GigOptix is a leading provider of high speed analog and optical modulator solutions for the 10G, 40G and 100G telecom, datacom and datacenter markets. GigOptix’ proprietary TFPS MZ modulators have a very large bandwidth of up to 65GHz with low drive voltage that enable data transmission at very high rates with low power consumption. (EON, August 2, 2010)

AUGUST 2, 2010 -- GigOptix (OTCBB: GGOX) says it has secured a grant for $200,000 in research and development funds to customize the company’s proprietary LX8400 40-Gbps Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS) Mach Zehnder (MZ) modulator for use in an ongoing U.S. government supercomputing program. The company didn’t reveal which U.S. agency provided the grant. (LightWave, August 2, 2010)

Chips guiding light require special wafers of silicon with an intermediate oxide layer. Various organic materials have to be studied for their suitability. The chips are structured by the Belgian institute IMEC using technology ready for mass production. Due to their promising materials, Rainbow Photonics, CUDOS, and GigOptix-Helix are project partners. (AZoNano.com, March 17, 2010)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), announces that Mr. Anik Bose, an experienced high tech executive and a General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures, has joined the GigOptix Advisory Board. Mr. Bose has joined the Advisory Board to focus on the strategic growth of GigOptix through M&A and business development in China. (Compound Semiconductor, February 19, 2010)

FEBRUARY 17, 2010 -- GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) has released the GX3101, a universal limiting transimpedance amplifier (TIA) designed for use in fiber-optic communication systems such as Fibre Channel, Ethernet, and SONET transceivers and in wireless backhaul. The GX3101 is designed to enable one device to support a variety of optical reaches, speeds, and standards that require a limiting TIA. (Lightwave, February 17, 2010)

GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs modulator and laser drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials as well as polymer electro-optic modulators, has provided an update on its strategic plan for 2010. (Semiconductor Today, February 8, 2010)

PALO ALTO, Calif. -
GigOptix, Inc. (OTC BB:GGOX), today announced that Dr. Raluca Dinu, Vice
President and General Manager of LX Product Line , will present at the
SPIE Photonics West Conference & Exhibition to be held at The Moscone
Center in San Francisco on January 23-28, 2010. (EarthTimes, January 21, 2010)

The GX3440 was designed to be used in 40G DPSK and 40G DQPSK telecom receivers and can also be used in numerous instrumentation applications. It is the first of GigOptix’s family of differential and transimpedance amplifiers to be released to production this year that comprehensively addresses customers’ requirements for telecom and datacom receiver amplifier solutions. (EON, January 20, 2010)

GX3440, a new 45G differential limiting amplifier from GigOptix is now shipping in full production. The GX3440 is designed for use in 40G DPSK, 40G DQPSK telecom receivers, and numerous instrumentation applications. (EE Herald, January 21, 2010)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), today announces the availability of the flip chip version for all members of the HXT/R4 family of parallel PMDs. (Wireless Business & Technology, January 11, 2010)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announced that Jay de la Barre, who brings more than 20 years experience in semiconductor sales, is the new Vice President of Optical Communications Sales. Elie Massabki, who was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and General Manager for the CX Product Line, will now hold the position of Vice President of RF and ASIC Sales.(San Jose Mercury News, January 6, 2010)

The GigOptix HX product line, rooted at the GigOptix-Helix AG operations in Zurich, Switzerland, has been a pioneer in parallel high speed technology since the 1990's and has provided devices which supported the evolution of standards and Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) form factors like SNAP12 and QSFP. (Broadcast Newsroom, January 5, 2010)

igOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), today announced that it has reached a significant milestone having shipped its 1 millionth production chip for multichannel optical interconnects. (EON, January 5, 2010)

“Transceiver vendors will not make life tough for themselves,” says Padraig OMathuna, product marketing director at optical device maker, GigOptix. “If MSAs are defined by system vendors, [transceiver] designs would be a lot more challenging.” (Gazettabyte.com, December 30, 2009)

his development approach allows for rapid and economical product line development, enabling companies to introduce products five weeks faster than 65nm standard cell technology allows and saving companies an average of $500,000 in Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and tooling costs on each derivative product. (Design & Reuse, December 9, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announced the introduction of its second generation CX7800 hybrid ASIC technology in 65nm. Hybrid ASICs combine embedded metal-configurable digital logic with standard cell logic, Input/Output (I/O), memory and mixed signal Intellectual Property (IP). (Wireless Business & Technology, December 9, 2009)

Also, the Company is pleased to announce that Ron Shelton will become the company’s Chief Financial Officer effective December 1, 2009, and as such, will be the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. (MercuryNews.com, December 3, 2009)

PALO ALTO, Calif. -
GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announced that Dawn Casterson, Chief
Accounting Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer of GigOptix, Inc.
tendered her resignation on November 30, 2009. The resignation is
effective as of December 11, 2009.


