Inphi, NeoPhotonics Do 100G

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI - News), a leading provider of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets, today announced its collaboration with NeoPhotonics (NYSE: NPTN - News) to facilitate and accelerate deployments of next-generation 100G optical solutions for high density data center and cloud computing as well as 100G transport applications. Inphi will offer its portfolio of 100G TIA and 100GbE iPHY™ solutions, which include PHY and Clock Data Recovery (CDR) chipsets along with its transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), for NeoPhotonics to utilize in its 100G optical product developments. The mixed signal semiconductor devices offered by Inphi are designed to provide NeoPhotonics higher performance and lower power consumption for the next generation of the optical modules and subsystems for high-speed transport and client-side applications.

Based on its patented iPHY architecture, Inphi recently announced the availability of its industry leading low power CMOS PHY and CDR solutions for 100GbE alongside the availability of its industry leading high-performance 100GbE TIA (see press announcements here). Inphi's CMOS PHYs and CDRs offer a substantial savings in power -- 3x less than currently available offerings -- in a 2x reduced area footprint, while improving reliability without sacrificing performance.

"We continue to demonstrate our commitment to the ultra-high speed segment of the optical market by working with industry leaders like Inphi to offer high-speed products for transport, cloud and data center applications," said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "Our next-generation 100G optical solutions can benefit from Inphi's technology leadership position in the 100G market and help us deliver high levels of performance and low power consumption for our PIC-based product portfolio."

NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN)