Gennum Corporation (TSX: GND) designs innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores for the world's most advanced consumer connectivity, video broadcast and data communications products. Leveraging the company's proven optical, analog and mixed-signal products and IP, Gennum enables multimedia and data communications products to send and receive information without compromising the signal integrity.

A winner of a Technical Emmy® award for advances in high definition (HD) broadcasting, Gennum is headquartered in Burlington, Canada, and has global design, research and development and sales offices in Canada, Mexico, the United States, Japan, Korea, Germany, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.

Markets We Serve

Video Broadcast - Our knowledge of high-speed signal transmission technologies enables us to deliver industry-leading HDTV components for professional and broadcast video markets. Our award-winning portfolio includes SDI equalizers, reclockers, cable drivers, serializer/deserializers (SERDES), timing and clock conditioning solutions. As a key contributor to the SMPTE, we continue to pioneer transport technologies that deliver new experiences for the video broadcast market.

Data Communications - As the demand for video-over-the-Internet reaches new highs, the need for a much higher bandwidth Internet supported by optical communications is critical. We offer a comprehensive suite of backplane interconnect and optical transceiver ICs including ROSAs, laser drivers, equalizers, SERDES, clock and data recovery (CDRs) and transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) for high-speed data communication and telecommunication applications.

Consumer Connectivity - Today's consumers demand increasing levels of performance and resolution from their electronic equipment. Delivering true high-definition television to consumers requires sophisticated connectivity technology that can take advantage of existing cabling and equipment. The Gennum ActiveConnect™ connectivity solution consists of transmitter and receiver functions that enable consumers to stream HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort content, via low-cost cable, at distances that are an order of magnitude greater than previously available cables.

IP - Snowbush, a separate business unit of Gennum, offers a broad range of IP cores and design services for deep sub-micron process nodes, all of which are developed and licensed to help customers reduce the technical risk and time-to-market associated with developing the analog and mixed signal content of their semiconductor and system-on-chip products. The Snowbush IP offerings include standards-based IP cores, such as PCI Express® and SATA PHY macros, multi-standard SerDes, and high-performance, non-standard analog cores, such as high-speed data converters, low-jitter PLLs, and power management circuits.

Gennum is registered to the following international Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards: ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and BSI OHSAS 18001:1999. The company is also committed to comply with global environmental initiatives and has introduced "Lead-Free" and "Green" product versions for its markets.