Our visit to the International CES 2011 show was an ideal forum to showcase to the industry our technology and product roadmap while receiving feedback from our strategic customers on what they would like to see, and get compelling mention in the press. Suffice to say, we are excited that we achieved all three.
While at the show, Icron held a press conference on January 7th where we unveiled technology demos of our USB 3.0 extender cable, USB over DisplayPort, along with our KVM product line up. In case you missed our press conference, here are just a few descriptors of the demos:
In partnership with Intersil, we introduced our new 20 meter USB 3.0 Active Extension Cable which utilizes our LionsGate IC and leverages USB extension technology, the active cable extends USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity well beyond the USB 3.0 specification distance limitation of three meters.
ExtremeLink™4500, the newest addition to our KVM product line. The ExtremeLink™4500 is one of our KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) extender products and allows a computer to be placed remotely from a workstation area, connected over an existing LAN or dedicated Cat 5 (up to 330 ft).
This abundant set of demonstrations received an enthusiastic article in the CES Daily which is published each day of the show. The article covers our KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extenders which enable video, USB 2.0 and audio to be extended up to 500 meters (1640 feet) on Cat 5 cables or support connections on a Local Area Network (LAN).
As well, the review of our ExtremeLink™ 4500 in CRN reiterated the impressive performance of our KVM products.
The ability to extend KVM and USB over a dedicated Cat 5 cable was impressive enough. But over a LAN? Testers were truly dazzled when they connected the 4500 sender and receiver to their test LAN and it worked right out of the box, permitting input from the remote keyboard and mouse to be displayed on the remote monitor, and with almost no detectable delay.
Thank you for visiting us at CES 2011 and for helping us make it a successful show. Please feel free to drop me a line with your thoughts of the show. If you are interested in our KVM products or any of our other products, please contact us at any time.
Also, in case you didn’t know we are attending the International CES show in Vegas! If you are there, stop by our booth (South Hall 1, Lower Level # 20560) to review our product lines and see demos of the following:
New 20-meter USB 3.0 Active Extension Cable which utilizes Icron’s LionsGate ASIC and leverages Icron’s USB extension technology, the active cable extends USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity well beyond the USB 3.0 specification distance limitation of three meters
Advanced USB over DisplayPort technology, which delivers DisplayPort video and USB 2.0 capability over a standard DisplayPort cable
New uncompressed video and USB KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) extender product
If you’re at the show, please stop by and say “hi”!
CES is one month away and companies are rushing to complete all of their preparations for the most important consumer electronics show in the world. Many companies, including Icron begin preparations for CES in the summer in order to ensure everything is ready to ship to the show by late December.
This year expect to see lots of new connected TVs, 3D TVs, new mobile devices, and different sized tablet PCs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off CES this year with a preshow keynote address at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5 in the Las Vegas Hilton Center. In previous years, Microsoft used the CES keynote stage to launch major products including Xbox, Windows Vista and its Sync technology partnership with Ford. Verizon CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, also has a keynote on January 6, no word if he’ll be announcing the rumored Apple iPhone for the Verizon network.
Rounding up the keynotes will be Boo-Keun Yoon, Samsung President and General Manager of Visual Display Business and Alan Mulally Ford Motor Company President and CEO. 2011 promises to be another year for amazing new technology and product announcements at CES.
Icron has two CES announcements about new products (USB 3.0 extension and uncompressed 1080p video extension) and we’re demonstrating them as well as USB over DisplayPort at our booth, LVCC South Hall 1, Booth #20560. We also have a press event titled “Future of Connectivity: Unveiling New Video and USB Technology”. Write to us if you’re interested in viewing our new product demonstrations or attending the press event (no press credentials needed!).
If you haven’t registered for CES yet, you’ve missed the free registration period, but if you’re an Icron customer, write me and I’ll see if we have any passes left.
See you at CES 2011 and have a great holiday season!
Free registration is over but you can still sign up here.
Next week is the CES New York Press Preview where the hottest new products coming out for the holiday season are unveiled to more than 300 top-tier media (click here to see participating companies).
1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, January 7, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257
Disruptive technologies often drive the industry. Back by popular demand, this SuperSession brings together big thinkers from CE, computers, media and telecommunications to discuss upcoming innovations and their impact on our digital lives. CES is a powerful venue for launching innovative products and technologies and an acknowledged forum for thought leadership. See it comes to life in this thought-provoking session.
Moderator: Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies Inc.
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See you at CES 2011.
Icron is at booth #: South Hall 1 Lower Level -20560
