Inphi Corporation Demonstrates First-Ever Commercial 50G Product Capabilities for Optical Communications
Source: Inphi Corporation
New optical components company to develop and sell high-speed indium phosphide chipsets at 40 Gbps, 50 Gbps and beyond
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA. Inphi Corporation, an emerging optical components company, today announced it has successfully developed and tested the world s first commercial indium phosphide (InP) integrated circuits capable of network performance levels higher than 50 Gbps.
This product will position Inphi to deliver the industry s highest bandwidth, lowest power OC-768 solutions and ultimately enable network service providers to offer customers the fastest fiber optic network transmission speeds available to date.
Inphi s high-speed integrated circuits demonstrate significantly superior performance at OC-768 levels and reinforce the value of InP as the leading technology for use in optical applications. Unlike more traditional materials such as silicon germanium (SiGe) and gallium arsenide (GaAs), which are used in 10 Gbps designs, InP today is able to meet higher throughput demands of 40, 43, and 50 Gbps.
"In a very short period since the availability of our GCS InP HBT technology, Inphi has been able to achieve first pass success. Inphi s modeling and design methodology yields circuits that maximize the performance of the GCS carbon-doped indium phosphide process technology," explained Chanh Nguyen, CTO of Global Communication Semiconductors. "The Inphi circuits are the most complex we have seen to date."
These circuits are Inphi s first 4:1 multiplexer and 1:4 demultiplexer prototypes and operate at a data rate greater than 50 Gbps with a power consumption of less than 900 milliwatts. This breakthrough development will enable optical equipment vendors to build transponder modules, high-end routers, and DWDM transport systems with OC-768 interfaces at power levels comparable to those of OC-192 ports.
"With their revolutionary indium phosphide design technology, Inphi is poised to lead the emerging OC-768 optical communications component industry," stated Dado Banatao, managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital and Chairman of the Board at Inphi. "Inphi delivers the industry s highest bandwidth components for multiple market segments. Network service providers have been clamoring for this level of performance for some time, and now we can give it to them."
"Adoption of 40 Gbps line rates will be paced by the industry s ability to solve several technical problems and address the dearth of components from fiber to framers," said Allan Armstrong, Director of Optical Transport Semiconductors at RHK. "Inphi s multiplexer and demultiplexer prototypes represent a significant step forward in indium phosphide technology."
About Inphi Based in Westlake Village, California, Inphi Corporation was formed in November 2000 and is an emerging, privately held, venture-funded company in the optical communications industry. Inphi delivers the highest bandwidth, lowest power indium phosphide integrated circuits to optical communications suppliers who need breakthrough solutions at 40G, 50G, and beyond. Additional information about the company can be found at www.inphi-corp.com.
Contact: Inphi Corporation Ann Dahlquist Tel: 805.446.5112 adahlquist@inphi-corp.com or Phyllis Grabot MS&L Global Technology Tel: 323.866.6091
Inphi CorporationAnn Dahlquist
Tel: 805.446.5112
adahlquist@inphi-corp.com
or
Phyllis Grabot
MS&L Global Technology
Tel: 323.866.6091
E-mail: adahlquist@inphi-corp.com
Web site: http://www.inphi-corp.com