Also,

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- GigOptix Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) has completed the acquisition of ChipX Inc., a supplier of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The terms of the deal provide for the ChipX investors to receive approximately 3.5 million common shares, representing approximately 26 percent of the fully diluted share count of GigOptix. (EETimes.com, November 10, 2009)

GigOptix Inc., a high-speed analog semiconductor manufacturer, said Tuesday it agreed to acquire ChipX Inc. (Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, November 10, 2009)

NOVEMBER 9, 2009 -- GigOptix Inc., a provider of electronic engines for optical networking, has released the GX3240, a differential limiting amplifier in a 3x3-mm QFN, developed in partnership with a leading Japanese telecom manufacturer for use in a 40G RZDQPSK receiver and with further applications in the microwave and instrumentation markets. (Lightwave, November 9, 2009)

Oct 08, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- GigOptix, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract in the amount of $749,895.00 to design and fabricate polymer devices after completion of Phase I milestones. (TMCnews, October 10, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc. announced today the delivery of its Electro-Optical (EO) polymer material to leading semiconductor and computer manufacturers as first engagements in facilitating the move from electrical to optical on-chip interconnects for high speed CMOS circuits. (4G Wireless Revolution, September 30, 2009)

igOptix Inc. today announces that $5 million in government funding for development of its On-Chip polymer modulator Integrated Photonic Transceiver, which was part of the funding request made by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to be included in the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, has received the approval of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee last week. (Defense News, September 14, 2009)

GigOptix is applauding a subcommittee approval of the U.S. Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that includes potential funding for its modulators.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., requested $5 million in funding be included in the Defense Appropriations bill that could go to support Washington state-based GigOptix's development of its On-Chip polymer modulator Integrated Photonic Transceiver. (UPI.com, September 15, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB: GGOX) today announced the availability for sampling of the GX6261, a 40Gb/s Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DQPSK) modulator driver in Surface Mounted Technology (SMT) for metro and long-haul optical transponders. (EarthTimes, September 10, 2009)

With an optical bandwidth of 65 GHz, the LX8900 enables customers to modulate a signal's phase and amplitude at ultrahigh frequencies in the optical domain. Existing modulation mechanisms operating at these frequencies suffer from drawbacks such as narrow bandwidth and high power dissipation. (Fiber Optic Tool Supply, August 17, 2009)

GigOptix has stated that it has successfully tested its LX8900 in a 110GHz time stretched analog-to-digital conversion application through a joint effort with professor Bahram Jalali’s engineering group at UCLA. (TMCnet.com, August 17, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announced the use of its 100G LX8900 Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) by Photon-X, LLC, a manufacturer of advanced fiber optic and RF photonic devices and subsystems. (Photonics Online, August 17, 2009)

For second-quarter 2009, GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials, has reported revenue of $4.5m, up 9% on last quarter’s $4.1m and double $2.25m a year ago. (Semiconductor Today, August 12, 2009)

GigOptix says its LX8400 is the first EO polymer Mach-Zehnder modulator that has been designed with volume manufacturing in mind. The device targets the telecom market's 40G ultralong-haul segment; the company claims it "competes favorably" with existing technologies such as lithium niobate, in terms of performance. (Lightwave, August 10, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), today announced the availability of samples of the LX8400, its 40G DPSK Mach-Zehnder modulator, using its proprietary Electro-Optical (EO) polymer technology and manufactured at a qualified telecom contract manufacturer. (Telecommunicationnews.net, August 10, 2009)

Optical device developer GigOptix, Inc. (search Lightwave for Gigoptix) and Pangaea (HK) Ltd. of Hong Kong have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend their partnership through the formation of a joint venture company in China. (Lightwave, August 3, 2009)

Verizon (VZ) is planning to replace routers with P-OTS; that is bad news for Cisco (CSCO) and Juniper (JNPR), who are now likely to either try to build their own P-OTS, or buy an experienced vendor like Tellabs (TLAB) [my own baseless speculation].

TLAB has a large chunk of VZ's P-OTS and backhaul business. GGOX.OB is a new P-OTS vendor with a new technology that I am watching carefully.

