video recording, playback, and management of audio/video content. The company’s chip and hardware, firmware, and software also help in storing, managing, viewing, and exchanging video and audio. Its chips and software are used in professional video encoders, broadcast transcoders, in-home set-top boxes, consumer DVD recorders, hard-disk based home media centers, digital camcorders, and various in-home and portable media-centered devices.

The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California. It has sales and engineering offices in Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan; and sales and support facilities in Tokyo, Japan, as well as development facilities in Beijing and Shenzhen, China; Seoul, Korea; and Taipei, Taiwan.