According to recent and persistent stories in the Israeli media such as Globes Online and Haaretz, Mellanox is set to enter the developing digital home broadband networking space by buying chip developer CopperGate Communications for $200m. CopperGate is an Israeli startup that develops chips used in home entertainment devices, such as digital video recorders and set-top boxes, and can also be used to receive digital media files, IPTV for example, sent over telephone lines and cable TV wires.
Mellanox Looks to Buy Home Networking Start-Up
August 10, 2009