Genesis Microchip

Infobox_Company | company_name = Genesis Microchip Inc.
company_type = Public, NASDAQ|GNSS [ [http://www.gnss.com/cmp_about.phtml] ]
company_
foundation = 1987 [ [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053782/0000950134-98-007801.txt] ]
location = Santa Clara, California, Markham, Ontario, Bangalore, India [ [http://www.gnss.com/cmp_contact_us.phtml] ]
key_people = CEO: Elie Antoun [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ]
num_employees = 563 (2006) [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ]
industry = Electronics [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ]
products = Semiconductor components, integrated circuits [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ]
revenue = 236.98 million USD (2006) [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ]
homepage = [http://www.gnss.com/ www.gnss.com]

Genesis Microchip Inc. is a leading edge world wide supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for video processors in flat panel LCD TVs and Monitors. Founded in 1987 by Paul Russo [ [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053782/0000950134-98-007801.txt] ] in Markham, Ontario, Canada and it became a public company in 1998 [ [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053782/0000950134-98-007801.txt] ] and now employs over 563 people (2006) [ [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] ] worldwide. Genesis acquired Faroudja which is famous for its Emmy Award [ [http://www.gnss.com/tch_overview.phtml] ] wining video processing technology and a household name among Home Theatre enthusiasts. Key video processing technology includes [ [http://www.gnss.com/tch_overview.phtml] ] : DCDi, MADi, image scaling (key industry patent), color management, LCD response time compensation, and founders of DisplayPort [ [http://seekingalpha.com/article/9956] ] interconnect technology now a VESA [ [http://www.vesa.org/] ] standard.

On December 11, 2007, ST Microelectronics announced the acquisition of Genesis Microchip.

References

* cite web
url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053782/0000950134-98-007801.txt
title=Annual Report 1998 (Form 20-F)
author=Genesis Microchip Inc.
publisher=SEC US Securities Exchange Commission
* cite web
url=http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/78/780/78051/items/212363/ar2006.pdf
title=Annual Report 2006 (Form 20-F)
author=Genesis Microchip Inc.
publisher=Corporate IR
* cite web
url=http://www.gnss.com/
title=Genesis Microchip Website
author=Genesis Microchip Inc.
publisher=Genesis Microchip Inc.
* cite web
url=http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS
title=Yahoo Finance Summary and reports on GNSS
author=Yahoo and SEC
publisher=Yahoo
* cite web
url=http://www.vesa.org/press/DP_CES_PR_Finalz.htm
title=VESA Unveils Display Port (v1.1) Standard's CE Convergence Road

author=VESA
publisher=VESA
* cite web
url=http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYTU03611122007-1.htm
title=STMicroelectronics To Acquire Genesis Microchip
author=PR Newswire
publisher=CNNMoney.com