Independent foundry TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) said today that European fabless chip developer VectraWave has developed a 40G high speed coder circuit using a Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process.
According to Migdal Ha'emek-based TowerJazz, its SBC18HX process was chosen over Indium Phosphide (InP), the traditional semiconductor material for choice for 40G circuits, due to its advantage of integrating digital circuits on the same die, which cuts the cost and power consumption, and allows better temperature compensation and smaller total board area.
VectraWave SA designs and provides RF integrated circuits and system in package devices for optical and microwave communication equipment providers. The markets for VectraWave’s devices are high speed logic circuits for RF communication equipment, long haul/ultra long haul and metro access 10 to 100 Gbps optical networks
Shares in TowerJazz closed yesterday at $1.68, giving a market cap of $334.25 million.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on April 1, 2010
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