Sigma Designs Announces New High-Performance SoCs for Smart TVs
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Sigma Designs Announces New High-Performance SoCs for Smart TVs

MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwired) -- Jan 08, 2014 -- Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, control, connectivity and converging multimedia delivery, has unveiled its new SX6 series TV chip family at the 2014 CES show in Las Vegas 7-10 January 2014 in the Sigma Designs suite 2990 at the Las Vegas Hotel. Designed to support Ultra HD video, the Sigma Designs' HiDTV® PRO-SX6 is its first fully-integrated Ultra HD ready smart TV SoC. It includes all the key technologies required for advanced connectivity and OTT services for the Smart TVs, making it an industry-leading TV chip for a "connected world."

Designed to support both Full HD and Ultra HD size screens, the HiDTV PRO-SX 6 delivers high CPU and GPU performance based on Dual Core ARM A9 and Mali GPU. This chip produces true 4K picture without the need for downscaling the video to Full HD first and then upscaling to Ultra HD to overcome the performance limitations. The result is uncompromising 4K picture quality that consumers are looking for.

"Once again our team has come up with a timely solution that will enable our OEM and ODM partners to meet the demands of the market for leading edge, high-performance, high quality TVs," explained Mustafa Ozgen, vice president and general manager home multimedia for Sigma Designs. "The ever-increasing demand for large size TV screens with the same clarity of image and pixel density as smaller screens means that the need for Ultra HD resolution is also increasing. Our new product delivers the tools to get our partners to market quickly with a cost-effective Ultra HD and Full HD line up of TVs using the same chip. We designed the SX6 to give consumers the taste of real Full HD and UltraHD video processing. Unlike many products that claim to have Ultra HD resolution support, the SX6 does not compromise on video resolution in any way to meet the technical requirements of Ultra HD."

The HiDTV® PRO-SX6 is a single-chip solution that is an industry-leading product with a wealth of exciting features, including:

To enable fast time to market and simultaneous multi-region platform rollout, HiDTV® PRO-SX6 platform comes with production-proven software for all major geographical regions.

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About Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM) is a world leader in connected media platforms. The company designs and builds the essential semiconductor technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's leading IPTV set-top boxes, DTV, connected media players, residential gateways, home control systems and more. For more information about Sigma Designs, please visit www.sigmadesigns.com.

Sigma Designs, Secure Media Processor, and the Sigma Designs logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sigma Designs, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be trademarks of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about the anticipated features and benefits of Sigma's SX6 Dual Core A9 ARM-based chipsets. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, including the rate of adoption of Sigma's SX6 Dual Core A9 ARM-based chipsets, Sigma's ability to deploy and achieve market acceptance for Sigma's products in its target markets, the ability of its chipset to compete with other technologies or products in these markets as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in Sigma's SEC reports, including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed December 12, 2013. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Sigma Designs 
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