Oclaro invests $7.5 million in fables chipmaker ClariPhy Communications

Oclaro has made a $7.5 million strategic investment in fabless semiconductor chip firm ClariPhy Communications. ClariPhy makes digital signal processing (DSP) and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for communication networks. In addition. ClariPhy and Oclaro have signed a co-marketing and development agreement. Oclaro to use ClariPhy's semiconductor chips in its high-speed (40 Gbps 100 Gbps) regional and metro long-haul network markets.

"We expect an increasing percentage of the transceiver solutions for optical networks to be comprised of DSP and mixed-signal electronics as they evolve towards 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s," stated Alain Couder, President and CEO, Oclaro. "Through our investment and alliance with ClariPhy, Oclaro believes it will be able to offer its customers best-in-class electronics and optical technology as a complete solution from a single source, whether incorporated directly in our Oclaro solutions, or co-marketed as complementary products."

"By leveraging the significant 40nm CMOS technology innovation from ClariPhy, Oclaro will focus on optimizing our future optical products to further increase bandwidth, improve network performance, and lower the total cost of ownership for customers," added Couder.

"We are delighted to enter into a strategic alliance with Oclaro," said Dr. Paul Voois, co-founder and CEO of ClariPhy. "This alliance brings together industry-leading mixed-signal CMOS technology from ClariPhy with the world-class optical technology from Oclaro. By working together to deliver innovative solutions to the market, Oclaro and ClariPhy can help customers accelerate deployment of the next generation of high-speed networks."