Hop-on, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HPNN – News) (http://www.hop-on.com/) announced today that its anti-radiation chip for cell phones, flat and regular screen televisions, computers screens, cable and satellite boxes and other products that emit electro-magnetic radiation is now available for sale on its website at www.hop-on.com. The cost of the product is $9.99

On May 18, 2010, MSNBC Nightly News had a brief segment regarding the potential dangers of electro-magnetic radiation. There is significant uncertainty, after $28,000,000 in research, about how certain products that emit this radiation may cause cancer. Hop-on now offers an anti-radiation chip that is an inexpensive way to help eliminate this uncertainty and provide a level of insurance against this radiation.

Jay Pignatello, President of Hop-on, stated, “Hop-on continues to strengthen its diverse revenue streams in the telecommunications channel. These products can be placed on any device that emits radio frequency radiation and electro-magnetic radiation: cell phones, iPhones, televisions, and computer monitors, just to name a few. These products are ISO certified by Zenith Quality Assessors Pvt. Ltd. The validity of the product, combined with the massive market capacity that these products can impact, makes these the most exciting Hop-on telecom products to date. We intend to aggressively attack the market and bring attention to potential harmful radiation caused by these devices.”

About Hop-on, Inc.

Hop-on, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HPNN – News) offers multimedia services and has secured licensing agreements from essential patent holders for GSM, CDMA and WIFI technologies. Since its inception, known for developing the world’s first disposable cell phone, Hop-on currently remains one of the few US-based manufacturers of cellular technology. The Company also distributes The Electric Cigarette(TM) and The Electric Cigar(TM).

The first magazine designed around and written for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available as an app.

Unlike many magazines which have simply converted print to digital, TapTilt takes full advantage of the devices’ capabilities to present stories that are immersive and engaging in ways that print alone is not.

“Like a print magazine, TapTilt includes articles and regular features; unlike print, it delivers stories in the mediums that fit best – whether that’s text, video, audio or photography,” said Jim Sweeney, editor-in-chief of TapTilt. “It’s the first magazine designed specifically for the iPhone and Touch, with features and columns that entertain readers and enhance their enjoyment of the devices.”

The first-of-its-kind on-device magazine includes regular sections such as:

Music and Games – Weekly video reviews of the latest releases and best gaming apps
Travel – Monthly columns on using the iPhone to plan and enhance travel
iPhoneography – Monthly columns on taking better pictures with the iPhone, including video and slideshow instruction

Tips & Tricks – Short instructional videos on how to accomplish different tasks on the iPhone
iMazing – Unusual apps and strange things the iPhone and iTouch are used for
What’s on Your iPhone – Guest-contributed columns on the five apps they can’t live without
Wallpaper – Free weekly wallpaper downloads

The premiere TapTilt issue also includes the following features:

Green Thumb Apps – A gardening expert on the best gardening-related apps, including a national calendar of horticultural events and a video guide to what gardeners should plant now
Art and the iPhone – In-depth look at a popular art app, Brushes, a highly-refined form of finger painting that has been used to produce covers of the New Yorker magazine
Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Reviews of several apps to bring along to the ballgame with a calendar of significant dates in the baseball season and interactive map of all baseball parks with links to view schedules and buy tickets

A new issue of TapTilt will be available at the beginning of each month with wallpapers, music and game reviews updated weekly. The May issue is now available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99. A demo can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7We9afb6BM0.

About Sideways

Sideways transforms books into immersive experiences on digital tablets and mobile devices. Leveraging unique multi-media capabilities, Sideways goes beyond ebook functionality, changing storytelling and the way we consume books. Developing original content with forward-thinking book publishers and authors, the company’s M3 publishing platform augments text with rich media, adds multiple levels of reference, and enhances reading with mobile features and social media. Sideways takes advantage of interactivity to enrich both the solitary and social experience of reading – from fiction and non-fiction to “how to” and guides. Additionally, Sideways is the creator of Author App, a mobile application for authors designed to build their brands, engage their fans and expand their presence, and on-device experimental magazines TapTilt for the iPhone and iPadia for the iPad. Based in Cleveland, Sideways was founded in 2010 by Charles Stack and Eliza Wing. Stack started the first online bookstore in 1992 – Books.com – which was acquired by Barnes and Noble. Wing was formerly the CEO of Cleveland.com and editor at Rolling Stone, Books.com, and New York Woman. For more information, visit www.sideways.com.

