Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio
| Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio SA
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1998 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Paterna |
| management | Jorge Blasco Claret |
| Number of employees | 140 |
| sales | 12 million euros (2006) |
| Branch | Chip manufacturer |
Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio SA , DS2 for short, was a Spanish company based in Paterna , Province of Valencia that developed integrated circuits for carrier frequency systems.
DS2 integrated circuits have been used by BT , Telefónica , ITT , Alcatel and IBM for IPTV , among others .
DS2 invented the high-speed powerline communication, thereby enabling the networking of multimedia and entertainment applications at home as well as high-quality broadband internet access over the power grid in apartments, offices, houses both in the city and in rural communities. In 2004, DS2 presented the first system for powerline communication with 200 Mbit / s, followed in 2008 by the world's first fully compatible systems for 100, 200 and 400 Mbit / s.
In 2005 DS2 founded the trading company Universal Powerline Association (UPA) with some customers as a counterweight to the HomePlug Powerline Alliance .
In August 2010, after bankruptcy proceedings and the subsequent dissolution of the company, the developed technology was taken over by the Marvell Technology Group .
Products
- Coupler for data transmission systems
- Transition (gateway) for communication between the local LAN computer network and other network hierarchies
- LAN Ethernet systems for data and audio transmission
- Terminals intended for VoIP for receiving and sending remote data transmissions
- Video and audio distributor
- IP network systems for video transmission
- Modems for data transmission networks
- Digital modems for data transmission networks
Awards
- In 2003 DS 2 was awarded the Innovación Tecnológica Premios Príncipe Felipe a la Excelencia Empresarial prize.
Web links
- Fact sheet (April 22, 2008, PDF) on company website. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- Report in the daily El Pais 2006 Tecnología 'made in Spain' accessed May 13, 2009
- Global powerline specification adopted. In: Heise Online. February 21, 2006, accessed on May 19, 2009 : "The basis for the [open] specification [for Powerline Communications (PLC) Access] is the technology of the Spanish chip manufacturer Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2)"
Individual evidence
- ^ Marvell Acquires DS2 Technology press release from Marvel August 19, 2010.
- ↑ PDF file award winners page: 19 ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 13, 2009)
