..Some high bandwidth hauls are going parallel and others serial...here is a pr piece, look at the market they are aiming for....Now if they can only get designed in..
EMCORE Launches 10 Gbps Transmit and Receive Optical Subassemblies for Short Reach Applications
New 10 Gbps Products From EMCORE Provide Speed, Capacity And Performance For Next Generation Optical Networks
SOMERSET, N.J., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq: EMKR - news), a leading provider of semiconductor technologies for global communications, has announced the launch of its first 10 Gbps Serial TOSA (Transmitter Optical Subassembly) and ROSA (Receiver Optical Subassembly) packaged sub-assemblies for short reach OC-192 data and telecommunications applications.
The 10 Gbps ROSA/TOSA optical components have been optimized by EMCORE's Optical Device Division to incorporate speed with industry-leading levels of performance, all in a low cost package. Combining EMCORE's VCSEL technology with an optical receptacle in a fully matched set, this single fiber solution offers a small footprint to afford transceiver manufactures the benefit of easy integration into both existing and new fiber optic modules.
Commenting on EMCORE's innovation, Brian Wong, vice president and general manager of Communications Products at Primarion, a leading provider of broadband ICs, observed that, ``Serial 10 Gbps optical modules will need to cost-effectively address the technical challenges of assembling leading edge 10 Gbps photonics and optoelectronics to fully enable market acceptance. EMCORE's TOSA/ROSA offering will be a major step forward in accelerating the development of 10 Gbps serial optical modules. Primarion optoelectronic ICs have been characterized while interfaced to EMCORE photonics and have shown excellent results in a serial end-to-end 10 Gbps optical link.''
EMCORE Corporation has also announced that it will be broadening its fiber optic product portfolio with yet another industry first, as the Company is set to launch the first ever 1x4 10 Gbps VCSEL and PIN photodiode array for 40 Gbps OC-768 applications. Designed for use in emerging applications like Infiniband, 3GIO, intra-switch, and fiber-to-processor environments, this bare chip solution offers a small footprint packed with four channels of 10 Gbps bandwidth. Featuring top-side contacts for easy integration into a variety of low-cost, high performance packages, the chip set offers industry-leading performance in a small form factor.
Reuben F. Richards, Jr., President and CEO of EMCORE stated, ``We already offer the widest VCSEL product line in the industry and these two additions are a result of our on-going mission to reduce data and telecommunications costs by providing the highest levels of performance in the smallest possible footprint. Small form factor modules have emerged as the dominant solution, especially as demand for bandwidth and port density continues to increase and scalability becomes more and more of a concern for the providers of high-speed datacom networks.''
Dr. Hong Hou, VP of EMCORE's Optical Device Division, adds, ``EMCORE is positioning itself as the technology leader in the VCSEL marketplace, as demonstrated by our ability to be first-to-market with products that set the benchmark for our competition. Our expertise has enabled us to provide customers with a full range of bare die, arrays, packaged components, and optically aligned packages to meet their specific product requirements.''
According to ElectroniCast's Optoelectronic Packages and Packaging Forecast, the global consumption of optoelectronic and fiber optic component packages will grow from $407 million in 2000 to $1.12 billion in 2005. ElectroniCast Founder and Chairman Jeff Montgomery commented, ``The rapid growth of custom package consumption will be driven significantly by multifiber transceiver packages, up to 256-fiber links, for VCSEL-based telecom transceivers. The continuing strong drive toward greater miniaturization and increased automated assembly/test will have a major impact on package designs.''
EMCORE Corporation offers a versatile portfolio of compound semiconductor products for the rapidly expanding broadband and wireless communications and solid-state lighting markets. The Company's integrated solutions philosophy embodies state of the art technology, material science expertise and a shared vision of our customer's goals and objectives to be leaders and pioneers in the rapidly growing world of compound semiconductors. EMCORE's solutions include: optical components for high speed data and telecommunications; solar cells and solar panels for global satellite communications; electronic materials for high bandwidth communications systems, such as Internet access and wireless telephones; MOCVD tools for the growth of GaAs, AlGaAs, InP, InGaP, InGaAlP, InGaAsP, GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, and SiC epitaxial materials used in numerous applications, including data and telecommunications modules, cellular telephones, solar cells and high brightness LEDs. For further information about EMCORE, visit emcore.com. |
