Innolux Selects Genesis' New gm5621 Controller Family for Multiple LC

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2005--Genesis(R) Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS), a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel monitors, TVs and other consumer display products, today announced that Innolux Display Corporation, a Taiwanese display company of the Foxconn Group, has selected Genesis' gm5621 series for its new XGA and SXGA LCD monitor platforms.
    The new series offers industry-leading levels of integration in an LCD monitor controller and features a single chassis solution for all LCD monitor applications. The gm5621 LCD controller series integrates the microcontroller using a serial flash interface for pin count efficiency and includes a number of derivative controllers that enable customers to target all LCD monitor segments (analog or dual, XGA or SXGA) with a single PCB. Its firmware is also compatible with Genesis' previous generation of gm5321 LCD monitor controllers, reducing customer design time and costs. The gm5621 product family also offers new Instant Auto(TM) technology, which provides fast and accurate image alignment for both static and moving images of the VGA input signal and is competitively priced to respond to the high-volume segments of the mainstream LCD monitor controller market.
    "We selected Genesis' gm5621 family of LCD monitor controllers because its advanced image processing technologies and features enabled us to offer our customers LCD monitor platforms with the functionality and resolutions they require," said C.H. Liao, director of R&D for Innolux Display Corporation. "The single chassis design and features integrated into the controller series allowed us to do this quickly and cost-effectively."
    "We are delighted that Innolux, a leading display company, has designed Genesis' gm5621 family of controllers into their latest LCD monitor platforms," said Raphael Mehrbians, Genesis Microchip's senior vice president of Product Marketing. "This design win is indicative of our ability to meet the volume, technology and cost requirements of high-volume LCD monitor manufacturers like Innolux."
    The gm5621 family offers Genesis' patented advanced image processing technologies, an industry-proved integrated ADC/PLL and Ultra-Reliable DVI compliant receiver for both XGA and SXGA display resolutions. In addition, it features an on-chip RSDS and LVDS transmitter, a multicolor proportional font OSD engine and is available in a 128QFP package.

    About Innolux Display Corporation

    Established in January 2003 in Taiwan, Innolux Display Corporation is a display company of the Foxconn Group. The company produces LCD Monitors and LCM panels, employs approximately 300 people and has factory sites in Chu Nan, Taiwan and Long Hwa, China. For more information about Innolux Display Corporation, please visit http://www.innolux.com.tw/.

    About Genesis Microchip

    Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSS) is a leading provider of image processing systems enabling superior picture quality in flat-panel TVs and a variety of consumer and PC-display products. Featuring Genesis Display Perfection(TM) technologies and Emmy award-winning Faroudja(R) video technologies, Genesis system-on-a-chip solutions are used worldwide by display manufacturers to produce visibly better images across a broad array of devices including flat-panel displays, digital TVs, projectors and DVD players/recorders. The Genesis technology portfolio features analog and mixed signal system-on-a-chip design, DCDi(R) by Faroudja deinterlacing, TrueLife(TM) video enhancement, IntelliComb(TM) video decoding and includes over 135 patents. Founded in 1987, Genesis supports its leading brand-name customers with offices in the U.S., Canada, India, Taiwan, South Korea, China and Japan. For more information about Genesis Microchip Inc. or Genesis Display Perfection technologies, please visit www.gnss.com.

    Note to Editors: Genesis, Genesis Display Perfection, Faroudja, DCDi by Faroudja, TrueLife, IntelliComb and Instant Auto are trademarks or registered trademarks of Genesis Microchip Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Genesis Microchip Inc. Pamela Goncalves, 408-934-4563 pamela.goncalves@gnss.com

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