KAIAM CORPORATION INTRODUCES A 40GB/S QSFP+ LR4 TRANSCEIVER WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ENGINES FOR USE IN HIGH VOLUME APPLICATIONS AT OFC 2014
The Kaiam QSFP+ LR4 Transceiver Line has been Established in the Company’s Vertically Integrated Scotland Volume Manufacturing Facility
NEWARK CA — March 10, 2014 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, announces availability of their 40Gb/s CWDM QSFP+ LR4 transceiver at OFC 2014, booth #1735 in San Francisco. The standards-compliant QSFP+ transceiver has all the functionality of four DML-based SFP+s on a CWDM grid, and also includes a first stage wavelength multiplexer and de-multiplexer.
The modules are manufactured in the Company’s 60,000-square-foot facility in Livingston, Scotland. The silicon photonics sub-components are manufactured internally in the facility, forming a highly efficient vertically integrated production line. Kaiam’s MEMS-based coupling technology, together with other high volume automated equipment minimizes the labor content and assures low cost, consistent production output suitable for high volume applications…
KAIAM DEMONSTRATES ULTRA-COMPACT 100GB/S (4X28GB/S) SINGLE MODE TRANSMITTER OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY (TOSA) AT OFC 2014
The 100Gb/s TOSA, realized with Kaiam’s MEMS-based optical integration technology, can be used in compact QSFP transceivers for low power consumption applications
NEWARK CA — March 11, 2014 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, will demonstrate a 100Gb/s (four lanes at 28Gb/s) transmitter optical subassembly at OFC 2014, booth #1735. Current 100Gb/s transceivers are generally too large, and consume too much power, for high volume applications. The critical component has been the transmitter that generates four signals at 28Gb/s each and a wavelength multiplexer that combines the four lanes into a single fiber…
KAIAM FINALIZES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE GEMFIRE
Strengthening Its Technology Leadership In Photonic Systems-In-Package For Data Center Applications
NEWARK CA and LIVINGSTON, UK — April 30, 2013 — Today, Kaiam Corp. announced completion of the transaction to acquire GC Holdings Inc., including Gemfire Europe Ltd. and the closing of a $16 million first tranche of a C-round investment to fuel the continued growth and expansion of the company. Kaiam builds high bandwidth optical transceivers used for data networking that incorporate the integrated photonic circuits built by Gemfire Europe. The vertical integration and the financing allow Kaiam to expand its manufacturing and further develop innovative products for the data center market…
KAIAM ACQUIRES GC HOLDINGS, INC. (GEMFIRE)
And Raises Financing to Commercialize Photonic Systems-In-Package for Data Center Applications
NEWARK CA and LIVINGSTON, UK — March 19, 2013 — Today, Kaiam Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire GC Holdings, Inc., the parent corporation of Gemfire Corporation and Gemfire Europe, Limited (collectively, “Gemfire”), forming a global technology leader in integrated photonic modules. The combination of Kaiam’s industry leading optical sub-system innovations with Gemfire’s high performance silicon-based planar-lightwave circuits (PLCs) enables advanced photonic modules for high-speed, compact, and low-cost interconnects needed to meet the demand for expanding data networking and data center markets. Together with substantial new equity financing the company is poised to grow rapidly in step with the 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s markets…
OPLINK AND KAIAM TO JOINTLY DEMONSTRATE 10X10 40KM CFP TRANSCEIVER AT OFC/NFOEC 2013
Transceiver Substantially Reduces Costs for Best In Class Performance in 100Gbps Extended Reach Applications
FREMONT and NEWARK, CA — March 14, 2013 — Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPLK), a leading provider of design, integration and optical manufacturing solutions (OMS) for optical networking components, modules and subsystems, and Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, today announced a joint demonstration of the 100Gbps 10×10 40km CFP transceiver technologies for extended reach (ER) 100Gbps applications at OFC/NFOEC 2013 in Anaheim, CA…
KAIAM CORPORATION DEMONSTRATES 40KM, 40 GB/S QSFP+ TRANSCEIVER WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ENGINES AT OFC/NFOEC 2013
The Kaiam MEMS-based Optical Integration Technology Leads to Superior Performance; Enabling 40km Reach in QSFP+ Form Factor
