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Energy Focus Launches New LED Tubes for Fluorescent Retrofit Applications

Energy Focus, Inc. (EFOI) today announced the launch of its new EF® Series 300 product family of LED tubes for fluorescent retrofit applications. The LED tubes deliver an industry-leading 130 lpw (lumens per watt) efficiency.

24 Sep 2013

Taiwan Manufacturers to Participate in Istanbul LED & LED Lighting Exhibition

Taiwan's Green Trade Project Office has made Istanbul its fourth stop, after Sao Paulo, Chongqing and Tianjin, for its 2013 emerging market campaign, bringing a delegation of exhibitors to participate in the LED & LED Lighting Exhibition held on September 26-29 at the Istanbul Expo Center.

24 Sep 2013

Tektronix Expands Support for Short Range and Long Haul 100G Optical Network Testing

Tektronix, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced expanded testing support for both short range and long haul 100G optical network testing. Debuting at the European Conference on Optical Communications Sept. 23-26 in London are the 80C15 32GHz Multi-Mode Optical Sampling Module and the OM5110 46GBaud Multi-format Optical Transmitter, giving customers enhanced capability to test silicon photonic components, network elements and systems as well as the coherent modulation formats used in next generation optical fiber networks.

24 Sep 2013

Furukawa Electric Develops Micro Integratable Tunable Laser Assembly for 400 Gb/s Optical Coherent Transmission

ECOC 2013, Booth #525 - Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has developed a micro Integratable Tunable Laser Assembly (ITLA), a key component in ultrahigh-speed optical digital coherent transmission devices operating at 400 gigabits per second (400Gbps). This transmission device is now being introduced globally with an initial sampling and full production planned in the near future.

24 Sep 2013

Volume Production of DMBT’s AC Direct LED Driver IC Using TowerJazz’s 700V BCD Process Begins

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and DMB Technology (DMBT), a leader of total power management solutions based on innovative analog/mixed-signal power management integrated circuits, today announced volume production and shipping of DMBT’s AC direct LED (light-emitting diode) driver IC using TowerJazz’s groundbreaking 700V BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) power management process.

24 Sep 2013

Inphi Reports Production Readiness of Second Generation 100G CMOS PHY/SerDes Gearbox IC

Inphi, a leading provider of high-speed, mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets, today announced the production availability of its second generation 100G CMOS PHY/SerDes Gearbox (GB) IC for data center, enterprise and service provider line cards.

24 Sep 2013

PLX and FCI Partner to Demonstrate PCIe Over Optical Cabling at ECOC 2013

PLX Technology, Inc., the global leader in PCI Express® (PCIe®) silicon and software connectivity solutions enabling emerging data center architectures, and FCI, a leading manufacturer of connectors and interconnect systems, today announced collaboration on a live demonstration of PCIe over optical cabling at the 39th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) event, held from 23-25 September in London, U.K.

24 Sep 2013

ECOC 2013: Mindspeed’s Low-Power 28G CDR Device to be Demonstrated as Part of Molex's 100Gbps Optical Backplane

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure and data center applications, today announced the industry's lowest-power and smallest footprint clock and data recovery (CDR) device capable of supporting data rates up to 28 gigabits per second (Gbps).

24 Sep 2013

Japan PMDA Approves Given Imaging’s PillCam SB 3 System

Given Imaging Ltd, a world leader in gastrointestinal medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has granted approval for the PillCam SB 3 system.

23 Sep 2013

ECOC 2013: Oclaro to Showcase Innovations in 100G Products

Oclaro, Inc., a leading provider and innovator of optical communications solutions, today announced the company's participation at ECOC, Europe's largest optical networking conference, and the continuing expansion of their 100G product offerings for both datacom and telecom implementations.

23 Sep 2013

IBO Honors Smiths Detection HazMatID Elite with Design AWARD

The Smiths Detection HazMatID Elite has received the Portable Analytical Instrument Industrial Design Silver Award from Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) during their 20th Annual Industrial Design Awards.

23 Sep 2013

ECOC 2013: GigOptix to Highlight Drivers, TIAs, and E-Band Products

GigOptix, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor and optical communications components, will showcase leading drivers, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and E-Band products at the 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), in London on September 23, 2013. The ECOC conference is one of the largest optical communication events in Europe.

23 Sep 2013

Xilinx Launches OTN SmartCORE IP for Combined Ethernet and 100G OTN Switching Platforms and P-OTS

Xilinx, Inc. at ECOC 2013, today announced new OTN SmartCORE™ IP for high capacity combined Ethernet and 100G OTN switching platforms and Packet-Optical Transport Systems (P-OTS).

23 Sep 2013

Customized, Energy-Efficient Optical Network to Tackle Big Data

Computer networking researchers at Rice University have a new idea for how to handle the mountains of data piling up in the labs of their fellow scientists around campus: Create a customized, energy-efficient optical network that can feed rivers of data to Rice’s supercomputers.

21 Sep 2013

NPL and e-Luminate Foundation Host ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’

On 12 September 2013, the e-Luminate Foundation hosted an ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’ at the Hauser Forum, Cambridge, in partnership with the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

21 Sep 2013