Sigma Designs and Z-Wave Sponsor Residential Energy Management Webcast

Business Wire, June 24, 2009

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Sigma Designs, Inc.:

What:

“Residential Energy Management: State of the Market” – a Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and Z-Wave sponsored webcast to present Parks Associates’ assessment of the market for digital systems and services used to monitor, control, and manage electric energy in the home.

Over three million smart meters have been deployed in the U.S., and Parks Associates forecasts that the number of U.S. households with a smart meter will grow to 19 million by 2012.

Webcast topics include the extent to which electric utilities are deploying smart grid technology; companies such as Sigma Designs that are developing systems and services to capitalize on these deployments; government efforts to promote innovation and adoption; and consumer willingness to acquire these capabilities.

Who:

Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates

When and Where:

Thursday, June 25 at 1:00 p.m. CDT

To register for the event, click here or call 972.490.1113.

About Sigma Designs, Inc.

Sigma Designs is a leading fabless provider of highly integrated SoC solutions that are used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout the home. Sigma’s SoC solutions include media processors and wireless communication devices which combine semiconductors and software as critical components of high-growth consumer applications including IPTV-based set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, HDTVs, entertainment connectivity devices, and RF-based home control devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs also has design centers or sales representatives in Canada, China, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea (third party), Singapore, and Taiwan. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs’ web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.

About Parks Associates

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service subscriptions.

The company's expertise includes new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. Parks Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.