Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic announce HomeGrid Forum

April 30, 2008 – Semiconductor and CE firms Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic have announced the formation of HomeGrid Forum, with the intention of promoting home networks which use domestic wiring such as electricity, phone and coaxial cable lines.

The HomeGrid Forum has seven other founding members – Aware, DS2, Pulse Link, Ikanos, Sigma Designs, Westell and Gigle Semiconductor.  The first products using the new standard are expected to be available on the market in about a year.

“HomeGrid Forum was created to support the development of a single standard for transmitting multimedia over coax, power and phone lines,” said Intel’s Matthew Theall, President of HomeGrid Forum. “The forum will promote HomeGrid-certified products and ensure interoperability.”

The HomeGrid Forum also stated that it will work with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to promote, test and contribute to a standard which the ITU is already working on, called ITU-T G.hn.

Intel, Infineon, Texas Instruments and Panasonic will serve on the board of directors, and said that they are recruiting additional members among semiconductor chip manufacturers, service providers and makers of consumer electronics and personal computers.