufacturer
- - Joined ARM Connected Community
- - Released 'CODA8550,' the Full HD encoder IP
- - Over 20 million SoC units shipped with Chips&Media IP licenses
2008
- - Spun off the SoC Business Unit
- - Released 'BODA7503,' the AVS decoder IP
- - Licensed a multi-core decoder IP to a Japan-based company
2007
- - Got ISO 9001 certified
- - Awarded the bronze medal for Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Korea 2007
- - Released the world's first HW Real Video decoder IP
2006
- - Released 'Prism,' the multi-standard video codec IP that supports VC-1, up to D1 resolution
- - Signed a contract with GCT Semiconductor, Inc. for a video IP
- - Licensed the HD resolution multi-standard video codec IP
2005
- - Released the multi-standard video codec IP with AVC support up to D1 resolution
- - Signed a contract with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (now NXP, Inc.)
- - Licensed multi-standard video codecs to global companies
2004
- - Signed a contract with MtekVision to license MPEG-4 IP
2003
- - Chips&Media established