Gennum and UMC Produce Industry's First Single Chip Serializer and Deserializer to Support HD-SDI, SD-SDI and DVB-ASI.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HSINCHU, Taiwan & BURLINGTON, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 Companies Achieve First Silicon Success for GS1532 and GS1560 on 0.18 Micron Process Gennum Corporation and UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UMC), a world leading semiconductor foundry, today announced that they have achieved first pass silicon success for Gennum's GS1532 serializer and GS1560 deserializer and have moved into production with the devices for the video market. Based on UMC's 0.18um process technology, these devices are the industry's first single chip serializer and deserializer solutions to support high-definition (HD-SDI), standard-definition (SD-SDI) and compressed (DVB-ASI DVB-ASI Digital Video Broadcasting - Asynchronous Serial Interface ) digital video. "At Gennum, we have made extensive use of UMC's Silicon Shuttle prototyping program for projects in all three of our markets and are now proceeding with production tape-outs. We have been extremely pleased with the quality of the UMC processes and the level of technical support provided," said David Lynch VP & GM Video Products for Gennum. The GS1532 serializer and GS1560 deserializer are used to transmit and receive HD-SDI, SD-SDI and DVB-ASI digital video within and between professional video equipment. The send and receive pair dissipates remarkably little power and has a high level of integration. Both parts have excellent analog performance while integrating a cable driver and a host of digital processing Digital processing is the process of altering digital data in any form. The most common situations where digital processing is involved are computer graphics and digital audio processing. features that include the insertion, detection and error correction of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. control packets. Dr. C was a fictional scientist from the TV series Cro. She and her companion, Mike, went to the Arctic and thawed out a mammoth, who could talk. That mammoth now tells stories of life in the stone age with his friend, Cro, and his fellow mammoths. .T. Lee, vice president of corporate marketing at UMC, said, "Gennum has created a first-of-its-kind product with the GS1532 and the GS1560. This achievement is a demonstration of UMC's commitment to providing its customers with market-driven technology and services in all IC sectors. We are delighted that our alignment with the company has resulted in the successful first-silicon pass and we look forward to taking part in the development of the company's future innovative products." About Gennum Gennum Corporation is a Canadian high technology company that designs, manufactures and markets silicon integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , modules and thin film hybrid microcircuit components for a variety of applications in three target markets: video products, hearing instrument products and data communications. About UMC UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :2303) is a world-leading semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers the cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 0.13-micron copper/low k, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS. In addition, UMC is a leader in 300mm manufacturing with three strategically located 300mm fabs to serve our global customer base: Fab 12A in Taiwan, UMCi in Singapore (pilot production in Q2, 2003), and AU Pte. Ltd., a joint venture facility with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. that is also located in Singapore (production in 2005). UMC employs over 8,500 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com. |
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