GigOptix Announces Participation in PANTHER Research Project on Multi-Flow Terabit Transceivers for Edge SDN Switches & Data-...
March 05 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GigOptix, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GIG), a leading supplier of advanced
high speed semiconductor components for use in long-haul, metro,
Cloud connectivity, data centers, consumer electronics links and
interactive applications, through optical and wireless
communications networks, today announced its participation in the
PANTHER (Passive and Electro-optic Polymer Photonics and InP
Electronic Integration for Multi-Flow Terabit Transceivers at Edge
SDN Switches and Data-Center) research project, funded in part by
the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) of the European Commission
(EC).
PANTHER aims to develop programmable transceivers with Terabit
capacity for next generation optical networks. The project will
combine electro-optic with passive polymers for ultrahigh speed
modulation and enhanced on chip-functionality. It will also
integrate the polymer platform with InP gain chips and InP
photodiode arrays. For the driving electronics it will use InP-DHBT
technology. Finally, PANTHER will use 3D integration techniques to
package these components in system-in-package transceivers, capable
of 64 Gbaud operations with formats up to DP-64-QAM and flexibility
in handling multiple optical flows on-chip.
Dr. Raluca Dinu, VP and GM High Speed Communications products at
GigOptix stated, "We are very excited to be part of the PANTHER
research project and are working to contribute to its success. We
believe that a successful PANTHER program will represent a
meaningful contribution to technology development in the field of
telecommunications, and is in line with GigOptix product
development roadmaps addressing the ever growing demand for
ultrahigh capacity coherent transmission systems."
The total budget of the project is EUR 5,355,744, with EUR
3,369,926 coming from the European Commission. The project started
officially on January 1, 2014 and will run for three years. The
consortium, headed by the National Technical University of Athens
(GR), comprises GigOptix’ wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary
GigOptix-Helix AG (CH), III-V Lab (FR), the Fraunhofer
Heinrich-Hertz Institute (GE), Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France
(FR), Linkra S.R.L. (IT), the Danmarks Teknisske Universitet (DK)
and Telecom Italia S.p.A (IT).
GigOptix ultrahigh speed Thin-Film-Polymer-on-Silicon (TFPS)
Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) and 100Gbps Coherent Linear MZM
driver, which are the technology parts that contributed to the
PANTHER project, will be demonstrated at Booth #1531 at the
OFC/NFOEC Conference in San Francisco, CA from Mar. 11-13,
2014.
About GigOptix, Inc.
GigOptix is a leading fabless supplier of high speed
semiconductor components that enable end-to-end information
streaming over optical and wireless networks. The products address
long haul and metro telecom applications as well as emerging
high-growth opportunities for Cloud and data centers connectivity,
and interactive applications for consumer electronics. GigOptix
offers a unique broad portfolio of Drivers and TIAs for 40Gbps,
100Gbps and 400Gbps fiber-optic telecommunications and
data-communications networks, and high performance MMIC solutions
that enable next generation wireless microwave systems up to 90GHz.
GigOptix also offers a wide range of digital and mixed-signal ASIC
solutions and enables product lifetime extension through its
GigOptix Sunset Rescue Program.
GigOptix, Inc.Media:Dr. Josh Nakaska, 408-522-3172Marketing
Directorjnakaska@gigoptix.comorInvestor Relations:Darrow
AssociatesJim Fanucchi, 408-404-5400ir@gigoptix.com
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