Lightwire introduces first CMOS photonics 10GbE SFP+ LRM Optical Module
(Technology News, 06 Mar 2008 )
Lightwire, Inc., a technology leader in CMOS photonics interconnects, has introduced the industry's first CMOS photonics 10GbE SFP+ LRM optical module, the LSME10XX. The new plug-and-play Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) compliant module is used to connect servers and network equipment in Ethernet networks at distances of up to 220m. The new module reduces operating power requirements by more than half while providing superior signal integrity and operating over a wider temperature range as compared to currently available 10Gb opto-electronic products.
The Lightwire LSME10XX 10Gb SFP+ LRM optical module is the first product based on Lightwire's CMOS photonics process jointly developed with Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Chartered) and announced in November 2007. The new CMOS photonics device technology, protected by over 120 patents, is revolutionary in its ability to integrate light modulation circuitry into silicon, enabling high volume, low cost production CMOS fabrication techniques to be used to produce high bandwidth optical components. Lightwire uses Chartered's current high-volume CMOS process technologies to manufacture its devices.
