Genesis Microchip Announces Industry's First End-to-End DisplayPort(TM) Transmitter-Receiver Solution; New Solution Based On DisplayPort 1.0 Specification To Be Publicly Demonstrated At SIGGRAPH 2006

August 4, 2006

Genesis(R) 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 developed the industry's first transmitter-receiver pair based on the recently adopted DisplayPort(TM) 1.0 standard proposed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). This new solution, being demonstrated publicly for the first time in Genesis's booth (No. 123) at the upcoming SIGGRAPH show in Boston from August 1-3, is intended to enable a wide range of display applications. "We are very pleased to demonstrate our new DisplayPort transmitter and receiver pair which we believe will enable significant progress in validating DisplayPort as the next-generation digital interconnect," said Raphael Mehrbians, senior vice president of Product Marketing, Genesis Microchip. "This solution also allows us to begin work on the interoperability with other DisplayPort product suppliers in response to the growing bandwidth requirements of high-resolution audio/video applications." ATI Technologies, another member of VESA and, like Genesis, part of the original promoters' group, will also be showcasing Genesis's DisplayPort transmitter/receiver demonstration in their booth (No. 1513) at SIGGRAPH. "As an open industry standard, we believe DisplayPort will enable unparalleled performance in displays for higher resolution, refresh rates and greater color depth," said Bob Drebin, CTO of ATI Technologies' PC Business Unit. "DisplayPort is a critical initiative for ATI, due to the increasing demands on interface bandwidth as higher performance display and source technologies like Avivo are introduced." Genesis Microchip's first DisplayPort-based solution includes a discrete transmitter (gm60028) and a discrete receiver (gm68020), which together form a complete interface translator for high-bandwidth display applications such as HDTVs, projectors and high resolution monitors. This solution comprises a single link DisplayPort interface capable of transporting uncompressed video and digital audio signals up to 10.8Gbps bandwidth over a 50 foot cable. The DisplayPort link bandwidth is freely traded between display resolutions, refresh rate and pixel color depth. The Genesis solution can transmit and receive full HD video (1080p 30-bits-per-pixel) at 120Hz or QSXGA (2560x2048) graphics at 60Hz, suitable for meeting the growing requirement of high refresh rate and high-resolution displays. Both the transmitter and receiver devices contain LVTTL video ports (60-bit wide) and digital audio ports (SPDIF and I2S) for direct interface with commercially available audio-video processors. The gm60028 and gm68020 components are packaged in 160-pin QFP package and are available for sampling starting Q4 2006. About the DisplayPort standard On May 3, 2006, the newly-developed DisplayPort(TM) interface standard was approved by the member companies of VESA. Designed to be available throughout the industry as an open, extensible standard, the DisplayPort standard was developed by a VESA Task Group comprised of leading companies in the display silicon, connector, computer monitor, TV display, projector, and PC industry segments to reduce platform costs and drive a common digital interface across PC platforms and components. DisplayPort allows high-definition digital audio to be available to the display device over the same cable as the digital video signal. It delivers true plug-and-play with robust interoperability, and is cost-competitive with existing digital display interconnects. For more information, please visit www.vesa.org. 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(R) technologies and Emmy award-winning Faroudja(R) 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(R) by Faroudja deinterlacing, TrueLife(TM) video enhancement, IntelliComb(TM) 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.

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