Genesis Now Offering On-screen Management Software for Next-Generation LCD Monitor Controller Products
SAN JOSE, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan—June 5, 2006—Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq: GNSS), a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors and other consumer display products, today announced it has entered into a strategic agreement with EnTech Taiwan, a leading developer of software applications for the display market, in which Genesis will bundle EnTech’s softOSM™ (OnScreen Manager™) software with its next-generation Phoenix LCD monitor controllers.
EnTech’s softOSM is an efficient, host-based OSD-replacement application that enables displays to be self-configured, auto-rotated and tuned quickly and precisely. Genesis Microchip’s inclusion of this software in its LCD Monitor controller solutions helps reduce display manufacturers’ overall bill-of-material costs while simultaneously offering a competitive differentiator that allows them to bring competitively distinct, feature-rich displays to market more quickly.
“By integrating softOSM into our solutions, Genesis offers customers features such as display rotation and display management while at the same time significantly reducing costs associated with the on-screen display and keypad in the monitor,” said Andre Bouwer, director of product marketing, Genesis Microchip. “EnTech’s softOSM is perfectly suited for this purpose and we selected the application for its unmatched compatibility and performance characteristics.”
“We are delighted to partner with Genesis Microchip, the market leader in display image processors, to bring feature-enhanced, cost-reduced displays to market,” said Ashley Saldanha, general manager of EnTech Taiwan. “We believe this combination will offer a unique, comprehensive solution enabling the mainstream display market to deliver LCD monitors that are truly intelligent peripherals rather than passive display devices.”
Features of softOSM include:
• A complete Windows-based OSD on the PC
• Windows desktop rotation and auto-rotation for pivoting monitors
• Comprehensive display management–including enhanced asset management and centralized monitor control
• TheftAlert™–which alerts IT management in real time whenever a monitor is disconnected from the corporate network
• A feature-rich API that enables display OEMs to easily carry forward their current user interface, or design whole new classes of display applications
About EnTech Taiwan
Since its inception in 1993, EnTech Taiwan has garnered an ongoing flow of best-in-class awards for its enabling software technology. The company licenses its technology to a broad range of industries, including Fortune 500 corporations, universities and government organizations, as well as leading companies in the fields of biotech, display imaging, energy, consumer electronics, communications and semiconductors. EnTech Taiwan’s comprehensive array of world-class utilities, libraries and toolkits are widely recognized for their ability to cost-reduce operations while enhancing value. softOSM and softMCCS™ are part of a line of display software products based on the company’s softOSD™ engine. EnTech software is installed and in use on over 20 million PCs worldwide. For more information please visit
www.entechtaiwan.com.
About Genesis Microchip
Genesis Microchip Inc. (Nasdaq: GNSS) is a leading provider of image processing systems enabling superior picture quality in flat-panel TVs and a variety of consumer and PC-display products. Featuring Genesis Display Perfection® technologies and Emmy award-winning Faroudja® video technologies, Genesis system-on-a-chip solutions are used worldwide by display manufacturers to produce visibly better images across a broad array of devices including flat-panel displays, digital TVs, projectors, A/V receivers and DVD players/recorders. The Genesis technology portfolio features analog and mixed signal system-on-a-chip design, DCDi® by Faroudja deinterlacing, TrueLife™ video enhancement, IntelliComb™ video decoding and includes over 185 patents. Founded in 1987, Genesis supports its leading brand-name customers with offices in the U.S., Canada, India, Europe, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Singapore. For more information about Genesis Microchip Inc. or Genesis Display Perfection technologies, please visit
www.gnss.com.
Note to Editors: Genesis, Genesis Display Perfection, Faroudja, DCDi by Faroudja, TrueLife and IntelliComb are trademarks or registered trademarks of Genesis Microchip Inc.
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