KAIAM CORPORATION JOINS SU2P as an INDUSTRIAL PARTNER
Another leap in Scottish-US technology collaboration
LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND, UK — February 10, 2016 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, along with SU2P, announce that following a meeting between Sir Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde and Bardia Pezeshki, CEO of Kaiam Corporation, Kaiam is delighted to confirm that the company has agreed to become an Industrial Partner of SU2P, a unique collaboration between world-class US and Scottish research teams in photonics…
KAIAM MANUFACTURING CWDM QSFP28 MODULES IN HIGH-VOLUME UK FACTORY
LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND, UK — September 28, 2015 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in high-speed datacenter transceivers, announced sampling lead customers with 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 and CLR4 transceivers manufactured in its high-volume production facility in Livingston, Scotland. The UK factory produces silica-on-silicon integrated optics and silicon MEMS wafers combined in an automated way to make multi-wavelength optics. The 100G product has transferred to production on the same line that supplies 40G QSFP+ in volume today into mega-scale datacenters…
MACOM AND KAIAM CORPORATION DEMONSTRATE 400G CAPABILITY AT OFC 2015 IN LOS ANGELES
Joint Demonstration Showcases MACOM’s High Speed Optical and Photonic Content for Next Generation 400G Applications
LOWELL, MA — March 23, 2015 — M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave and optical semiconductor products, today announced it will be collaborating with Kaiam Corporation (Kaiam) to showcase an industry leading 400G demonstration at OFC in Los Angeles, March 24-26, 2015…
KAIAM INTRODUCES CWDM4 100G QSFP28 TRANSCEIVER ALONG WITH 400G MODULE LIVE DEMO AT OFC 2015
MEMS-based photonic integration allows the highest performance multi-wavelength transceivers
NEWARK, CA – March 19, 2015 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, today announced availability of their 100Gb/s QSFP28 transceiver. The uncooled CWDM transceiver is aimed at CWDM4 and CLR4 low-cost data center applications. Kaiam is now sampling select customers with both the transceiver and 4x25Gb/s TOSA/ROSAs, with volume production expected later in the year. A live demonstration will be conducted at OFC 2015, booth #1751 in Los Angeles…
RON KANESHIRO JOINS KAIAM AS VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING
NEWARK, CA — February 4, 2015 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, today announced that Dr. Ron Kaneshiro has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering, responsible for high-end modules that use the proprietary MEMS-based integrated optical engines…
KAIAM CLOSES $35M SERIES IN NEW EQUITY FUNDING TO RAMP VOLUME MANUFACTURING
Strategic Partners Lead New Round to Support Volume Production of Transceivers
NEWARK, CA — September 22, 2014 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid photonic integration, today announced that the company has closed a new investment round of approximately $35 million, nearly doubling the total amount of equity investment raised by the company since its inception. The round was jointly led by two new strategic investors, with participation from current investors. “I’m very pleased that this round is generated from within the industry,” said Bardia Pezeshki, CEO. “This is validation that our current and future products are on target to address our customers’ needs…”
CWDM4 MSA RELEASES DETAILED SPECIFICATION FOR LOW COST 100G OPTICAL INTERFACES TARGETING DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS
Consortium Surpasses 15 Member Mark Gaining Substantial Industry-Wide Participation and Adoption
SAN JOSE, CA — September 9, 2014 — The CWDM4 MSA consortium today released the first detailed specification (revision 1.0) for low cost 100G interfaces targeting data center applications. Formed in March 2014, the CWDM4 MSA targets a common specification for 100G optical interfaces that addresses data communication links up to 2 kilometers in the data center.
The CWDM4 architecture employs 4 lanes of 25 Gb/s using Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) technology to transport 100G optical traffic across duplex single mode fiber (SMF)…
KAREN LIU JOINS KAIAM AS VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING
Former Ovum Analyst to Lead Marketing Efforts for Growing Optical Components Company
NEWARK, CA — May 12, 2014 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, today announced that Dr. Karen Liu has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing, responsible for the product roadmap and expansion of the product portfolio using the proprietary MEMS-based integrated optical circuit platform.
“We are extremely pleased to have Karen joining our team,” said Dr. Bardia Pezeshki, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiam. “Her remarkable insight, and keen awareness of the market for optical components will be invaluable as we apply our MEMS-based integration to other markets that need complex optical functions in a high density and low cost format…
OVER 100 JOBS CREATED IN SCOTLAND BY U.S. BASED KAIAM CORPORATION
Optical Components Company Specializing in Photonic Integrated Circuits to Build a New Production Facility in Livingston
LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND, UK — April 6, 2014 — A U.S. based optical components company, Kaiam Corporation, will secure 103 jobs in Livingston, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced.
Kaiam Corporation, headquartered in California, will relocate production facilities to Scotland from China and expand its existing Livingston site.
The project is being supported by an RSA grant of £850,000 from Scottish Enterprise.
The First Minister is in New York for Scotland Week. The programme includes business and trade meetings designed to boost investment and employment in Scotland…
