Entropic Communications
| Founded | San Diego, California (2001) |
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Founded by Dr. Itzhak Gurantz, Dr. Anton Monk, Ladd Wardani and Brett Bernath |
| Products | Semiconductors |
Entropic Communications is a provider of semiconductor solutions for the connected home. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, and maintains offices worldwide. The fabless semiconductor company is recognized for inventing the MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) home networking technology, creating Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Outdoor Unit (ODU) single-wire technology, and developing the industry’s first ARM® processor and OpenGL graphics Set-top box (STB), System-on-a-Chip (SoC). Entropic completed its initial public offering on December 7, 2007, listing on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol ENTR.
Entropic was acquired by MaxLinear for a total consideration of $287 million on February 3, 2015.
Entropic is the only pure-play platform semiconductor company in the connected home market and offers a diverse portfolio of integrated circuit (IC) technology and advanced platform software solutions:
In 2005, the company began its global expansion with the opening of its Asia regional headquarters in Hong Kong. The company expanded its Asia-Pacific presence in Korea in 2010 and in Japan in 2011.
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