C-Cube

C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.
Company typePublic company
NasdaqCUBE
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedAugust 8, 1988 as a California corporation
FateAcquired by LSI Logic in March 2001
HeadquartersMilpitas, California
Key people
Edmund Sun, co-founder
Alex Balkanski, co-founder
Bill O'Meara, CEO
Don Valentine, Chairman
ProductsVideo compression semiconductors and subsystems

C-Cube Microsystems, Inc., was an early company in video compression technology as well as the implementation of that technology into semiconductor integrated circuits and systems. C-Cube was the first company to deliver on the market opportunity presented by the conversion of image and video data from analog to digital formats enabling markets such as VideoCD, DVD, DirecTV, digital cable, and non-linear editing systems.