Metalink Ltd. was an Israeli-based hi-tech company specializing in silicon solutions for wireless and wireline broadband communications. Metalink offered integrated circuits and board level solutions targeting residential gateways, access points, routers, PC cards, set-top boxes (STB), digital media adapters (DMA) and wireless HDTVs. The products complied with IEEE 802.11n standard defining WLAN using Multiple-input multiple-output communications (MIMO). Other product lines included SDSL and VDSL products for triple-play services.
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Telecommunication WLAN Semiconductors |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | Tzvika Shukhman |
Headquarters | Yakum, Israel |
Key people | Tzvika Shukhman (CEO) |
Products | WLAN IEEE 802.11n chipsets, DSL chipsets |
Number of employees | 160 (2007) |
The company was headquartered in Yakum, Israel, with design centers in the US, Ukraine, and Taiwan.