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GigOptix Receives Grant to Customize Modulators for Government Supercomputing Applications

^{Published on 2010-08-02 05:36:22 - Market Wire}
 

PALO ALTO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--GigOptix (OTCBB: GGOX), a leading supplier of electronic and electro-optic semiconductor products for optical communications systems, today announced that it has secured a grant for $200,000 in research and development funds to customize the Companya™s proprietary LX8400 40Gb/s Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPSa") Mach Zehnder (MZ) modulator for use in an ongoing Government Supercomputing program.

GigOptix is a leading provider of high speed analog and optical modulator solutions for the 10G, 40G and 100G telecom, datacom and datacenter markets. GigOptixa™ proprietary TFPS MZ modulators have a very large bandwidth of up to 65GHz with low drive voltage that enable data transmission at very high rates with low power consumption. Following the completion of a previous program where a GigOptix modulator was able to successfully transmit 40Gb/s data at the extremely low temperatures of 40 Kelvin or -233 Celsius, this latest grant will be used to further optimize the low temperature operation of the design to enable optical links in next generation peta-flop class supercomputers between processors running at ultra low temperatures and large scale memory running at room temperatures.

Dr. Raluca Dinu, Vice President and General Manager commented, aWe are very excited to continue our cooperation on this program to further refine the low temperature operation of our TFPS modulators for supercomputer applications. We have identified specific design and process improvements from our previous tests to further improve 40G modulator performance at lower temperatures. Participation in this program demonstrates that GigOptixa™ TFPS modulators can provide value not only to long-reach telecom applications, but also to short-reach supercomputer and datacenter applications.a

For more information, please contact [ sales@GigOptix.com ].

About GigOptix, Inc.

GigOptix is a fabless manufacturer of high performance electronic and electro-optic semiconductor products that enable high speed telecommunications and data-communications networks. The Company offers a broad portfolio of high speed electronic devices including polymer electro-optic modulators, modulator drivers, laser drivers and TIAs for telecom, datacom, Infiniband and consumer optical systems, covering serial and parallel communication technologies from 1G to 100G. GigOptix now also offers the widest range of mixed-signal and RF ASIC solutions in the market including Standard Cell, Hybrid and Structured ASICs targeting the Consumer, Industrial, Defense & Avionics industries. For more information, please visit [ www.GigOptix.com ].