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Quake wins further $30 million in funding (Fiber News)
Quake wins further $30 million in funding Quake Technologies, a fabless semiconductor start-up with offices in San Jose (CA) and Ottawa (ON, Canada), has raised $30 million in a second round of financing. Investors include Cisco Systems and Mitsubishi. Founded in April 2000, Quake develops mixed-signal, physical layer ICs for 10 and 40 Gbit/s optical networking applications. The company says the financial injection will be used to expand its R&D activities, and accelerate product delivery. "This financing will enable us to ramp up production for the introduction of products later this year," said Dan Trpanier, president and CEO.
