Eight new AVnu Alliance members
Published: MEA
WORLD: The AVnu Alliance has added eight new manufacturers to its roster. The new members are Coveloz, Imagination Technologies, intoPIX, Ixia, Mipro, NXP Semiconductors, Pivitec and Xavtel. The new additions have taken the consortium’s membership to nearly 80, with more than a dozen added across multiple market segments this year.
‘AVB standards are the future of the A/V networking industry and we are excited to be a part of this strong alliance to bring solutions to our customers,’ said Eugene Chen, vice president of international sales for Mipro.
‘It’s important that Imagination supports the standards that enable our customers to build high-quality products,’ said Tony King-Smith, EVP marketing, Imagination. ‘As the audio and video markets continue to expand, AVnu-certified solutions will become an important driver in ensuring the best possible consumer experiences in global markets. We believe that our expertise in all forms of multimedia and networking will ensure we play a valuable role in the AVnu Alliance.’
‘Pivitec has a four-year track record in AVB development and has chosen to join AVnu Alliance with the express intention of pursuing AVnu certification,’ said Pivitec’s co-founder Tom Knesel.
Xavtel is also entering products into certification testing. ‘We are in the process of starting our certification testing and hope to have AVnu-certified hardware very soon,’ said Romano M. Cunsolo, director of marketing and business development at Xavtel.
‘Coveloz demonstrated a customisable and scalable solution based on FPGA technology at InfoComm 2014,’ said Nestor Amaya, president of Coveloz. ‘We've begun interoperability testing of our system-on-chip product in our Ottawa lab and have plans to go through AVnu-certification testing of the embeddable solution this year. Coveloz is fostering AVB interoperability by offering engineering and certification-support services to adopters of AVB technology.’
‘We are extremely excited by the addition of these new members to the Alliance, and by the overall growth we've experienced within the last year,’ said says AVnu Alliance president Rick Kreifeldt. ‘With each new member added, we all benefit from a valuable mix of innovation and experience.’