2007

• Gennum Divested the VXP Group
  
  
• Gennum Acquired Snowbush Microelectronics, developer of some of the most complex analog and mixed-signal circuits in the market today
  
  
• Divested Audio and Wireless Division
  
  
• Divested Manufacturing Operations
  
  
• Shipped over one million CDRs
  
  
• Launched nX6000 Bluetooth headset
  
  
• Demonstrated first commercial solution to drive 4Kx2K display
  
  

2006

• Dr. Franz Fink joined Gennum as the new President and CEO
  
  
• Awarded a technical Emmy® for HD digital broadcasting innovation
  
  
• Introduced world's first 3Gbps video transmission solution
  
  
• First with 1080i de-interlacing, 10-bit processing and HD noise reduction
  
  
• Introduced world's first 10Gbps equalizer
  
  

2005

• In April 2005, our shareholders approved a Shareholder Rights Plan
  
  
• The nXZEN™ wireless headset, a Gennum-branded consumer product, was launched
  
  

2004

• Gennum introduced its Visual Excellence Processing™ (VXP™) line of image processors for the high-end television and projector markets, and its Bluetooth® wireless headsets with noise cancellation
  
  
• The Company purchased SiGe Semiconductor Inc.'s LightCharger® portfolio of optical networking ICs, which complemented our existing clock and data recovery (CDR) product line
  
  

2001

• We announced our entry into the Data Communications market, and established a third business segment
  
  

1999

• By articles of amendment on April 14, each of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares were subdivided into three common shares
  
  

1997

• Gennum U.K. Limited was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gennum Corporation in December
  
  

1996

• Shareholders approved an amendment to subdivide the common shares of the Company by splitting each share into three common shares on April 10
  
  
• In November, Gennum Japan Kabushiki Kaisha was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gennum Corporation
  
  

1990

• On December 1, LTI and Gennum Corporation were amalgamated under the name Gennum Corporation
  
  

1987

• In December LTI transferred its silicon business to Gennum Corporation, a new wholly-owned subsidiary
  
  
• Gennum established a Video Broadcast Group following a favourable response by the broadcast industry to Gennum's proprietary products
  
  
• A sales office was opened in Japan to serve our expanding business in this market area
  
  

1982

• LTI became a public company in September, trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange
  
  

1973

• Linear Technology Inc. (LTI) was founded December 1 with the acquisition of assets from the Solid State Devices division of Westinghouse Canada Inc. and royalty-free rights to use its advanced semiconductor technology. The Company focused on providing specialized parts for the hearing instrument industry