Ittiam Systems

Infobox_Company
company_name = Ittiam Systems
company_
company_type = Venture Capital Funded
foundation = January 12001
location = Bangalore, India
num_employees = 220+
industry = Digital Signal Processing Systems
homepage = [http://www.ittiam.com/ www.ittiam.com]

Ittiam Systems is a Venture Capital funded company founded by ex-Managing Director of Texas Instruments' India Srini Rajam in 2001, developing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Systems. It is headquartered in Bangalore, India and has marketing offices in the US, UK, France and Taiwan. It is represented through authorised associates in the US, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore.

Ittiam Systems is India's first technology firm to be based on licensing of intellectual property (IP). [ [http://www.businessworldindia.com/july1204/indepth05.asp Business World India, July 12, 2004] ] Ittiam develops DSP based products; both off-the-shelf components pluggable into the customers' systems, as well as custom products. Revenue is mainly generated through licensing of its DSP intellectual property and reference designs.

In June, 2003, Ittiam announced a revenue-sharing partnership with DivXNetworks to deliver DivX Certified(TM) solutions for portable digital video products. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200306/ai_mark144520062 Ittiam and DivXNetworks Partner to Deliver DivX Certified(TM) Solutions for Portable Digital Video Products, June 2003] ] [ [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701330700.htm "Ittiam to raise second round of funding this year" - Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications, June 27, 2003] ]

One of its early US customers was e.Digital Corporation, a San Diego-based company that developed the digEplayer portable audio/video in-flight entertainment device under contract by Tacoma, Washington-based APS, now named digEcor. e.Digital's Robert Putnam was quoted as saying "We're constantly scouring the world for high-performance technologies that are already out there." [ [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_41/b3903409.htm "Scouring The Planet For Brainiacs - Worldwide innovation networks are the new keys to R&D vitality and competitiveness", BusinessWeek, October 11, 2004] ] For the third consecutive year, Ittiam Systems was awarded the title "The world's most preferred DSP IP supplier" in the DSP Professionals Survey 2006 by Forward Concepts, USA. [ [http://www.ittiam.com/pages/news/pres-rel-20070124.htm For Third successive year, Ittiam Systems rated World's Most Preferred DSP IP Provider. Jan. 24, 2007] ] [ [http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/9210/ittiam-recognised-preferred-dsp-ip-supplier.html Ittiam Recognised as the World's Most Preferred DSP IP Supplier, Nov. 2004] ]

The company has won many industry awards including Red Herring 100 Asia Company, which recognizes 100 private companies in Asia that drive the technology industry's future, [ [http://www.mywire.com/pubs/PRNewswire/2005/08/31/985434?&pbl=15 Ittiam Systems Named a Red Herring 100 Asia Company, Aug 31, 2005] ] and NASSCOM innovation award 2006. [ [http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=52946 Innovation: The new success mantra for Emerging Companies, NASSCOM Newsline Issue No. 72, October 2007] ]

In early 2007, ITTIAM became one of the few IP companies in the world to obtain certification for 802.11g IP. [ [http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/15574/ittiam-systems-gets-coveted-wi-fi-certified-802-11g-ip.html Ittiam Systems Gets the Coveted 'Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM)' for its 802.11g IP, April 4, 2007] ]

Name

The name "ITTIAM" is derived from the English translation of a famous quote by René Descartes, "I Think, Therefore I AM."

References

External links

* http://www.rayandkeshavan.com/brandidentity/ittiam.htm
* http://www.businessworld.in/july1204/indepth05.asp
* http://www.ittiam.com