GENNUM CORPORATION
P.O. Box 489, Station A
Burlington, Ontario, L7R
3Y3 CANADA
970 Fraser Drive
Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5
CANADA
Tel: (905)632-2999
Fax: (905)332-0182
Gennum Japan
Shinjuku Green Tower Building
27F
6-14-1, Nishi Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023 JAPAN
Tel: (81)(03)3349.5501
Fax: (81)(03)3349.5505
Gennum UK
25 Long Garden Walk, Farnham
Surrey, GU9 7HX ENGLAND
Tel: (44)(0).1252.747000
Fax: (44)(0).1252.726523
GENERAL CONTACTS
Information: info@gennum.com
Japan:
gennum-japan@gennum.com
Sales: vbsales@gennum.com
United Kingdom:
gennum-uk@gennum.com
URL: www.gennum.co.jp
URL: www.gennum.com
MANAGEMENT
Ian L. McWalter, Ph.D., President,
CEO
Gary M. Beauchamp, Vice President Data Communications
Peter D. Bloch, Chief Financial Officer
Gora Ganguli, Vice President / General Manager, Hearing Instruments
David L. Lynch, Vice President / General Manager, Video Products
Alan D. Murray, Vice President, Quality Assurance and Human Resources
John A. Mackie, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
H. Douglas Barber, Ph.D
Cesar Cesaratto
Roger M. Dickhout, President Private Equity Operating Partners Inc.
Mark H. Leonard, President Constellation Software Inc.
Ian L. McWalter, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer, Gennum
Waldemar A. Pieczonka, Ph.D.
H. Patrick Thode, Chairman of the Board
Fred Shlapak
Robert S. Weiss
FAST FACTS
Classification: IC, IDM, Public
Employees (Est.): 600
Exchange: TSX
Symbol: GND
MAIN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCTS / TECHNOLOGY
Analog: Hearing Instruments, Multiplexers, Signal Processors, Sync Separators
Bus Backplane: Quad 5 Gbps Backplane SERDES
Optical Transceivers: AGC and Limiting Amplifiers, 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps; Transimpedance
Amplifiers
Video Timing / Transport: Serial Digital Interface, SD-SDI; DVD-ASI, Compression
Based Video Broadcasting Asynchronous Serial Interface
Visual Processors: Fidelity Engine, Reality Expansion, Image Processing
Encoding
Wireless Network: Bluetooh modules based on CSR's Bluetooth chips and Gennum's thin-film, passive, high density interconnect technology.
CUSTOMERS
Customers Image Processors: Miranda (HDTV Series Converters), Media 100,
NVISION
Customers Visual Excellence Technology: Cobalt Digital, Evolution Broadcast,
Samsung (VXP Technology for 89 Inch PDP)
End Markets: Broadcast, Routers, Switches, Video Conversion, HDTV Series
Converters, High Definition Home Theater Projectors
ACQUISITIONS
In 2004, Gennum purchased technology
assets from SiGe Semiconductor Inc. This included the LightCharger portfolio of optical networking ICs. The LightCharger product
line included transimpedance amplifiers and limiting amplifiers - 1.25 Gbps, 2.5 Gbs, 4 Gbs and 10 Gbps operation. As part
of the transaction, Gennum also acquired SiGe's design center and test equipment in the United Kingdom.