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.

Metalink Ltd.
Company typePublic
IndustryTelecommunication
WLAN
Semiconductors
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
FounderTzvika Shukhman
Headquarters Yakum, Israel
Key people
Tzvika Shukhman (CEO)
ProductsWLAN 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.