Teknovus, a start-up based in Petaluma, California, introduced its family of gigabit Ethernet PON (EPON) chips for FTTH and FTTB networks. Teknovus said its design supports advanced EPON functionality such as dynamic bandwidth allocation, traffic shaping, SLA management, and service provisioning. The company is currently shipping an EPON System Development Kit, allowing vendors to begin software development, system design and testing. The development kit provides OLT and ONU chip evaluation boards, firmware and documentation.
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- In June 2002, Teknovus closed $5 million in first round venture financing for development of broadband access semiconductors. The round of financing followed a $1-million seed investment from NEC Electronics. Additional investors included Partech International and U.S. Venture Partners. The company was established in January 2002.
Teknovus is headed by Gerry Pesavento, who previously was Founder/CEO/VP R&D of Alloptic, an optical access network company, and an executive at DiCon Fiberoptics. Its technical team also includes Ed Boyd, previously Vice President of Advanced Technology in charge of ASIC development for Terawave, and JC Kuo, also a founder and the CTO of Alloptic.
