Acacia Communications to Demonstrate BGA Photonic Integrated Circuit
March 20 2017 - 9:00AM
Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA), a leading provider of
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, today announced
that it will be demonstrating a ball grid array (BGA) photonic
integrated circuit (PIC) for coherent applications during the
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC),
taking place March 19th to March 23rd, 2017 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center. In its demonstration, Acacia
Communications will show BGA packaging technology that may help
Acacia Communications to further leverage the benefits of their
silicon photonics by replacing costly optics packages and assembly
processes with low-cost packages and standard electronics surface
mount technology.
“We have long viewed the transition to low-cost packaging and
standard interfacing as an important next step to further the
benefits of our silicon photonics technology,” stated Chris Doerr,
Associate Vice President of Integrated Photonics at Acacia
Communications. “With this technical achievement, we continue
to execute on our vision to siliconize the optical interconnect,
which requires moving from specialized materials that require
custom process development to high volume silicon processes and
mainstream assembly techniques.”
To help maximize the amount of data transmitted by each coherent
interface and improve cost efficiency, Acacia Communications’ next
generation Pico digital signal processor (DSP) will support
transmission speeds of up to 1.2 Tbps with two carriers of 600 Gbps
each using 64QAM modulation format at approximately 64 Gbaud.
For these data rates, traditional packaging technology can limit
performance of the interface between the DSP and optics. BGA
packages address this challenge by eliminating additional
connectors and optical package leads, improving bandwidth and
signal integrity. This is a critical step toward Acacia
Communications’ vision of integrating the DSP and optics in a
single package.
“Our relationship with Acacia is one founded on a shared drive
to innovate. Both of our teams are continually pushing and
seeking ways to help our customers achieve their goals,” said
Christoph Glingener, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating
Officer at ADVA Optical Networking. “Acacia’s 1.2 Tbps solution is
the latest example of this and we strongly believe that it will be
significantly beneficial to our customers in the metro Data Center
Interconnect market.”
Acacia Communications’ 1.2 Tbps Pico DSP is based on 16nm CMOS
technology and offers a wide range of flexible modulation formats
and data rates. Acacia Communications’ dual core Pico DSP
will feature an internal crossbar switch allowing the flexibility
to support a wide range of 100G and 400G client interfaces.
About Acacia Communications
Acacia Communications develops, manufactures and sells
high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed
to transform communications networks through improvements in
performance, capacity and cost. By leveraging silicon technology to
build optical interconnects, a process Acacia refers to as the
“siliconization of optical interconnect,” Acacia is able to offer
products at higher speeds and density with low power consumption,
that meet the needs of cloud and service providers and can be
easily integrated in a cost-effective manner with existing network
equipment. www.acacia-inc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements concerning Acacia
Communications and its future expectations, plans and
prospects that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that
are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be
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identify forward-looking statements. Acacia Communications
has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current
expectations and projections about future events and financial
trends that the Company believes may affect its business, financial
condition and results of operations. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are
subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions
including, without limitation, the Company’s anticipated growth
strategies, its expectations regarding competition, the anticipated
trends and challenges in its business and the market in which
Acacia Communications operates, its expectations regarding, and the
stability of, its supply chain and manufacturing, the scope,
progress, expansion and costs of developing and commercializing its
products, the size and growth of the potential markets for its
products and the ability to serve those markets, regulatory
developments in the United States and foreign countries,
including under export control laws or regulations that could
impede its ability to sell its products to customers in certain
foreign jurisdictions, and other risks set forth under the caption
"Risk Factors" in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2016 filed with the SEC and its
other SEC filings. Acacia Communications assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in
this press release as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
SOURCE Acacia Communications, Inc.
For further information:
Investor Relations Contact:
Monica Gould
Office: (212) 871-3927
Email: IR@acacia-inc.com
Public Relations Contact:
Ed Harrison
Office: (781) 966-4158
Email: acacia-communications@inkhouse.com
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