Huawei also scored large deals with Comcast (CMCSA) and Cox (CXR). Huawei is a Chinese company, new to N America. Huawei has stepped up by becoming a single RAN (radio access network) provider, but it is winning bids on price. (Seeking Alpha, July 21, 2009)

he new organization will be headquartered in Hong Kong and will support customers in the region via the development of low-cost and customized reference designs for GigOptix, Inc. products for use in consumer electronics applications. (Lightwave, August 3, 2009)

"The GX3220 is a very low power, small form factor solution that more than addresses customers' functionality requirements," commented Padraig O'Mathuna, Director of Product Marketing at GigOptix." (FOXBusiness.com, July 30, 2009)

PALO ALTO, Calif. -
GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for
the optically connected digital world announces the availability for
sampling of the GX3220, a 28Gb/s linear Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) (EarthTimes.org July 30, 2009)
with integrated automatic gain control for 100G DP-QPSK and

Professor Bahram Jalali of University of California, Los Angeles’ Electrical Engineering Department has joined the advisory board of GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials. (Semiconductor Today, July 21, 2009)

GigOptix launched new family of Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) for 10G, 40G and 100G receiver applications. (EE Herald, July 20, 2009)

This new family strengthens GigOptix’s portfolio of TIA solutions adding to the existing products: the GX3440 that addresses the OC-768 40G DPSK market; and the ultra-low power HXR4104 and HXR4112 TIA array products that address Infiniband QDR and emerging 40GBASE-SR4/LR4 and 100G-BASE-SR10 100G Ethernet standards. (Light Reading, July 15, 2009)

GigOptix's new TIA family includes: GX3101, a high gain limiting TIA for 10.3Gb/s Ethernet whose large dynamic range enables it to support all existing 10G Ethernet optical reaches and thus simplify customers' logistics by having one part span all reaches. (IT.TMCNET.COM, July 15, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, unveiled a complete family of Transimpedance Amplifier (“TIA”) solutions that enables the company to address all major 10G, 40G and 100G receiver applications; serving all its customers’ high speed TIA needs. (Embedded Systems News.Com, July 16, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc. (GGOX) shares moved up more than 170 percent over the past week as the stock broke out from its prior trading range, and investors look forward to the company’s ambitious plans to market its new technology going forward. (The OTC Investor, July 9, 2009)

"Since merging with GigOptix, the team is more market focused and we have been able to accelerate our LX EO polymer MZM product development by tapping in to the extensive commercial experience of the GigOptix team. Our technology is no longer in the experimental phase; now we are focusing on optimizing the manufacturing process for volume production and working with customers to generate differentiated new products for a broad range of market applications." (Lightwave, July 2, 2009)

Prof. Alan Willner, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California is among the first customers to receive the 100Gb/s MZM, LX8900. "GigOptix appears to have made significant advances in the field of ultrahigh bandwidth optical devices which are not possible with other current technologies. My team and I are very excited to receive one of the first 100Gb/s EO polymer modulators from GigOptix,” said Prof. Willner. (Light Reading, July 2, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) announced today that it has made the first sales of its ground-breaking Electro-Optic (EO) polymer based Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM). The company has delivered the world's first engineering prototypes of 20G, 40G and 100G polymer MZMs to customers working in the fields of communications, defense and high speed RF. (Solid State Technology, July 2, 2009)

GigOptix Delivers the World’s First Engineering Prototypes of 20G, 40G and 100G Polymer MZMs to Customers Working in the Fields of Communications, Defense and High Speed RF. (TelecommunicationsNews.net, July 2, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world and D-Lightsys a provider of high performance optical interconnect solutionsfor severe environment applications, announced today their combined product certification for the A-400M military transport aircraft from Airbus Military. (Fiber Optics Online, June 25, 2009)

When it comes to enhancing the network capabilities of the data center, most of the attention goes to hardware like HBAs and NICs, or advanced protocols like 10 GbE and Fibre Channel. (ITBusiness Edge, June 30, 2009)

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 26 (UPI) -- France-based Airbus Military has certified a combined technology solution from GigOptix Inc. and D-Lightsys to support the A-400M military transport aircraft. (Defense Procurement News, June 26, 2009)

Airbus selected D-Lightsys' parallel optical transceivers combined with GigOptix's HXR3401 Transimpedance Amplifier and HXT3101 VCSEL driver devices to support the A-400M military transport aircraft. (UPI.com, June 26, 2009)
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GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announced today the extension of their contract with DARPA MTO and with SPAWAR PACIFIC as the contracting agency. (Nano Science and Technology Institute, June 19, 2009)

Willner is currently professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories (Crawford Hill) and a member of technical staff at Bellcore. (Lightwave, June 19, 2009)

PALO ALTO, USA: GigOptix Inc. announced today that it has successfully demonstrated error-free 10Gbps optical links over 100m of multi-mode fiber (MMF) operating with less than 81mW per channel or 8mW/Gbps. (PC Electronic Components, June 18, 2009)

