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安霸公司

公司收入：9，500萬美元

公司總部：加州圣克拉拉市

所屬行業：視頻芯片

成立時間：2004年

員工人數：400人

????如果你曾在視頻網站YouTube上觀看高難度滑雪或越野賽視頻，其中的有些視頻可能是由裝有安霸（Ambarella）芯片的微型便攜式攝像機拍攝的。安霸公司向那些希望獲得高清圖像的攝像機生產商（如GoPro），和監控系統生產商（如博世（Bosch）供應視頻圖片處理芯片（右）。安霸公司的低耗電技術使便攜式攝像機的電池壽命更長。此外，安霸公司還生產向高清電視提供清晰圖像的芯片。目前，該公司已經實現了盈利，并獲得了標桿資本（Benchmark Capital）及其他公司的3，900萬美元風險投資。互聯網傳播視頻的重要性在日益增加，無疑使這家公司的發展前景更為看好。現在，它面臨著來自卓然（Zoran）、富士通（Fujitsu）和其他競爭對手的激烈競爭，但是總部位于馬薩諸塞州弗雷明漢的市場情報機構IDC的研究部經理克里斯?舒特表示，“這個行業有足夠的空間容納多家公司共同發展。”

????——伊萊恩?珀弗爾德

Ambarella

Revenue: $95 million

Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif.

Industry: Videochips

Founded: 2004

Employees: 400

????If you've ever watched videos of extreme skiing or motocross on YouTube, chances are that some were filmed on tiny wearable cameras containing chips made by Ambarella. The company supplies its video-image-processing chips (right) to camera makers seeking high-definition images -- like GoPro and surveillance-system maker Bosch. Its low-power technology lets pocket video recorders maintain a long battery life. Ambarella also makes chips that help provide sharp images on HDTVs. The profitable company has raised $39 million in venture capital from Benchmark Capital and others. The growing importance of transmitting video over the Internet should improve its prospects. Ambarella does face intense competition from Zoran, Fujitsu, and other players in the arena, but, says Chris Chute, research manager at market intelligence firm IDC in Framingham, Mass., "there's room for several companies in a space like this."

????--Elaine Pofeldt