GigOptix Ships 100G Driver

Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:46

GigOptix, Inc. (OTC BB:GGOX - News), a leading supplier of electronic and electro-optic semiconductor products for fiber-optic communications systems today announced that it has begun shipping its high performance 100G DP-QPSK driver to a Tier 1 Telecom OEM. This signifies the culmination of more than two years of joint development by the GigOptix engineering team in developing a market leading driver, the first monolithic solution available in the industry for next generation 100G DP-QPSK DWDM market. During the development activity, GigOptix utilized its proven capabilities of delivering high performance semiconductor driver products with innovative high speed analog design techniques to produce a 100G DWDM driver solution in a compact, power efficient form factor. Andrea Betti-Berutto, CTO of GigOptix, commenting on this announcement said: "We are very excited to be at the forefront of 100G market adoption. We decided more than two years ago to align our 100G development with our customer’s requirements and given our prior history of both providing high performance solutions and delivering on our commitments, we were chosen as a preferred partner to deliver drivers into their 100G platform." GigOptix Inc.