The iT2003 and iT2004 are highly efficient broadband GaAs MMIC traveling wave amplifiers with single bias operation. Single bias supply operation significantly eases the design challenge of the customer by removing the need for a complex biasing network to manage the bias sequencing. (Consumer Electronics Daily News, June 16, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB: GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today extended its range of broadband amplifiers with the release of two new MMICs, the iT2003 and iT2004 power amplifiers. Both offer an operating range of 2-20GHz and are designed for use in military and defense applications such as microwave amplifier assemblies. (Stockhouse.com, June16, 2009)

Semiconductors may not be the first thing that comes to mind when considering 100Gbpx. Yet the role electronics plays in optical communications grows as the demands on fiber-optic systems increase. (Lightwave, June)

The GX6159 is a high-voltage modulator driver for 10G long-haul and metro optical transponders which use Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM) to encode the data onto the fiber. (News Blaze, June 9, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today introduced the GX6159, a 12.5Gb/s NRZ/DPSK modulator driver. (SYS-CON UK, June 9, 2009)

The results reflect GigOptix’s rollup and consolidation activity over the last eighteen months. This is the first full quarter reported by GigOptix, Inc. since completing the merger with Lumera Corporation on December 9, 2008. Upon completion of the merger with Lumera, GigOptix, Inc. became a publicly traded company. (Compound Semiconductor Blog, May 14, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc., a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today announced its financial results for the 2009 first quarter ended April 5, 2009. (Light Reading, May 13, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials, says it is revitalizing and expanding its range of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and hybrids for military, instrumentation and sensor markets. (Semiconductor Today, April)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB: GGOX - News), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, is revitalizing and expanding its offering of monolithic microwave integrated circuits and hybrids for the Military, Instrumentation and sensor markets. (Telecommunicationnews.net, April 30, 2009)

The performance and scope of the company’s broadband RF amplifiers is unrivaled in the industry, thanks to the legacy of its former iTerra Communications portfolio and the past two years of GigOptix’s extensive new product development. (Compound Semiconductor Blog, April 30, 2009)

PALO ALTO, Calif. - (Business Wire) GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB: GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today announced projected revenue for the first quarter of 2009. (EarthTimes, April 15, 2009)

For first-quarter 2009 (ended 5 April), GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, which designs optical modulators, drivers and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) ICs based on III-V materials, expects to report revenues of about $4.4m, up 162% on $1.68m a year ago. (Semiconductor Today, April 16, 2009)

CHAPTER 2 COMPANIES

2.1 Ciena
2.2 Juniper
2.3 Infinera
2.4 Brocade
2.5 Mellanox
2.6 Xilinx
2.7 Cisco
2.8 Finisar
2.9 GigOptix

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX - News), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, is supporting the telecom community’s drive to 100Gb/s systems with a pair of world firsts. (Light Reading, March 26, 2009)

Searching for ways to deal with the ongoing recession, Palo Alto-based GigOptix, a maker of high-speed optical chips, said on Tuesday that it has implemented a company-wide salary reduction plan. (siliconvalleywire.com, March 24, 2009)

GigOptix Inc of Palo Alto, CA, USA, a fabless provider of III-V-based modulator and laser drivers for telecom, datacom, Infiniband and consumer optical systems, has implemented a company-wide salary reduction plan as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce operating expenses. (Semiconductor Today, Marchh 25, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (GGOX.OB) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world today introduced its HXR4112, a 12 channel 10Gb/s Transimpedance Limiting Amplifier (TIA/LA). (theotcinvestor.com, March 9, 2009)

Chipmaker GigOptix Inc. said Tuesday a contract with the U.S. Air Force was extended for a year. (San Francisco Business Times, March 3, 2009)

In every 40km reach Ethernet transceiver four GX6220 drivers are used in parallel between the MUX and the Electro-Absorption Modulated Lasers (EMLs). (compoundsemiconductor.net, February 24, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. , a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announces the GX6220 . . . (topix.com, February 24, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announces the GX6220, a 28Gb/s Electro-Absorption (EA) modulator driver targeting the emerging 100GBASE-ER4 Ethernet standard for Access Network applications. (Sys-Con Media, February 24, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (GGOX), a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today introduced the HXT4004, a 4 channel 10Gb/s Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) driver, and the HXT4012, a 12 channel 10Gb/s VCSEL driver to their parallel product family. (LightReading.com, February 4, 2009)

