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To: TelecosmFan who wrote (12)	10/6/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Mr. Big	Respond to of 42

Company: SILICON IMAGE Industry: Semiconductors Last Update: JANUARY 1999 (Issue #64) CEO: David Lee Founded: 1995 Employees: 50 www.siimage.com (408) 873-3111 Cupertino, CA MARKET Develops semiconductors for flat-panel displays. Its PanelLink chip technology is used in the design of all-digital display interfaces for cellular phones, other handheld computing devices, and laptop computers. PanelLink technology lets a device transmit data to a display digitally, increasing image resolution and reducing manufacturing costs. PanelLink has been adopted by several industry consortiums, with members including IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Compaq, and NEC. In December Hitachi developed its first all-digital desktop PC display using PanelLink. Other customers include ATI Technologies, Compaq, Gateway 2000, IBM, LG Electronics, Samsung, Siemens, and Toshiba. Competes with Analog Devices, Arithmos, Genesis Microchip, IBM, National Semiconductor, Pixelworks, and Sony. FINANCE Not profitable. Raised seed funding and first round from private investors. Raised a second round of $5 million from August Capital. Raised a third round of $9.6 million in October from InveStar Capital, Velocity Capital, and prior investors. Total capital raised: $20 million. CEO founded the company and was previously with Sun Microsystems and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.