History
1995 - Company founded in Los Altos, CA. Seed financing and non-exclusive license agreement with Motorola for media processor design
1996 - First Nuon Media Processor design delivered to Motorola for layout
1997 - Prototype silicon received. Second silicon (Quad-core "Oz") delivered to customers
1999 - Production shipments of quad-core "Aries-1" silicon, operating system and firmware to Motorola, Samsung, RCA and others
2000 - "Aries-2" begins production
2001 - "Aries-3" silicon (first fully designed at VM Labs) begins production. This design was faster, lower cost, lower power and more highly integrated than the Motorola versions, and fabricated at TSMC
Feb 2002 - Genesis Microchip acquires VM Lab's assets and hires 50 remaining employees
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