Firewall-Friendly, SNAP(R) Connect E10 Bridges SNAP, Wi-Fi, Cellular and Ethernet

Synapse Wireless®, Inc. today announced the SNAP Connect E10 embedded appliance, providing seamless connectivity of SNAP, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and even cellular traffic to centralized applications, databases or storage. The E10 uses a powerful 32-bit RISC processor running an open, embedded version of Linux. It includes SNAP Connect software for easily bridging the Internet to devices running SNAP, Synapse’s instant-on, self-healing mesh network operating system.

The E10 appliance can collect data from SNAP devices for centralized storage, database processing or application monitoring, making it extremely easy to view or control devices over the Internet. The E10 bridges SNAP networks across TCP/IP, without requiring firewall configuration or policy exceptions.

The E10 doesn’t require any programming, but does provide access to SNAP nodes from custom applications developed in most standard programming languages, including Python, C, C#, C++, Java and even Visual Basic. These applications, as well as the SNAP devices themselves, transmit and accept standard remote procedure calls (XML-RPC) as well as updating ‘over the air.’ Full Linux services are also available to administrators and natively hosted applications.

Other benefits at a glance:

• 32-bit RISC processor running at 400Mhz
• 256 MB Flash, expandable through external USB drives
• 64 MB RAM
• RP-SMA external antenna
• Synapse RF Engine, 2.4GHz, IEEE 802.15.4
• 10/100 Mb Ethernet & USB 2.0 ports

Pricing and Availability
The E10 is available in May with a MSRP priced at $199 (USD) for 1-unit quantities (volume discounts available). For more information, visit Synapse-Wireless.com/SNAPe10.

Synapse SNAP Network Operating System
Synapse’s SNAP network operating system is an Internet-enabled, IEEE 802.15.4-based, instant-on, multi-hop, mesh network, software solution designed to cost-effectively run efficiently over a range of popular microprocessors and microcontrollers. SNAP has a very small memory footprint of only 45KB, thereby leaving more space for user applications. SNAP can support up to 16 million nodes in a single network. Since these are peer-to-peer mesh networks, there is no single point of failure: any node can talk directly to any other node that is in range, and any node can talk indirectly to any other node via intermediate nodes — SNAP networks are self-healing. Users can interactively develop applications using a high-level English-like language called Python. No embedded programming experience is required. Synapse currently has close to 1000 registered SNAP users.

About Synapse Wireless, Inc.
Synapse Wireless, Inc., located in Huntsville, Alabama, is driving innovation in the machine-to-machine (M2M) communication market. This market is projected to grow to $14 billion by 2013. Synapse provides intelligent, wireless control and monitoring based on the SNAP® network operating system. Synapse’s Portal™ and SNAP® Connect provide a complete software development environment for easy application development and fast time to revenue. Synapse RF Engine® modules have achieved ZigBee® Compliant Platform (ZCP) certification. Synapse Design Services provides comprehensive design and implementation support for OEMs and partners. For more information, visit: synapse-wireless.com

Mellanox ConnectX-2® EN with RDMA over Ethernet (RoE) Adapters Deliver Unprecedented 1.3usec Application Latency over Lossless Ethernet to Benefit Data Center Applications to Scale Performance in the Face of Exponential Data Growth

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX – News)(TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced the immediate availability of RDMA over Ethernet (RoE) as an add-on feature to its ConnectX-2 EN adapters. These adapters now can implement the recently announced RoCE specification by the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) and is supported by the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) and application programming interfaces (APIs). The ConnectX-2 EN with RoE adapter delivers up to 1/10th the latency, saves power consumption and delivers improved economics compared to other standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter solutions in the market today.

ConnectX-2 EN with RoE requires a lossless Ethernet fabric and utilizes the reliability of such a fabric to deliver higher quality of service while reducing hardware complexity, power and costs through the use of a purpose-built, efficient and field-proven RDMA transport technology.

