One-Millionth IC shipment from Gigoptix for multichannel parallel optical interconnects

GigOptix has announced that it has reached a 1 Millionth production chip shipment for multichannel parallel optical interconnects.

The 1 million Physical Media Dependent (PMD) ICs shipped for datacom, industrial and consumer applications such DVI/HDMI Active Optical Cables (AOC).

GigOptix's VCSEL driver and TIA arrays for the implementation of optical interconnects for both datacom and consumer applications. 1x, 4x and 12x TX/RX solutions are available with transmission rates up to 150 Gb/s aggregate and power dissipation lower than 10mW for a 10Gb/s channel. Robustness and ease of use provide exceptional yield in high volume cost sensitive applications.

"This is very gratifying as I have been personally involved in the development and spreading of a new technology since I founded Helix Semiconductors in 1990, enabling a market that has by now supported the shipment of more than 1 million devices. We expect the market to grow at an accelerated rate as optical interconnects are being used in many more applications, including desktop and even mobile devices. Since we are able to continuously reduce the size, cost and power consumption with the latest design techniques and process technologies, we keep creating new high growth opportunities. We are overwhelmed by the interest and adoption of key datacom and consumer electronics global customers," stated Joerg Wieland, Vice-President and GM of GigOptix-Helix.

For more details visit www.GigOptix.com