
Preliminary Product Brief gm1601
High-Resolution Display Controller 
C1601-PBR-01D 
Genesis Microchip Inc. 
2150 Gold Street,  P.O. Box 2150, Alviso, CA USA  95002,   Tel 408-262-6599,   Fax 408-262-6365 
165 Commerce Valley Dr. West, Thornhill, ON Canada L3T 7V8,   Tel 905-889-5400,  Fax 905-889-5422 
George Thangiah Complex(E), 2nd Flr, 80 Feet Road, Jeevan Bhima Nagar, Bangalore 560 075, India, Tel 91-80-526 3878, Fax 91-80-529 6245 
4F, No. 57, Sing Jung Road, NeiHu Taipei, Taiwan 114, R.O.C,  Tel 886-2-2791-0118,  Fax 886-2-2791-0196 
143-37 Hyundai Tower, #902, Samsung-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea 135-090,  Tel 82-2-553-5693,  Fax 82-2-552-4942 
10/F East, Legend Building, High-Tech Industrial Park, Shenzhen, P. R. C., Tel 86-755-26982060, Fax 86-755-26982050 
#310-311 Century Financial Tower, No. 1, Su Hua Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, P.R.C., 215021 Tel 86-512-67620380,  Fax 86-512-67620385 
2-9-5 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0022, Japan, Tel 81-3-5798-2758, Fax 81-3-5798-2759 
www.genesis-microchip.com
The Genesis Microchip gm1601 display controller is a fully 
integrated single chip solution for Multi-media LCD 
monitors and LCD televisions supporting up to WUXGA 
resolution. It includes industry-leading motion adaptive 
deinterlacing and low angle directional interpolation for the 
highest possible quality of TV playback. The integrated 
Analog Digital Converter, Ultra-Reliable DVI
 receivers, 
and frame rate conversion ensure proven PC graphics 
compatibility. Integrated picture-in-picture, HDTV input 
support, and RealColor
 video-specific color controls 
enable HDTV-ready solutions. An embedded micro-
controller and a versatile OSD in a single device will 
facilitate rapid development of a reliable and attractive 
product.   
FEATURES
High-Quality Advanced Scaling 
 
Fully programmable zoom ratios 
 
High-quality shrink capability 
 
Moire cancellation 
 
Panoramic scaling for video input 
Industry Leading Video Deinterlacing 
 
Motion Adaptive deinterlacing up to 1080i input 
 
Superior film mode detection and 3:2 & 2:2 inverse pull 
down 
 
Motion adaptive noise reduction 
 
Low angle directional interpolation 
Analog RGB Input Port 
 
Supports up to WUXGA at 60Hz 
 
Optional support for analog component video input, 
YPbPr    
Ultra-Reliable DVI
 Compliant Input Port 
 
Supports up to WUXGA at 60Hz 
 
Direct connect to all DVI compliant digital transmitters 
 
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) 
Video Input Port 
 
Optional ITBU656 video input 
 
Optional 24/16-bit YUV input
Picture-in-Picture (PIP) 
 
Arbitrary window size 
 
Video PIP over full screen graphics background 
 
Graphics PIP over full screen video background 
 
Side-by-side window support 
 
4:3 to 16:10 aspect ratio support 
Frame Rate Conversion and Interface 
 
Full frame rate conversion   
 
32-bit wide data path to support standard 2Mx32 and 
4Mx32 DDR SDRAM  
RealColor
 Technology 
 
Digital brightness, contrast, hue and saturation controls 
 
Separate full color controls allow end-users to 
experience the same colors as viewed on TVs for video 
and for graphics on LCD monitors 
 
Color correction for sRGB compliance 
 
Adaptive Fleshtone adjustments 
On-chip Micro-controller 
 
16-bit micro-controller 
 
Parallel FLASH ROM interface 
 
In-system programming capable 
Advanced on-chip OSD controller  
 
Use the frame buffer to store Bit mapped OSD 
 
1, 2, 4 and 8-bit per pixel 
 
Horizontal and vertical stretch and flip of OSD menus 
 
Blinking, transparency and blending 
Output Format 
 
Dual-channel TTL and Dual LVDS transmitters for direct 
connection to LCD modules 
Simplicity of Design 
 
Complete stand-alone system-on-chip design for LCD 
monitors and rear projection displays 
PACKAGE 
 
416-pin PBGA
APPLICATIONS 
 
Multi-media LCD monitors and televisions up to WUXGA