Mellanox Technologies agreed to acquire privately held Kotura, a developer of advanced silicon photonics optical interconnect technology, for a total cash purchase price of approximately $82 million. Both the Mellanox...
Inphi is demoing interoperability of its second generation Tri-Rate PHY/SerDes Gearbox (GB) ICs with Luxtera and TE Connectivity (TE) optical modules at this week's Interop in Las Vegas. Inphi is...
NTT Communications has selected Compass-EOS' new r10004 core-grade modular routers for use in its high-capacity transpacific network. The Compass-EOS routers are the world’s first direct silicon-to-photonics-based routers. “We chose Compass-EOS...
Fujikura Ltd. announced the world's first 40-60 Gbps silicon photonics modulator in both Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (QPSK) and Differential QPSK (DQPSK) versions. The modulator comprises two silicon phase-shifters that are...
OneChip Photonics introduced a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based 100 Gbps device that monolithically integrates all of the optical functions required for an optical transceiver into a single Indium Phosphide (InP)-based...
Compass-EOS, a start-up based in Israel, unveiled its radical silicon-to-photonics router that essentially leverages an on-chip optical mesh and electronics to route high-densities of 100GbE and 10GbE. The company's silicon-to-photonics...
Dow Corning and IBM have developed a new type of polymer material capable of transmitting photonic signals at high speed. The researchers have fabricated thin sheets into flexible optical waveguides....
IBM announced a breakthrough in building a semiconductor using carbon nanotubes instead of silicon. IBM researchers created a device consisting of more than ten thousand working transistors made of nano-sized tubes...
Cisco will acquire Lightwire, a developer of optical interconnect technology, for $271 million in cash and incentives. Lightwire, a start-up based in Allentown, Penn., specializes in CMOS photonics. Its optical...
Fujitsu Laboratories last week disclosed the development of a compact silicon photonics light source for use in optical transceivers required for optical interconnects between CPUs. Fujitsu leverages a mechanism that...
Skorpios Technologies, a start-up based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, raised $19 million in Series B round of financing for its composite silicon photonic technology. Skorpios Technologies has developed an advanced...
Skorpios Technologies, a start-up based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has signed Nokia Siemens Networks as a strategic development partner. Skorpios Technologies has developed an advanced Composite Semiconductor on Insulator Technology...
IBM announced significant advances in its path to integrate electrical and optical devices on the same piece of silicon. The new CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics, which is the result of...
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