Founded in 1973, Gennum Corporation is engaging in designing innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores for the consumer connectivity, video broadcast and data communications products. Gennum is headquartered in Burlington, Canada with global design, research and development and sales offices in Canada, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, the United States and the United Kingdom. The company has been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:GND). Gennum enables multimedia and data communications products to send and receive information without compromising the signal integrity with its proven optical, analog and mixed-signal products and IP. Gennum is dedicated to the design and development process and has developed a broad line of products including analog video, audio extraction/insertion, bridges, cable drivers, cable extenders, clock and data recovery equalizers laser/modulator drivers, limiting amplifiers, ROSAs, re-drivers receivers, reclockers, SerDes sync separators, timing, transimpedance amplifiers, transmitters, video optical modules and legacy products. The products are widely used in broadcast video, business & industrial, networking, storage & computing, optical networking, security & surveillance, and some other applications. 

Gennum is specialized in the design and delivery of silicon-proven, high-speed serial interface IP and provides industry's most robust, widely-deployed, production-tested and customizable family of IP cores for today's most demanding high-speed serial communication protocols and applications. The company has received the certifications following international Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999. The company is also committed to comply with global environmental initiatives and has introduced "Lead-Free" and "Green" product versions for its markets.

Gennum Corporation designs innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores to serve the rising global demand for high-speed data transmission products in the broadcast, networking, storage and telecommunications markets.

Gennum offers proven optical, analog and mixed-signal solutions with uncompromising signal integrity to support standards such as high-definition (HD) video, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand?, Ethernet, SONET, and PCI Express?. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Canada, and has a global design, research and development and sales offices in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, United States, Taiwan, India and the United Kingdom.

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and Gennum Corporation jointly announced on Tue Mar 20, 2012 the successful completion of Semtech’s acquisition of Gennum Corporation. Semtech’s agreement to acquire Gennum was announced previously on January 23, 2012.