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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (141)	12/13/1998 11:17:00 PM
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Some other links for Bookham thanks to Pat Mudge on the NN thread: eetimes.com eetimes.com eetimes.com And another piece of press release on Bookham: newsalert.com. ============== BOOKHAM: Intel invests in Bookham Technology Presswire - November 24, 1998 14:38 M2 PRESSWIRE-24 November 1998-BOOKHAM: Intel invests in Bookham Technology (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Milton Park, Oxfordshire: US microchip giant Intel Corporation has made an equity investment in Bookham Technology. The Intel investment was approved last week at a meeting of Bookham's shareholders, where a similar investment by Cisco Systems Inc. was also approved. Bookham has developed a technology called ASOC, which uses the lowest cost optical material - silicon - to build 'high-quality optical devices. The ASOC design and manufacturing process can be used to form complex optical circuits on a silicon chip. This process is analogous to the design of electronic ASIC devices widely used in computers and communications devices. By simplifying the manufacturing process, thousands of ASOC devices can be made at low cost on a largely automated production line. Bookham's President and CEO, Dr Andrew Rickman, said: "This investment from Intel reinforces our belief that. ASOC is the future of optical networking. At a time when the semiconductor industry is experiencing significant set-backs, it is reassuring to see that major players like Intel and Cisco see a bright future for Bookham Technology." He added: "With the Internet playing an increasingly important part in people's working and recreational lives, this is a logical move for Intel. Bookham's ASOC products can dramatically increase the amount of bandwidth that operators can provide to their customers - at an affordable price. These recent investments will allow us to bring forward our product developments for. fibre-optic communication applications, so ASOC products will reach the marketplace within a much shorter space of time." Editors Notes: Bookham Technology background Optical devices form the heart of the optical network, which we rely on for a range of communications needs from making a telephone call to surfing the Internet. Each device consists of a number of basic optical components such as transmitters and receivers. The traditional method for making these optical devices involves using expensive materials and complex manufacturing processes. For applications that need a large number of reliable optical devices, such as fibre-to-the-home, it is difficult and costly to manufacture these devices in high volume. Bookham developed the ASOC process to solve this problem. ASOC uses inexpensive silicon as a base material, and the processing techniques used are specifically designed to allow for the high-volume manufacture of reliable silicon optical devices. ASOC is based on a combination of well-established silicon microelectronic processes, originally developed by the electronic silicon-chip industry, and micromachining techniques. This allows Bookham to build low-cost standard and custom optical circuits on a silicon chip. Today Bookham has a range of ASOC products aimed at a number of markets. There is a range of high-bandwidth transceivers with integrated electronic circuitry for the telecommunications access market, as well as the latest products aimed at the DWDM market. Other applications for ASOC include optical sensors for automotive control systems, measurement and aerospace applications. Solicitors for Bookham Technology are Morgan Cole. CONTACT: Rachel Woodford, Bookham Technology Tel: +44 (0)1235 827 200 e-mail: rachel.woodford@bookham.com Maureen Coulter/Richard Parker, EML Tel: +44 (0)181 408 8000 e-mail: maureenc@eml.com Gail Hall, Intel Corporation (UK) Tel: +44 (0)1793 403000 e-mail: gail.hall@Intel.com ============================================