Gennum Corporation – Active Components

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 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.

Gennum specialized in high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company was founded in 1973 and was headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Gennum developed a wide range of products for various industries, including telecommunications, data communications, consumer electronics, and industrial applications.

One of Gennum's notable contributions to the technology industry was its expertise in signal integrity and high-speed data transmission. The company developed a range of products designed to enhance the quality and reliability of data transmission in high-speed communication systems. These products included serializers/deserializers (SerDes), equalizers, crosspoint switches, and clock and data recovery circuits.

Gennum was also involved in the development of video and audio processing solutions, which found applications in consumer electronics products such as HDTV displays and home theater systems. Their technology played a significant role in improving the quality of video and audio signals in these applications.

Over the years, Gennum gained a reputation for innovation and quality in the semiconductor industry. The company was publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol GND and on the OTC Markets Group in the United States.

In 2012, Semtech Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer based in California, acquired Gennum Corporation. This acquisition allowed Semtech to expand its portfolio of analog and mixed-signal solutions and strengthen its position in the high-speed communications market.