ClariPhy Visits ECOC

IRVINE, Calif. -- ClariPhy Communications, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high speed communications ICs, today announced that it has expanded its market focus to include 10G telecommunications (telecom) networks. ClariPhy’s Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection (MLSD) based Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) engine, implemented in a single-chip CMOS form factor, is perfectly suited to enable data rate increases from 2.5G to 10G in carrier networks cost-effectively and without sacrificing performance or reach. Based on estimates from industry analyst firm CIR, optical transponder shipments are expected to grow by almost 40 percent per annum over the next five years, with the total dispersion compensation market reaching $755M by 2012.

Carriers today seek to upgrade their optical networks to 10G while simultaneously improving performance and lowering the overall cost of installing and maintaining these networks. EDC technology is being rapidly integrated into 10G equipment based on its ability to improve performance through impairment mitigation. Specifically, MLSD-based EDC enables the use of lower cost optical components and extends the reach of optical links through the compensation of impairments found in the components and fiber optic cabling.

Lawrence Gasman, CIR President and Chief Components Analyst commented: “In our recent report ‘Opportunities in Dispersion Compensation: Electronic, Optical and Tunable,’ we highlight the increasing importance of dispersion compensation and the need for higher performing dynamic dispersion compensation. EDC components including ClariPhy’s CMOS MLSD device have a compelling proposition and are well timed for the emerging opportunity in metro, long haul, and ultra long haul networks.”

ClariPhy Communications Inc.