Luxtera
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Luxtera Inc., a subsidiary of
Cisco Systems, is a semiconductor company that uses silicon photonics technology to build complex electro-optical systems in a production silicon CMOS process.[1]
The company uses fabless manufacturing; it uses semiconductor fabrication plants of Freescale Semiconductor.
The company received $130 million in funding and was acquired by
Cisco Systems in 2019 for $660 million.[2]
History
The company was founded in 2001 by a group of professors and students at
Axel Scherer, Michael Hochberg, Tom Baehr-Jones, Eli Yablonovitch, Alex Dickinson and Lawrence C Gunn.[3]
In 2006, the company received a $5 million contract from the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.[4]
In August 2007, the company introduced Blazar, a 40GB optical active cable for interconnect within high performance computer clusters using single-mode optical fiber.[5]
In 2010, Luxtera was selected as one of MIT Technology Review's 50 Most Innovative Companies.[6]
In February 2019,
Cisco Systems acquired the company.[7]
References
- ^ Cooney, Michael (December 18, 2018). "Cisco bets $660M on silicon-photonics firm Luxtera". International Data Group.
- ^ Miller, Ron (December 18, 2018). "cisco-to-acquire-silicon-photonics-chip-maker-luxtera-for-660-million". TechCrunch.
- ^ Bigelow, Bruce V. (March 1, 2012). "With $21.7M in New Funding, Luxtera Signs Deal to Make Optical Chip". Xconomy.
- ^ "Darpa renews Luxtera's transceiver contract". EE Times. November 8, 2006.
- ^ Scouras, Ismini (November 12, 2007). "Active cables extend reach 3X". EE Times.
- ^ "MIT's Technology Review Unveils 2010 TR50 List of the World's Most Innovative Companies" (Press release). Business Wire. February 23, 2010.
- Cisco Systems. February 7, 2019.