Gennum ActiveConnect™ Solution Adopted by Orbital Development for New HDMI Connectivity Products

New Cable System Reliably Streams HDMI Signals Up to 100 Meters

BURLINGTON, Ontario – January 4, 2008 – Adding another high-volume cable designer to its growing customer base, Gennum Corporation (TSX:GND) today announced that Orbital Development LLC has adopted the company’s ActiveConnect™ solution and is designing a line of connectivity products for the home entertainment and professional A/V markets. Expected to be available through a significant number of high-profile brands, the new connectivity products will be used to reliably stream high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signals up to 100 meters.

"The Gennum ActiveConnect solution is currently the only receiver/transmitter product on the market capable of streaming HDMI signals at this distance using low-cost copper cable," said Jay Victor, President of Orbital Development LLC. "As a result, we can develop long-haul cable solutions that deliver 1080p and deep color without any degradation in multimedia performance and without the traditionally hefty price tag. We anticipate this technology will enable a wide range of both A/V professionals and consumers to experience the full benefits of HDMI."

"Today’s long-reach cable solutions are incapable of matching the full HD performance of high-end multimedia products such as displays, digital televisions and computers," said Martin Rofheart, Senior Vice President and GM of the Analog & Mixed-Signal Division, Gennum Corporation. "As a result, consumers either unknowingly purchase lesser-performing, long-distance cables or expensive shorter reach cables. The Gennum ActiveConnect solution helps overcome the significant cost and performance drawbacks of current cabling products."

Orbital Development will be developing long-length HDMI solutions using the Gennum ActiveConnect solution for OEM customers to meet the requirements of their market segments. Complete product solutions will be developed according to the customer’s needs and requirements.

The Gennum ActiveConnect Solution Delivers HDMI 1.3 up to 100 Meters
Targeting high-rate HDMI applications, the ActiveConnect solution is comprised of a transmitter and a receiver and enables consumer, business and industrial applications to stream HDMI content, via low-cost cable, at distances an order of magnitude greater than cables available today. As important, the new solution supports current and legacy versions of HDMI, including 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, enabling backward compatibility with existing equipment.

Introduced in September 2007, the Gennum ActiveConnect technology delivers the longest reach (up to 100 meters), highest performance connectivity solution for consumer and industrial applications. For more information, visit www.gennum.com/activeconnect

ActiveConnect Showcased at CES and CES Unveiled
Gennum will showcase its ActiveConnect solutions throughout CES next week. The Gennum demonstration will highlight the capability of copper cable linking a 24-inch 1080p display to a Blu-Ray DVD player, showcasing full HDMI 1.3 performance via 250 feet of copper cable. This demonstration will be showcased at the CES Unveiled press event, being held on January 5 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, as well as in the Gennum booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 2, HDMI Pavilion, Booth #25705.

About Orbital Development LLC
Based in Redondo Beach, Calif., Orbital Development designs and manufactures audio/video cables and consumer electronics products for customers, taking the process from development through manufacturing. The company can provide an innovative turnkey solution for clients who want to develop an entire line of audio/video cables and electronics, including a full range of packaging solutions. Orbital Development offers cutting edge technology, sophisticated manufacturing processes and holds many industry-related patents. A proven track record with many successes helping major players in the industry ensures that any products developed will be highly competitive. Orbital Development has offices in California, Taiwan R.O.C., and in Shenzhen, China.

About Gennum
Gennum Corporation (TSX: GND) designs innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores for the world’s most advanced consumer connectivity, enterprise, 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. An award winner 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, Japan, Korea, Germany, United States, Taiwan, India and the United Kingdom. www.Gennum.com.

Gennum Media Contact:
Keri Fraser

Gennum Corporation
613-270-0458 x 2909
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