| Genesis Microchip Inc. | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Foundation: | 1987 [1] |
| Location: | Santa Clara, California, US, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan R.O.C., Markham, Ontario, Bangalore, India[2] |
| Key People: | CEO: Elie Antoun,[3] OOO: Michael Lin & Tommy Lin |
| Num Employees: | 563 (2006) |
| Industry: | Semiconductor, Electronics |
| Products: | Semiconductor components, integrated circuits |
| Revenue: | 236.98 million USD (2006) |
| Homepage: | www.gnss.com |
| Owner: | ST Microelectronics (since Dec 11, 2007) |
Genesis Microchip Inc. was a supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for video processors in flat panel LCD TVs and Monitors. It was founded in 1987 by Paul Russo [1] in Markham, Ontario, Canada and it became a public company in 1998 [1] and employed over 500 people (2006)[3] worldwide. In 2002, Genesis acquired Sage Inc., a leading supplier of digital display technology. Two years earlier, Sage had acquired Faroudja[4] which was known for its Emmy Award[5] winning video processing technology. Key video processing technology includes:[5] DCDi, MADi, image scaling (key industry patent), color management, LCD response time compensation, and founders of DisplayPort[6] interconnect technology now a VESA[7] standard.
On December 11, 2007, ST Microelectronics announced the acquisition of Genesis Microchip.