NEWARK and ANAHEIM, CA — March 12, 2013 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, will demonstrate their 40Gb/s CWDM QSFP+ ER4 transceiver with 40km reach at OFC/NFOEC 2013 in Anaheim, CA, booth #1246. The QSFP+ transceiver has all the functionality of four DML-based SFP+s on a CWDM grid, and also includes a first stage wavelength multiplexer and de-multiplexer. The module is approximately one third the size of four individual SFP+s and a fraction of the cost, thus saving system integrators both space and expense. The optical engines for such transceivers, or complete transceivers are available as samples today, with volume production planned for August 2013…
GIGOPTIX ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION SHIPMENTS OF QUAD TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER RECEIVER ARRAYS TO KAIAM CORPORATION
For 40Gbps QSFP+ Long Reach Module
SAN JOSE, CA — March 5, 2012 — GigOptix, Inc. (OTCQX: GGOX), a leading fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components that enable high speed information streaming, today announced that it has started volume production and shipments to Kaiam Corporation, a private company commercializing photonic integrated circuits (PIC), of its HXR5104B, a quad Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) receiver array for long reach 40Gbps QSFP+ applications. GigOptix’s HXR5104B quad TIA is designed to be fully compliant with the IEEE 40GBASE-LR4 standard meeting the exacting receiver sensitivity and stressed eye specifications in addition to the 40Gbps QSFP+ form factor requirements…
KAIAM CORPORATION DEMONSTRATES 100Gb/s DWDM CFP TRANSCEIVER AT OFC/NFOEC 2012
Transceiver Substantially Increases Density and Reduces Cost Compared to Standard DWDM XFP Solutions For Line or Client Side Applications
NEWARK, CA — February 27, 2012 — Kaiam Corporation, a leader in hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology, will demonstrate their 100 Gb/s DWDM CFP transceiver at OFC/NFOEC 2012 in Los Angeles. The CFP transceiver has all the functionality of ten individual DWDM EML-based XFPs on a 100GHz-spaced ITU grid, and also includes a first stage wavelength multiplexer and demultiplexer. The module is about 1/3 the size of ten individual XFPs and a fraction of the cost, thus saving system integrators both space and expense. These modules are available as samples today, with volume production planned for July 2012…
SANMINA-SCI AND KAIAM ANNOUNCE A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD LEADING EDGE HYBRID INTEGRATED OPTICAL COMPONENTS
New Family of Products Achieves High Aggregate Bandwidths in Dense Form Factors
SAN JOSE and NEWARK, CA — September 19, 2011 — Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading manufacturing solutions company making some of the world’s most complex and valuable optical, electronic and mechanical products, and Kaiam Corporation, a global manufacturer of high performance hybrid photonic integrated circuits (PICs), today announced a partnership to produce a family of optical components using KAIAM’s MEMS-based hybrid integration technology…
KAIAM CLOSES $5M SERIES B TO ACCELERATE PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS
NEWARK, CA — June 7, 2011 — Kaiam Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance photonic integrated circuits with a breakthrough optical integration technology, today announced that the Company has closed a Series B investment round of more than $5 million. TriplePoint Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)…
KAIAM DEMONSTRATES 40GB/S TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLIES FOR LR4 APPLICATIONS AT OFC/NFOEC 2011
Enables High Performance, Compact QSFP Modules for Telecom and Datacom Using Opnext 1310Nm Lasers
NEWARK, CA — March 3, 2011 — Kaiam Corporation, an emerging startup with a breakthrough optical integration technology will have a live demonstration of their QSFP transmitter and receiver optical subassemblies for 40GBASE-LR4 applications at OFC/NFOEC 2011 in Los Angeles. The 4 x 10Gb/s TOSA and ROSA deliver and receive a cumulative 40Gb/s in single mode fiber with a 10km reach…
KAIAM ANNOUNCES $8M IN SERIES A FINANCING AND INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTS
NEWARK, CA — March 1, 2011 — Kaiam Corporation, a developer of hybrid photonic integrated circuits for the fiber optic communications industry, announced today that it has secured a total of approximately $8M in combined Series A financing and commercial contracts…
