Genesis Announces Next-Generation Line-Doubler Chip.TORONTO--(BUSINESS EDITORS)--Oct. 26, 1998--Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq:GNSSF) announces its latest single-chip video processor -- a dramatic enhancement over the company's previous "DICE" series of de-interlacers. The new gmVLX1 integrated circuit (IC) utilizes Genesis Microchip's most advanced vertical/temporal filtering and scaling algorithms to convert interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. (television-style) video for display on high-resolution, non-interlaced systems (e.g., digital displays). Applications benefiting from this single-chip technology include DVD players, home theater gear, digital TV, PC-TV, projection systems, plasma displays, and scan doubling/quadrupling equipment. "Consumers will notice right away the clarity and crispness of the RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). output image," says Stephen J. Solari, Genesis Microchip's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "They won't see the jaggy lines and other image artifacts typically produced by other line-doubling techniques." The ImEngine gmVLX1 uses inexpensive SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics RAM) A type of dynamic RAM chip that is similar to the SDRAM technology, but includes enhanced graphics features for use with display adapters. memory and offers many advanced features such as superb real-time shrink, line doubling/tripling zoom, image sharpening and anti-aliasing filters, gamma correction, on-chip color space conversion Changing one type of color-encoded signal into another. Converting from RGB to YUV and back to RGB are common color space conversions when working with video formats (see YUV). Converting from the display color space (RGB) to the printer color space (CMYK) is another common example. , plus an "adaptive film mode" used to de-interlace video dubbed from a film source. Unlike other de-interlacing methods, which simply merge video fields or double interlaced odd/even lines, Genesis ICs utilize a highly sophisticated technique of vertical and temporal filtering to remove the visual artifacts commonly associated with inferior line-doubling techniques. This results in extraordinary video quality and an increase in the video's effective vertical and temporal resolution. The gmVLX1 will be available in November 1998. Volume pricing is $22 (US) in 10,000-piece quantities. Genesis Microchip designs, manufactures and markets the ImEngine series of highly integrated semiconductors for a variety of video and graphics applications. The company's revolutionary integrated circuits are designed into LCD monitors and other flat panel displays, projection systems, video workstation gear, home theater equipment and dozens of other applications. Customers include Apple Computer, Fujitsu, Hitachi, In Focus Systems, LG Electronics, Philips Multimedia, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Siemens, Silicon Graphics Inc., Sony, Tatung, Texas Instruments and more than 180 other companies. Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq:GNSSF) -- an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-registered company -- is a global leader in imaging and digital video/graphics processing technologies. The company is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada, while its worldwide sales office is located in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . Their website URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is: http://www.genesis-microchip.com. Note to Editors: ImEngine is a trademark of Genesis Microchip |
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