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Image Microsystems company history timeline

1992

The kit, which was scheduled to ship in February 1992, was expected to allow a standard JPEG video-capture method to emerge quickly.

C-Cube's overall sales in 1992 were about $19 million.

1993

In fall 1993 C-Cube introduced the first real-time MPEG-1 video encoder.

1994

In 1994 C-Cube reincorporated as a Delaware corporation. It made its initial public offering (IPO) of stock in April 1994, selling some 2.4 million shares at an initial price of $15 per share.

In fall 1994 C-Cube introduced a new chip, the CL480V/CD, that was expected to reduce the price of video compact disc players from $400 to less than $250.

1995

Also in 1995 the company received an Emmy award for its MPEG-2 technology contribution to digital television.

1996

Co-founder Alexandre Balkanski had become C-Cube's CEO. By mid-1996 the stock was in the low $30s following a market correction that affected many technology stocks.

1997

Later in 1997 C-Cube launched its DVx IC, the first single-chip codec for MPEG-2.

1998

Umesh Padval, who had been president of C-Cube Semiconductor since 1998, became president and CEO of C-Cube Microsystems.

2000

In September 2000 it announced it was the first chip supplier to surpass the ten million unit mark in silicon shipments for the worldwide DVD market.

2003

Bryant Hilton, a Dell spokesman, says 900 people recycled or donated their computers in May 2003, up from 300 this January.

2004

The glacial rate of breakneck change Computer History Museum Still Image, 2004-09-28 102667625

2005

Odesseys in Technology: A conversation with Carol Bartz Computer History Museum Still image, 2005-09-13 102667643

2006

The history of the future of the city Computer History Museum Still image, 2006-05-24 102667630

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