Low-latency in data center fabrics can benefit application performance and scalability enabling organizations to deliver higher service levels to their users. Low-latency fabrics also enable clustered server deployments to scale linearly, enabling doing more with fewer servers, thereby enhancing ROI. This is especially critical in cloud deployments where the need for elasticity in the infrastructure must be compounded with lowest cost/hour for the cloud user. ConnectX-2 EN with RoE delivers these benefits using a simple, cost and power efficient 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapter today and future-proofed for 40 Gigabit Ethernet fabrics of the future.

“The OEM customers, end users and independent software vendors we serve and partner with are immediately seeing the benefits of ConnectX-2 EN with RoE in high-growth enterprise data center markets and applications,” said John Monson, VP of Marketing at Mellanox Technologies. “This healthy and fast growing ecosystem around our flagship Ethernet NIC product is a testament to compelling benefits of this standards-based technology.”

“Cisco’s innovative Data Center 3.0 portfolio, including the Unified Computing System and Nexus switch technologies, was the first in the industry to deliver a unified fabric over lossless Ethernet to reduce IT infrastructure cost and complexity,” said Soni Jiandani, VP of Marketing, Cisco Server Access and Virtualization Group. “Solutions that provide low-latency, deterministic performance and reliability such as the Mellanox ConnectX-2 EN with RoE, complement Cisco’s strategy in supporting cost effective lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions for the data center.”

In the financial services industry, explosive growth in the amount of capital market data that needs to be analyzed and processed for successful and fast execution of trades is driving the need for ultra low latency data center fabrics.

“Fast processing of exponentially growing market data feeds, split-second completion of analytics and low-latency trade executions are cornerstones of competitiveness for financial services institutions,” said Feargal O’Sullivan, Head of Trading Solutions, Americas, at NYSE Technologies. “NYSE Technologies Data Fabric messaging platform, which is used widely in this industry, can benefit from Mellanox’s ConnectX-2 with RoE solution to deliver extremely low latencies on Ethernet while scaling to handle millions of messages per second.”

Product Availability

Mellanox ConnectX-2 EN with RoE 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 40 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are available today. Software drivers are supported in OFED 1.5.1 available from Mellanox or the OpenFabrics Alliance (www.openfabrics.org).

Visit Mellanox at Interop Las Vegas (April 26-28)

Mellanox will be showcasing ConnectX-2 EN with RoE with Cisco UCS and Nexus Systems in the Mellanox booth #2307. Solution briefs highlighting the benefits of ConnectX-2 EN with RoE using various applications, including the use of Cisco products, are available from Mellanox and relevant partner vendor web sites.

About Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage that optimize data center performance. Mellanox products deliver market-leading bandwidth, performance, scalability, power conservation and cost-effectiveness while converging multiple legacy network technologies into one future-proof solution. For the best in performance and scalability, Mellanox connectivity solutions are a preferred choice for Fortune 500 data centers and the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Founded in 1999, Mellanox Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Yokneam, Israel. For more information, visit Mellanox at www.mellanox.com.

Network Device Monitor Makes Monitoring Network Device Statistics Quick and Easy, Community Access Feature Helps Determine Monitoring Best Practices

SolarWinds® (NYSE:SWI – News), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 90,000 customers worldwide, announced today its latest free tool, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor (NDM), which is designed to make it easy for IT professionals to monitor the real-time performance and health of network devices from the convenience of their desktop.

With the Network Device Monitor, users can monitor virtually any SNMP-enabled network device — statistics can be monitored on Cisco®, HP Procurve®, Dell®and Juniper® devices or even little-known object identifiers (OIDs) such as CPU speed, battery status or fan temperature. To save users even more time, SolarWinds has integrated the Content Exchange on thwack, SolarWinds’ online community, into NDM so users never have to leave the tool to take advantage of community-created content. Users can browse the extensive library of monitoring templates during the setup process, or upload a custom template.

