Founded in 2001, Syabas quickly emerged as an early leader in the development of digital entertainment middleware solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers in the U.S., China, Europe and Japan. The company's enterprise partners and customers have included Netgear, Hewlett Packard, D-Link, Buffalo, I/O Data and Pinnacle. Syabas launched the Popcorn Hour consumer brand in late 2007, and, in combination with its licensed platform, the company has captured a significant share of the global market for digital media players / streaming media devices.

October 2007, Popcorn Hour brand was introduced and quickly became an award winning box. The runaway success of the company's Networked Media Jukebox in recent years has established Popcorn Hour as a well-recognized consumer brand. At the same time, Syabas Technology continues to provide OEM middleware solutions to manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in Fremont, CA, Syabas also maintains offices in Penang, Malaysia; Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China; and Austria.
Pioneers in the connected entertainment market with a combined 50 years experience in multimedia. Powered the world's first internet connected TV, the HP Mediasmart. Current staff of employees come from consumer electronic backgrounds like streaming video, Internet devices and digital media companies. Some of the companies that our employees once worked for are Microsoft, WebTV, Scientific Atlanta, DirecTV, EchoStar, Charter, Ensoniq/Creative labs, C-Cube, Broadcom, Pinnacle Systems, AVID Technologies and Dolby Labs. We understand the consumer and their digital content needs.
TL Lim
Founder and President
TL Lim is the inventor of the Popcorn Hour Networked Media Tank, and the founder and president of Syabas Technologies. Mr. Lim sets the strategic course for Syabas, with a particular focus on the company's technology and product development efforts. A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Lim has a long track record of success in the technology and consumer electronics industries. Since founding Syabas in 2001 and launching the Popcorn Hour brand in 2007, Mr. Lim has built the company into a global leader in the emerging digital home space. Syabas did groundbreaking work early in its existence developing software and middleware that enables users to access content such as high definition and standard definition video, music, photo and services over a local network and the Internet. These efforts solidified Syabas as an early leader in digital entertainment middleware solutions, and the company quickly built relationships with consumer electronics manufacturers in the U.S., China, Europe and Japan. Previously Mr. Lim was a cofounder and senior executive with Xirlink, a manufacturer of web cameras marketed under various brands. Mr. Lim was also a co-founder of Nexent Technology, and held senior positions with ESS Technology and C-Cube. Mr. Lim graduated from Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, with a B.S. in electrical engineering, and also earned an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri.
YC Yeoh
General Manager
YC Yeoh is the lead executive for all Syabas initiatives in the areas of Popcorn Hour Networked Media Jukebox, digital signage products, web services, applications development, user interface and graphic design. He has played a lead role in the launch of Popcorn Hour and Popbox Apps Market. The apps platform provides opportunities for developers and content partners to develop and run their applications on Popcorn Hour and Popbox products. Mr. Yeoh has also led the team to develop the premium apps market with a service fee infrastructure. Mr. Yeoh joined Syabas from Hitachi Semiconductor (now Renesas), where he served as a senior firmware engineer. He holds both B.S. in applied physics and an M.S. in Information Technology from the University of Science, Malaysia.
Edward Chai
Manager of Service Development
Edward manages the hardware design and production team. Prior to joining Syabas, Mr. Chai was AVP of Inventec Multimedia & Communication where he was responsible for Internet Appliance product & marketing plan. He also held several positions with Mitac between 1998 to 2001, most recently as Project Management. He manage and familiar with product development and introduce production SOP of Motorola, DLO, SONO, Disney, SONY and HP. He successfully established the SOA process in many business case.
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