| Arrow to offer Polar Vision optical enhancements
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2002-03-21 |
| Arrow Electronics Inc.'s North American Computer Products group has entered into a strategic alliance with Polar Vision, an optical components and lamination service provider, to offer new enhancement capabilities to display customers |
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| Fiber-optic component makers to merge
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2002-03-21 |
| Avanex Corp. and Oplink Communications Inc. have agreed to combine their business operations. The merged company will be known as Avanex and it will be based in Fremont, California. |
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| Multilink, IPAG collaborate on optoelectronic solutions
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2002-03-21 |
| Multilink Technology Corp. has cooperated with Innovative Processing AG (IPAG) for the marketing, design and test of 40Gbps optical PIN diode receivers, electronic traveling wave amplifiers and optoelectronic, monolithically-integrated devices |
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| Cirrus' digital entertainment bet may pay off
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2002-03-20 |
| It may be too soon to tell whether venerable Cirrus Logic Inc. can ride the digital consumer wave to another crest of prosperity. But early reviews of CEO David French's bold move appear for the most part to favor Cirrus' chances. |
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| NEC, SEI announce MSA for optical receivers
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2002-03-20 |
| NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices Ltd and Sumitomo Electric Ind. Ltd have entered into an MSA wherein both companies will focus on standardizing package size, pin configuration and power source for 10Gbps fiber-optic receivers. |
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| Conexant, Carlyle Group form specialty wafer company
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2002-03-19 |
| Conexant Systems Inc. and The Carlyle Group have formed a new specialty foundry company located in Newport Beach, California. Further details, including the name of the new company, will be announced later. |
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| 40Gb technology arrives in search of a market
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2002-03-19 |
| Most of the startup activity at this year's Optical Fiber Communication Conference will involve equipment for 40Gbps networks. But the IC and optocomponent vendors launching products in that segment may be chasing what for now is a phantom market |
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| Universal Communication signs technology deal with Anadigics
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2002-03-19 |
| Anadigics will give 11 RF testing machines, worth $16 million, to Taiwan Universal Communication and send engineers and technicians to transfer the related testing technology. |
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| New Focus to cease China operations
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2002-03-19 |
| New Focus Inc. has revealed that it will divest operations related to the manufacture and purchase of passive optical components. In line with this, the company will stop operations at its facility in Shenzhen |
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| Sanmina-SCI inks EMS deal with Umachines
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2002-03-19 |
| EMS provider Sanmina-SCI Corp. and Umachines Inc., a developer of MEMS optical networking modules, have entered into a technology licensing and manufacturing services agreement |
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| AboCom to establish Zhanjiang facility
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2002-03-18 |
| Taiwan-based AboCom System Inc. will construct a 400,000-square-meter offshore factory in Zhanjiang, China, at the end of the year. |
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| Essex, Fiberspace to comarket hyper-DWDM, OPLL techs
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2002-03-18 |
| Essex Corp. and Fiberspace Inc. have signing of a memorandum of understanding to comarket Essex's hyperfine WDM technology and Fiberspace's Gridlocker laser source, based on the company's patented Optical Phase Locked Loop (OPLL) stabilization technology |
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| Advanced software for smooth DVD decoding
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2002-03-16 |
| This technical news article evaluates the possibilities of implementing advance software methods to attain smooth DVD decoding processes. |
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| Consortium may take over Bell Labs research facility
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2002-03-15 |
| Lucent Technologies and Agere Systems Inc. are attempting to spin-off their nanotechnology and electron-beam lithography lab in Murray Hill, N.J. as an advanced prototyping foundry that would be run by a consortium of local public and private investors. |
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| Agere, Nortel forge agreement for surface-mount 10Gbps receivers
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2002-03-14 |
| Agere Systems and Nortel Networks have entered into a multi-source agreement to establish standards for surface-mount 10Gbps receivers. |
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