SILICON OPTIX ADDS CHIEF VIDEO SCIENTIST AND NEW R&D FACILITY IN MONTREAL
San Jose, CA —(August 08, 2006)—Silicon Optix, a leading supplier of advanced video-image digital processing systems and integrated circuits (ICs), is pleased to announce the addition of Chon Tam as Chief Video Scientist, as well as the opening of its newest R&D office, at 1751 Richardson, Bureau 1000, Montreal, Quebec.
We are excited to have Tam, an expert and veteran in this industry, join Silicon Optix. He brings with him extensive experience and expertise that will contribute significantly to further advance Silicon Optix´s video processing technology and highly awarded products. Our new R&D office will add to our capability to support and expand our technology and product portfolio,” said Louie Lee, Chief Technical Officer, Silicon Optix.
In 1990, Tam was one of the six cofounders of Miranda Technologies, a leader in the video broadcast industry that now has more than 300 employees worldwide. He was Miranda’s chief scientist and worked mainly on research and development of new advanced algorithms for designing key products still in production today. During the 1990s there was strong cooperation between Miranda and Genesis, where Paul Russo was Founder and CEO. In 2000, Russo started Silicon Optix, a spin-off from Genesis.
In 2003, Tam co founded Algolith, a Miranda Technologies spin-off aimed at the high-end consumer market. As Algolith’s CTO, he was the chief architect behind many award-winning technologies, including some advanced de-interlacing techniques, as well as region-adaptive codec artifact and noise reducers (MNR-MPEG Noise Reduction).
Tam is also a full-time professor at the University of Sherbrooke since 1991. His current research focuses on the domains of Neural Networks and Signal and Video Processing.
“It´s truly a great pleasure and a challenge for me to join the Silicon Optix DSP team. I hope to contribute to the success of its growing portfolio of video processing technologies and be a part of the next wave of the digital video revolution,” said Tam.
For more information, please go to www.siliconoptix.com, www.teranex.com, and www.hqv.com.
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