Gennum Corporation is a Canadian company that designs, manufactures and markets silicon ICs (integrated circuits), modules and thin-film hybrid microcircuit components for a variety of applications. The Company has three segments. Video Products provides high-performance components to video equipment and system manufacturers, broadcast television studios and production and post-production houses, for video and film content creation and display. Its products include analog video processing, serial digital video transmission, video format conversion and image processing products for standard and high-definition television and display applications. Hearing Instrument Products supplies a range of components for use by manufacturers of analog and digital signal processing hearing instrument products. Data Communications develops high-performance ICs for very-high-speed serial backplane applications and optical transceivers for broadband infrastructure data networking equipment.