“Knowing which key health statistics to monitor on your newly added or key network devices can be overwhelming and time-consuming. With NDM, IT pros don’t have to rely on trial and error, they can leverage community forums and resources to see what others are monitoring and what device statistics experienced users deem most important,” said Josh Stephens, SolarWinds’ Head Geek and Vice President of Technology. “Additionally, because the monitoring templates are shared between Orion and the new NDM free tool, free tool users can benefit from the knowledge and experience of the thousands of network managers using Orion.”

Users also have the ability to choose from pre-built device monitors shipped with NDM, custom device monitors created from NDM’s Management Information Base (MIB) database or compile a custom MIB with NDM’s Custom MIB Compiler.

Network Device Monitor highlights:

• Quickly and easily monitor any one statistic available on any single SNMP-enabled networked device
• Gain at-a-glance insight with a slick desktop dashboard
• Choose from the pre-built device monitors in the tool or explore user-created device monitors posted on thwack
• Automatically upload custom MIBs using the MIB compiler to browse for an OID of interest
• Export and share your device monitors for custom MIBs via thwack

For a historical and dynamic approach to monitoring multiple network devices and OIDs simultaneously, users can deploy SolarWinds’ Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to take advantage of the Universal Device Poller (UnDP) feature. With Orion NPM’s UnDP, users can:

• Create many custom MIB pollers to monitor multiple SNMP-enabled devices
• Monitor multiple network device statistics simultaneously
• Import and export custom MIB pollers
• Alert on device monitor statistics
• Create reports based on device monitor statistics
• View historical device monitor information

Additional Resources
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor
Network Device Monitors Made Easy
Orion Network Performance Monitor

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI – News) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 90,000 customers worldwide — from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. Focused on the real-world needs of IT professionals, SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to manage today’s complex IT environments. SolarWinds’ growing online community, thwack, is a gathering-place for problem-solving, technology-sharing, and participating in product development for all of SolarWinds’ products. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com.

AirWalk Announces World’s First Dual-Mode Femtocell

AirWalk Communications, a leading developer and innovator of advanced CDMA technologies, today announced it has been working with Qualcomm Incorporated to design a family of femtocell products using Qualcomm’s new Femtocell Station Modem™ (FSM™) integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) device. The new femtocell product designs utilize a platform that offers an unprecedented level of integration in a single device while preserving existing software application interfaces to maximize the reuse of femtocell voice and data application software.

AirWalk’s EdgePoint™ line of highly intuitive femtocell products meets the needs of enterprises and consumers who demand constantly connected lifestyles. Advanced application software integrates voice and data functions, RF performance management and comprehensive automatic configuration capabilities into a single system that can scale from single femtocell home applications to more powerful high-capacity clusters capable of supporting the largest enterprises or public venues.

“AirWalk and Qualcomm have worked closely together over the past two years to define the important elements of femtocell products,” said Serge Pequeux, President and CEO of AirWalk Communications. “The compatibility of the FSM software architecture combined with our field proven unique integrated controller software enables AirWalk to be first to market with FSM based CDMA femtocell products.”

“Qualcomm’s FSM chipsets enable companies such as AirWalk to deliver compact, powerful femtocell products to the market,” said Ed Knapp, senior vice president of marketing for Qualcomm. “The FSM platform offers a robust combination of processing performance and optimized power consumption in a single chip. By integrating channel modems, processors, GPS elements, and beacons into one device, the hardware needed to perform these functions is significantly reduced. We look forward to bringing coverage and performance advantages to consumers around the world with our femtocell solutions.”

AirWalk’s EdgePoint consumer femtocells extend voice and data cellular service to homes, small businesses and campus areas. The EdgePoint PRO is a compact enterprise femtocell that brings optimal cellular service to enterprise offices or large building facilities. Both devices serve as low-power access points, operating in licensed spectrum, to connect subscribers to their carrier’s network via broadband Internet connections.

AirWalk will provide demonstrations of several models, including the powerful EdgePoint™ PRO for enterprise deployment, at the annual CTIA event (Booth #2130 Central Hall) taking place in Las Vegas on March 23-25, 2010.

