Genesis Microchip

{{Infobox company

| name = Genesis Microchip Inc.

| type = Subsidiary

| logo =

| foundation = 1987 {{cite web | website=SEC.gov | date=31 May 1998|title=Registration document | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053782/0000950134-98-007801.txt | access-date=21 June 2023}}

| location = Santa Clara, California, US, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan R.O.C., Markham, Ontario, Bangalore, India{{cite web |url=http://www.gnss.com/cmp_contact_us.phtml |title=Genesis Microchip Inc |access-date=2007-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515091428/http://www.gnss.com/cmp_contact_us.phtml |archive-date=2007-05-15 }}

| key_people = CEO: Elie Antoun,, [https://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GNSS] OOO: Michael Lin & Tommy Lin

| num_employees = 563 (2006)

| industry = Semiconductor, Electronics

| products = Semiconductor components, integrated circuits

| revenue = 236.98 million USD (2006)

| homepage = [http://www.gnss.com/ www.gnss.com]

| owner = ST Microelectronics (since Dec 11, 2007)

}}

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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 in Markham, Ontario, Canada and it became a public company in 1998 and employed over 500 people (2006) worldwide. In 2002, Genesis acquired Sage Inc., a leading supplier of digital display technology. Two years earlier, Sage had acquired Faroudja{{Cite web |url=http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.59Am.d.htm |title=SEC Info - Faroudja Inc - 8-K - for 2/22/00 - EX-99 |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309061124/http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.59Am.d.htm |url-status=dead }} which was known for its Emmy Award{{cite web|url=http://www.gnss.com/tch_overview.phtml |title=Genesis Microchip Inc |access-date=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010643/http://www.gnss.com/tch_overview.phtml |archive-date=2007-09-28 }} winning video processing technology. Key video processing technology includes: DCDi, MADi, image scaling (key industry patent), color management, LCD response time compensation, and founders of DisplayPort{{cite web | url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/9956 | title=Genesis Microchip Q4 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (GNSS) | Seeking Alpha | date=3 May 2006 }} interconnect technology now a VESA{{cite web |url=http://www.vesa.org/ |title=Home |website=vesa.org}} standard.

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