"GigOptix has made significant strides with several successful transactions in the last 18 months, the latest being the reverse merger with Lumera ...(StreetInsider.com, January 22, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world today introduced the GX6420, a 43Gb/s Electro-Absorption Modulated Laser (EML) driver. (Light Reading, January 20, 2009)

GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world today introduced the GX6420, ... (Earthtimes.org, Januaary 20, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announces that revenues for the fourth quarter 2008 will be released on February 17, 2009. (Centredaily.com, January 16, 2009)

PALO ALTO, Calif. - GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital. (Earth Times, Janaury 12, 2009)

The GX6155 has successfully passed 1000 hours of High Temperature Operating Life (HTOL) Test and has begun volume shipments to global customers. (Cloud Computing Journal, Janauary 12, 2009)

GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world announces that their GX6155, ceramic packaged Mach-Zehnder modulator driver integrated circuit (IC) is now shipping in full production. (Consumer Electronics Net, January 12, 2009)

Don’t look for shares of Lumera Corp. trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange on Wednesday. Its merger with GigOptix LLC is now complete. (Birmingham Business Journal, December 9, 2008)

Privately owned GigOptix LLC (search for GigOptix) and Lumera Corp. have completed their merger and will now conduct business as GigOptix, Inc. (Lightwave, December 11, 2008)

GigOptix Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) has officially begun trading as a public entity with the stock symbol GGOX.OB on the OTC Bulletin Board. The move follows a year of momentous changes. (Laser Focus World, December 11, 2008)

Lumera Corp of Bothell, WA and privately owned GigOptix LLC of Palo Alto, CA have completed their merger (announced in late March), becoming GigOptix Inc. (Semiconductor Today, December 10, 2008)

GigOptix LLC announced Tuesday that its merger with Bothell, Wash.-based Lumera Corp. is finally official. The combined company, GigOptix Inc., will be headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., but will maintain satellite offices in Bothell and Zurich, Switzerland. (Northwest Innovation, December 10, 2008)

GigOptix, a Palo Alto-based maker of high-speed optical chips, said that shareholders of Bothell, Wash.-based Lumera have approved its acquisition of the company. The deal is now expected to close on Tuesday. (Siliconvalleywire.com, December 5, 2008)

Shareholders of Lumera Corp. on Thursday approved its merger with GigOptix LLC. The new company will be called GigOptix Inc. The merger is expected to close on Tuesday. Shareholders of at least 54 percent of Bothell-based Lumera's common stock voted in favor of the merger. (Heraldnet.com, December 4, 2008)

PALO ALTO, Calif.—-GigOptix LLC, announced today that its merger with Lumera Corporation was approved by Lumera stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders held this morning . . (Businessrover.com, December 4, 2008)

GigOptix LLC (search for GigOptix), provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, has signed a purchase agreement with a North American investor to invest $1 million in GigOptix LLC. (Lightwave Online Article, November 17, 2008)

GigOptix LLC (search for GigOptix), provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today announced that it has sent the final design for its 100G parallel VCSEL drivers and Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) to fabrication. Parts will be available for delivery in January 2009. (Lightwave Online Article, October 20, 2008)

Lumera Corp., which is merging with GigOptix LLC of California, reported that it trimmed its third-quarter loss to $1.5 million, or a loss of 6 cents a share, from a loss of $3.2 million, or a loss of 16 cents per share a year earlier. (Puget Sound Business Journal, October 21, 2008)

GigOptix LLC, a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announces that it has sent the final design for their 100G parallel VCSEL drivers and Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) to fabrication. Parts will be available for delivery in January 2009. (boston.com, October 20, 2008)

The parallel VCSEL drivers and TIAs will enable a new generation of low cost active cable products for Storage Area Networks (SAN), High Performance Computing (HPC), and Very Short Reach (VSR) communication and consumer applications and are designed to be compatible with the Quad Small form Factor Pluggable (QSFP). (Supercomputing Online, October 20, 2008)

The production run represents updated versions of the HXT4104 (4x10G) VCSEL driver and the HXR4104 (4x10G) TIA that were released earlier as engineering samples in March and June. Discussion with key customers led to improved performance and optimized power consumption in all designs. (MarketWatch, October 17, 2008)

GigOptix LLC, a leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, announces that it has started its production fabrication run for their 40G parallel VCSEL drivers and Transimpedance Limiting Amplifiers (TIAs). Production parts will be available for delivery in January 2009. (BroadcastNewsRoom.com, October 17, 2008)

GigOptix, the leading provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world today announced the release of the GX6127. This exceptional EA driver not only consumes 20% less power than the industry's current lowest power solution but also occupies nearly 50% less board space compared to the competing solution. (www.fibresystems.org, September 18, 2008)