Gennum Names Mamoru Tomozane President of Gennum Japan

Industry Veteran Brings Over 20 Years of Semiconductor Experience Continuing Company's Strong Growth and Customer Expansion in Japan

BURLINGTON, ON, June 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Gennum Corporation (TSX: GND), a leading supplier of high-speed optical, analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions, announced that Mamoru Tomozane has been appointed President of Gennum Japan. In this role, Tomozane will manage Gennum's operations in Japan, including leadership of the company's sales efforts.

An experienced semiconductor industry leader, Tomozane joined Gennum as assistant country manager in December of 2009. Prior to that, he held various managerial positions in Japan with Motorola Semiconductor Products and Freescale Semiconductor, where he worked for more than twenty-two years. His responsibilities there included research and development for emerging technologies, application engineering, marketing and sales for consumer and wireless communication markets.

"We are extremely pleased to have an experienced semiconductor professional such as Tomozane leading our efforts in Japan," said Dr. Franz Fink, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gennum. "His intimate knowledge of the needs of our Japanese customers will further promote Gennum's broad portfolio of signal integrity solutions in this vital market."

Tomozane succeeds Mitsuo Ohtsuka, who will remain with Gennum to assist in the leadership transition, lead the company's competitive intelligence efforts for Japan and actively promote Gennum's Snowbush IP Group portfolio.

Tomozane holds a doctorate of engineering in materials science from the University of Tsukuba.

About Gennum
Gennum Corporation (TSX: GND) designs innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores to serve the rising global demand for high-speed data transmission products in the broadcast, networking, storage and telecommunications markets. Gennum offers proven optical, analog and mixed-signal solutions with uncompromising signal integrity to support standards such as high-definition (HD) video, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand®, Ethernet, SONET and PCI Express®. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Canada, and has global design, research and development and sales offices in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, United States, Taiwan, India and the United Kingdom. www.gennum.com.

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