dihedral group of order 6 . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message silicon & software systems ltd. trading name s3 group type private industry computer hardware software founded 1986 headquarters dublin ireland key people john o brien ceo products systems embedded software and silicon design number of employees 200 website www.s3group.com s3 group is a technology company that provides software and professional services to operators oem s semiconductors and healthcare providers . founded in 1986 as silicon & software systems s3 s3 group has a history in systems embedded software and silicon design for consumer wireless wimax and related applications . the company has over 200 employees serving clients who include fujitsu motorola 1 nxp semiconductors philips cisco texas instruments directv opentv 2 amongst others . contents 1 overview 2 product & services 2.1 semiconductor solutions 2.2 connected health 2.3 tv technology 3 customers 4 related news 5 external links 6 notes overview edit s3 group is involved in areas such as end to end pay tv broadcasting systems satellite cable terrestrial and iptv work on high definition hd and personal video recorder pvr dvr enabled products wireless and broadcasting systems including bluetooth wifi wimax t dmb dvb h and zigbee designs for set top boxes and mobile handsets for system on chip applications design and product development for companies building consumer electronics healthcare etc. s3 group participates in trade associations and standard setting bodies including the dvb fsa ieee mdtv alliance oma vsia and others . s3 group head office is in dublin ireland with design centers in dublin and cork ireland wroc aw in poland prague in the czech republic and lisbon in portugal . s3 group has a sales office in san jose in silicon valley . in december 2005 there was a management buy out mbo and the company was re structured under new ownership by the management team act venture capital who invested 13 million of venture capital and philips electronics who were the former owners maintained a small shareholding in the company . s3 group has over 200 employees . product & services edit semiconductor solutions edit s3 group has comprehensive soc design capability supporting semiconductor and system clients to deliver complex ic products . s3 group has over 35 designs delivered at 90 nm and 65 nm to date . s3 group focuses on complex power efficient mixed signal socs using ip methodologies and design and verification techniques . s3 group provides critical mass and flexible teams for large soc design projects . connected health edit s3 group provides design and consultancy services focused on the specific elements in the end to end architecture design development and production of e health systems . tv technology edit s3 group provides services products and ip to the digital tv industry . s3 group has over 14 years experience working with global operators set top box stb manufacturers middleware vendors conditional access vendors and semiconductor companies . s3 group is specializing in system integration services consultancy services equipment upgrade and maintenance and product ip customers edit their direct consumers include directv samsung motorola bskyb tivo iridium nxp semiconductors philips cisco texas instruments fujitsu and phonak . 3 related news edit s3 open silicon valley design centre silicon and software systems s3 has acquired acacia semiconductor s3 to invest 9m in r & d in dublin and cork silicon and software systems s3 yesterday completed a distribution agreement in shanghai with beijing microtec research bmr for its software product embeddedmind silicon & software systems s3 introduces 90nm ip portfolio for consumer and enterprise networking applications s3 takes over portuguese firm silicon firm to invest 9m s3 investment to create 20 jobs venture capital investment rises 13 % s3 closes act venture deal design firm s3 continues expansion s3 s embeddedmind tm extends wind river vxworks support xilinx and silicon & software systems s3 announce pci design services partnership silicon & software systems s3 announces a euro10 million investment by act venture capital silicon & software systems s3 announces a range of applications s3 honored as a key contributor to award winning medical product design s3 collaborates with hantro to demonstrate dvb h software evaluation platform s3 designs right first time in 90nm technology external links edit s3 group corporate website notes edit article on motorola partnership http www.motorola.com mediacenter news detailpf.jsp globalobjectid 2086 1685 23 interactive tv today article http www.itvt.com wvwuaitvtissue6.96pt2.html technology .13 and http www.allbusiness.com technology software services applications network software 8390605 1.html dr herbert b chlerchief technology officer phonak hearing systems http www.s3group.com about us client testimonials retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title s3 group & oldid 643647019 categories companies based in dublin city hidden categories orphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesarticles with a promotional tone from january 2010all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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