SOMERSET, N.J. -- ASIP, Inc., a pioneer in the development of advanced, photonic integrated circuits and a leading provider of high-speed lasers for next-generation optical transceivers, today announced the availability of two new products. The first product, the 10T3001, integrates ASIP’s first-in-the-industry, 10Gb/s, uncooled 1310 nm Electro-absorption Modulated Laser (EML) into a low-cost Transmitter Optical Sub-Assembly (TOSA) and supports optical link distances up to 10km. The second product, the 10T3201, integrates ASIP’s semi-cooled 1550 EML into a similar TOSA package and supports links up to 40km.

ASIP’s 10T3001 and 10T3201 TOSAs are built on the company’s patented Asymmetric TwinGuide TM (ATG) technology, a highly-scalable platform for monolithic photonic integration that delivers unprecedented levels of functional integration, low cost and world-class performance for fiberoptic networks of all kinds. The new products are designed to serve next-generation optical transceivers, such as XFP, X2 and XPAK, and established transceiver platforms like the XENPAK and “300-Pin” types. Sample quantities of the 10T3001 are available immediately, with volume production in the second quarter of 2004. The 10T3201 will be available in the second quarter of 2004.

“With these two new products, ASIP extends its leadership position in the market for 10Gb/s laser sources by offering its customers a more highly integrated solution that also leverages the unique advantages of our ATG platform,” said Mike Decelle, ASIP president and CEO. “ASIP was the first in the industry to offer both an uncooled, 1310 nm EML and a semi-cooled, 1550 nm EML, and we have now extended that concept into a packaged subassembly that will simplify the design and improve the manufacturability of all generations of 10Gb/s optical transceivers.”

“Our customers have told us that the two most significant challenges in the development of 10Gb/s transceivers are acceptable design margin and total power dissipation,” said Milind Gokhale, ASIP co-founder and CTO. “These new products offer the best optical performance and lowest power dissipation in the industry. Outstanding optical performance translates into high design margins, which enable the lowest possible manufacturing costs.”

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