- 4i2i Communications
Infobox_Company
company_name = 4i2i Communications
company_
company_type =Limited company
foundation = 1995
location =
industry = Semiconductor IP cores,Computer software
products = Semiconductor IP cores,Computer software
homepage = [http://www.4i2i.com/ www.4i2i.com]4i2i Communications Ltd. is a supplier of semiconductor IP cores,
software and board level solutions forvideo coding ,error correction [ [http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/columns/core_competency/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17408484 IP cores from 4i2i fit Actel ASICs] ] coding and broad-band modems. Headquartered inAberdeen ,Scotland , it also has offices inEdinburgh ,Scotland and San Jose,California ,USA . The company specializes invideo compression technology and sells a range of video IP cores. 4i2i video cores include High ProfileH.264 decode and encode supportingHDTV resolution video [cite web | url=http://www.xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/xcell_56/xc_pdf/p070-073_56-alpha.pdf | title=High Definition, Low Bandwidth. Implementing a high-definition H.264 codec solution with a single Xilinx FPGA. | author=4i2i and Alpha Data | date=2006-01-01 | publisher=Xilinx | accessdate=2007-02-06] .4i2i customers include
NASA [ [http://business.scotsman.com/technology.cfm?id=1086292004 4i2i deal out of this world] ] [ [http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/news-se/news-fullarticle.htm?articleid=79878 Aberdeen company takes leap into space after securing deal with NASA] ] whoseJet Propulsion Laboratory uses 4i2i videocodec IP to helpastronaut s transmitdigital video pictures back toEarth from space.4i2i sponsors a research engineer at the
Institute for System Level Integration [ [http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/research/engd/4i2i.htm ISLI EngD research - 4i2i Communications (2003-07)] ] .Company timeline
*1995: Company founded.
*2005:Xilinx and 4i2i demonstrate industry's first high definitionH.264 /AVC encoder available in a singleFPGA [ [http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/products/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170701141 Xilinx and 4i2i demonstrate industry's first high definition H.264/AVC encoder available in a single FPGA.] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.4i2i.com/ www.4i2i.com] — the company's website
* 4i2i Company Profile at [http://www.talentscotland.com/view_item.aspx?item_id=166 talentscotland.com] (part ofScottish Enterprise )
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