Interesting backstory.
So I'm guessiing the value proposition for acquiring them would either require a licensing deal with Qualcomm -- or repurposing Teranex's IP with new silicon.
Both of those options sound expensive. Hard to imagine how you make that back -- unless your existing portfolio of products each corner their respective markets because they have a "Teranex Inside " label on the box.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Staten <gregstaten@...> wrote:
> Interesting. I was wondering what Teranex was going to do considering the
> predicament they were in.
>
> About three months ago, IDT - who made the "scaler" chip that handles the
> reformatting work for the Teranex hardware - sold their video solutions
> group to Qualcomm. That group contained all of the IP for their scaler chip
> and video processing technology and it was announced that Qualcomm would be
> discontinuing all existing and future silicon using that technology
> effective immediately. Though Teranex would be able to do a last time buy
> on the chipset they use it was effectively EOL. This purchase also included
> all of the "HQV" technology in IDT's portfolio.
>
> (It is believed that Qualcomm purchased the technology and engineering team
> so they could bring advanced video processing and playback capabilities to
> their Snapdragon family of ARM processors. I suspect that they'll come out
> next year with a series of Snapdragons with the capability that are focused
> on the smart television market. They could be a very compelling offering.)
>
> -greg
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:34 PM, haus <switthaus@...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Well, BMD is already diversified by purchase, so buying just parts of Avid
> > is not that far-fetched....
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Tim McLaughlin <mcltim.156@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow. Now all Grant has to do is buy Avid and Red...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tim McLaughlin
> > > Final Cut and Avid Editor
> > > http://vimeo.com/mcltim
> > > www.mcltim.com
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Terence Curren <tcurren@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Get ready for the formerly 75K now $995.00 standards converter….
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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