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Silicon Engineering's roots in graphics have kept us at the forefront of the multimedia revolution that is sweeping the industry today.

From our origins in Intel's Graphics Component Operation in the early '80s, SEI has been deeply involved in advanced graphics silicon design on both sides of the Mac/PC fence. In the late '80s and early '90s we were developing VGA controllers and flat-panel display controllers for PC graphics leaders like Chips and Technologies, working on many of their most advanced products for the desktop and mobile PC.

At the same time we were blazing the 2D GUI acceleration trail for the high-end Macintosh market, designing performance record breaking silicon for Apple, SuperMac and Radius and paving the way for things to come as Windows emerged for the PC. Our high-performance video RAMDACs were also designed into numerous Mac, PC, and workstation systems.

As video started to become a factor in desktop graphics we were right there with our work in the Mac market, including video controllers for SuperMac and Apple. We designed the silicon for Apple's Pippin set-top box, and have worked on a number of image compression and decompression projects including JPEG, MPEG, and Wavelet-based systems.

We also have experience in design for audio systems. Creative Labs, creators of SoundBlaster and the number one player in PC audio, and their partners Emu, leaders in products for the electronic music field, brought SEI in to work with them on silicon for their AWE sound cards for PC and for professional MIDI systems.

When Microsoft launched their Talisman initiative to bring new levels of multimedia performance to the desktop, the first partner they brought in was Silicon Engineering, to work with them to develop the chips that would become the heart of the 3D acceleration engine. These chips contained over 1.7 million logic gates between them, and were as complex as the Intel PentiumII and Pentium microprocessors. SEI has presented its work on Talisman at conferences and in publications, including the HotChips Symposium at Stanford University at which it was voted one of the best papers of the symposium.

Most recently we have been working with a number of vendors on advanced, non-traditional uses of silicon in displays, designing the controllers and display drivers for stereo head-mounted displays for virtual-reality and other mobile heads-up applications.

Silicon Engineering has a depth of knowledge of graphics and multimedia that is second to none in the design services and IP markets. We can apply this knowledge to help you architect your next-generation system, ensuring a seamless interface between system and silicon and maximum performance from your silicon.