September 16, 2011
ASICs designed in IBM's 8HP silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS Specialty Foundry technology are exceeding target specifications for a new performance oscilloscope from Tektronix designed to be capable of greater than 30-GHz bandwidth across multiple channels, while minimizing the noise found in older chip sets.
September 16, 2011
Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC) has announced the availability of its SMI2030 40-Gbps DQPSK modulator laser driver. The SMI2030 DQPSK modulator driver is the first in what Semtech promises will be a line of modulator drivers that will include devices for the 100-Gbps long-haul market -- as well as the first 400-Gbps-capable offerings.
September 16, 2011
Tabula, MorethanIP, and NetLogic Microsystems(Nasdaq: NETL) have combined to offer what they assert is the first programmable 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) chipset that can be produced for less than $500.
September 16, 2011
FPGA vendor Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) announced it has acquired Modelware, a provider of traffic management/packet processing silicon intellectual property (IP) cores. Simultaneously, Xilinx unveiled FPGA-based 100-Gbps traffic management reference designs based on its Virtex-6 HTX FPGA.
September 16, 2011
Fiber-optic test and measurement equipment vendor Yenista Optics has expanded its flagship OSICS platform with new variable attenuator and optical switch modules. The additional functionality the new modules add to OSICS can be controlled though a single interface.
September 16, 2011
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) has made three additions to its family of TriAccess line amplifiers designed to replace multiple devices in CATV/FTTH systems.