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Coppergate Acquires HomePlug AV Assets of Conexant

Posted on May 07, 2008

Today Coppergate, the primary provider of HPNA 2.0 silicon, acquired the HomePlug AV assets from Conexant. Conexant, which continues to be parted out like a 67 Chevy (it announced the sale of its set-top box products to NXP last week), hasn't been much of a presence in HomePlug, selling some HomePlug 1.0 chips and never quite productizing their HomePlug AV product line to the point where it was ready for market. CopperGate, which is one of the most active members in the next-generation triple-wire spec G.hn, sees the acquisition as a way both to serve those customers in markets where coax or ...

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