**Exhibit 10.29**
April 30, 2004

Dale Brown
Dear Dale:
Silicon Image, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to confirm our offer to you in the positionof **Corporate Controller**reporting to **Bob Gargus**starting **May 5, 2004.**The terms of our offer andthe benefits currently provided by the Company are as follows:
1.  Your starting base salary will be **$185,000.00 per year**and will be subject to annual review.In addition, you will be eligible to participate in the Silicon Image company-wide bonusprogram with an **incentive target of 20% of base salary**(pro-rated for completed service), aswell as regular health insurance and other employee benefit plans established by the Companyfor its employees from time to time. 2.  As an employee of the Company you will have access to certain Company confidentialinformation and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information orinventions which will be the property of the Company. During the period that you renderservices to the Company, you agree to not engage in any employment, business or activity thatis in any way competitive with the business or proposed business of the Company. You willdisclose to the Company in writing any other gainful employment, business or activity that youare currently associated with or participate in that competes with the Company. To protectthe interest of the Company, you will need to sign the Company’s standard “Employee Inventionsand Confidentiality Agreement” as a condition of your employment. *We wish to impress upon youthat we do not wish you to bring any confidential or proprietary material of any formeremployer or to violate any other obligations you may have to your former employer.*Yourepresent that your signing of this offer letter, agreement(s) concerning stock optionsgranted to you under the Plan (as defined below) and the Company’s Employee InventionAssignment and Confidentiality Agreement and your commencement of employment with the Companywill not violate any agreement currently in place between yourself and current or pastemployers. 3.  Management will recommend that the Board of Directors approve a grant to you of stock optionsfor **80,000 shares**of the Company’s Common Stock. The vesting schedule for all options will beat a rate of 25% after the first 12 months of employment, and thereafter, at 2.083% after eachfull succeeding month you are employed by the Company. However, the grant of such options bythe Company is subject to the Board’s approval and this promise to recommend such approval isnot a promise of compensation, and is not intended to create any obligation on the part of the
 

 

   Company. Further details on the Company’s Option Plan and any specific grant to you will be providedupon approval of such grant by the Board. 4.  This offer of employment is made to you in confidence, and we ask that you not disclose itsterms to anyone outside your immediate family. If you do disclose any of its terms to such afamily member, please caution him or her that such information is confidential and must not bedisclosed to anyone. 5.  While we look forward to a long and profitable relationship, should you decide to accept ouroffer, you will be an at-will employee of the Company, which means the employment relationshipcan be terminated by either of us for any reason or no reason, at any time and without notice.Any statements or representations to the contrary (and, indeed, any statements contradictingany provision in this letter) should be regarded by you as ineffective. Further, yourparticipation in any stock option or benefit program is not to be regarded as assuring you ofcontinuing employment for any particular period of time. 6.  Please note that because of employer regulations adopted in the Immigration Reform andControl Act of 1986, within three business days of starting your new position you will need topresent documentation demonstrating that you have authorization to work in the United States.If you have questions about this requirement, which applies to U.S. citizens and non-U.S.citizens alike, you may contact our Human Resource department. 7.  Please also note that due to United States export control laws, the Company may need to makeinquiries into your citizenship if you will have probable or actual contact with certaintechnology and/or source code. Should the Company determine that you will have probable oractual contact with certain technology and/or source code, and should you be a citizen of anembargoed country under United States export control laws, this may have a material effect onthe terms and conditions of your employment with the Company. 8.  You and the Company agree to submit to mandatory and exclusive binding arbitration anycontroversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement or any breach hereof,provided, however, that the parties retain their right to, and shall not be prohibited,limited or in any other way restricted from, seeking or obtaining equitable relief from acourt having jurisdiction over the parties. Such arbitration shall be conducted through theAmerican Arbitration Association in the State of California, Santa Clara County, before asingle arbitrator, in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of EmploymentDisputes of the American Arbitration Association in effect at that time. The arbitrator mustdecide all disputes in accordance with California law and shall have power to decide allmatters, including arbitrability. You will bear only those costs of arbitration you wouldotherwise bear had you brought a covered claim in court. When the arbitrator has issued adecision, judgment on that decision may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.We each understand and agree that we are waiving a trial by jury.
 

 

9.  This offer will remain valid until **Wednesday May 5, 2004**. If you decide to accept our offerplease sign the enclosed copy of this letter in the space indicated and return it to the HumanResource department. Your signature will acknowledge that you have read and understood andagreed to the terms and conditions of this offer and the attached documents. Should you haveanything else that you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to call.
     We look forward to the opportunity to welcome you to Silicon Image, Inc.
     Sincerely,
     /s/ Bob Gargus
     Bob Gargus     Chief Financial Officer
My signature below indicates acceptance of the terms and conditions of this offer andacknowledgement that I have read and understood the terms and conditions of this offer.
        /s/ Dale Brown      5/3/04 5/5/04       Dale Brown      Date Start Date