PortalPlayer Background     PortalPlayer's vision is to be the leading supplier of digital media infrastructure solutions for the consumer marketplace. This vision is realized through PortalPlayer's commitment to supplying consumer electronics manufacturers with complete platform solutions for secure delivery and management of digital media. The company is currently developing and marketing advanced systems for digital audio recording and playback, using MP3 and other popular digital compression technologies, tightly integrated with electronic commerce and digital rights management. PortalPlayer strategy provides a complete product platform and supporting infrastructure, semiconductors, firmware and PC-based media management software--enabling its customers to quickly bring innovative new devices to market. Founded in May 1999, PortalPlayer is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with major offices in Seattle, Washington, Charlotte, North Carolina and Hyderabad, India. The company has rapidly grown to more than 150 employees worldwide. PortalPlayer has received three rounds of venture capital funding with investments from CIBC World Markets Corp., Earthlink, Inc., Flatiron Partners, J.P.Morgan Partners, Investcorp, LSI Logic Corp., MP3.com, Techfund, Vulcan Ventures, Inc. and individual investors. Learn More About PortalPlayer >>     © 2001-2003 PortalPlayer, Inc.