News

12 August 2009

 

GigOptix and Pangaea HK to form JV for China consumer electronics market

GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials, and distribution firm Pangaea (HK) Ltd of Hong Kong have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend their partnership through the formation of a joint venture company in China. The new organization will be headquartered in Hong Kong and is intended to support customers in the region with the development of low-cost and customized reference designs for GigOptix products.

“We have a vision that optical interconnects will become essential to the next generation of consumer electronics products,” says Pangaea’s CEO & president Richard Fung. “With this joint venture we plan to accelerate the creation of cost-effective optical interconnect designs to support our customers in making the switch from copper and to realize the power and performance advantages optical can offer,” he adds.

“Through this joint venture we will provide a greater support for customers in China, which is paramount to the adoption of our devices in the optical interconnect market,” says GigOptix’s chairman & CEO Dr Avi Katz. “Our goal is to enable our customers to bring attractive products to the market quickly.”

GigOptix launches 28Gb/s TIA for 40G and 100G

GigOptix has made available samples (in die form) of the GX3220, a 28Gb/s linear TIA with integrated automatic gain control for 100G DP-QPSK and 40G DQPSK applications.

“The GX3220 is a very low-power, small-form-factor solution that more than addresses customers' functionality requirements,” says Padraig O’Mathuna, director of product marketing. “The 100G transponder standardization is still under way and power dissipation is a major concern amongst the defining group... We have not only met the current low-power dissipation requirement but have successfully surpassed it,” he adds.

As well as very low power consumption and a frequency range up to 28Gb/s, key features include: high linearity and low harmonic distortion compliant with the draft 100G OIF recommendations, and support for a variety of photodiodes from vendors.

The most recent WAN (wide-area network) optical components market forecast from Ovum projects that the volume of 40G receivers will grow from 20,000 units in 2009 to 183,000 in 2013 - a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 74% - with the 100G WAN optical component market showing similar growth rates starting from 2010.

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