About AirWalk Communications

AirWalk Communications, Inc. is a developer of IP CDMA Radio Access Network (IP-RAN) products that deliver 3G and 4G voice and data platforms. AirWalk’s products are modular, stackable and increase coverage and capacity. AirWalk delivered the industry’s first base station and base station controller integrated in a single, inexpensive, compact platform. The company’s radio products operate on the global CDMA licensed frequencies and offer operators new sources of revenue. For more information, visit http://www.airwalkcom.com

Harmonic’s Real-Time Multi-Screen Transcoding Solution Deployed for New Web and Mobile TV Service in Switzerland

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT – News) today announced that Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecom provider, has selected Harmonic’s ProStream™ 4000 real-time multi-screen transcoder to power Swisscom’s new WebTV and MobileTV service, encompassing more than 30 channels delivered in multiple formats for viewing on a wide variety of devices.

The ProStream 4000 is a key component of Harmonic’s MediaPrism™ Convergence Suite for multi-screen video delivery, and makes it possible for Swisscom to seamlessly transcode both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) broadcast video content to mobile and Internet formats. Its flexible, software-based all-IP architecture can be easily integrated into an existing IP headend, and offers outstanding performance and reliability, with a field-upgradeable codec library.

“Harmonic offered us a compelling convergence solution and superior technology roadmap for enabling the delivery of TV to our mobile customers,” said Volker Dietzel Head of TV & Portal Development at Swisscom Switzerland Ltd. “We have been pleased with the performance, flexibility and scalability of the ProStream 4000 transcoder for the extension of our TV proposition.”

“Over the years Swisscom has been a pioneering operator using the latest technologies to bring new and exciting services to their subscribers. The new Swisscom TV service represents a great step forward in offering innovative and high quality Internet and mobile video,” said Thierry Fautier, Senior Director of Convergence Solutions at Harmonic Inc. “We are working closely with leading operators like Swisscom to make the vision of ‘anytime, anywhere’ video a reality. The ProStream 4000 was designed specifically to support mobile and web video applications, and as part of the MediaPrism convergence suite, can be used as part of a complete and integrated TV, PC and mobile delivery architecture.”

Deployed by several large Tier 1 service providers for mobile video service trials, Harmonic’s MediaPrism convergence suite is the industry’s most comprehensive solution for multi-screen video delivery, encompassing live and offline content ingest, transformation, delivery and workflow management.

About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic Inc. is redefining video delivery with the industry’s most powerful solutions for delivering live and on-demand video to TVs, PCs and mobile devices. Harmonic’s 20 years of technical innovation and market leadership enable the company to offer a unique and comprehensive solution portfolio — including encoding, transcoding, content preparation, stream processing, asset management, edge processing, and delivery. Broadcast, cable, Internet, mobile, satellite and telecom service providers around the world choose Harmonic’s IP-based digital video, software, and broadband edge and access solutions. Using these award-winning and industry-leading solutions, operators can reduce costs and differentiate their services by offering consumers a higher quality, personalized multi-screen experience.

Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT – News) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The company’s customers, including many of the world’s largest communications providers, deliver services in virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com for more information.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to: making it possible for Swisscom to seamlessly transcode broadcast video content, and easily integrating its architecture into an existing IP headend.

Our expectations and beliefs regarding the capabilities of Harmonic’s ProStream 4000 multi-screen transcoder and the anticipated benefits for Swisscom may not materialize, and actual results could differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Harmonic’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent Reports filed on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Harmonic does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.

New AirPrime(TM) SL Series offers easy upgrade path to new network technologies and enables fully automated surface-mount manufacturing

Sierra Wireless today announced the launch of its new AirPrime(TM) SL Series intelligent embedded modules. Designed to suit the needs of manufacturers of small host devices in high-volume production, such as e-readers, personal navigation devices and gaming devices, the Sierra Wireless AirPrime SL Series offers EDGE and HSDPA connectivity in a compact and lightweight form factor based on standard 25×30 mm LGA (Land Grid Array).

The LGA surface-mount technology and the standardized form factor enable device manufacturers to easily place AirPrime SL Series modules into the final product using automated manufacturing equipment, offering additional efficiency, flexibility and scalability to manufacturers of mobile consumer, transportation, energy, sales & payment, networking, and field management & logistics solutions. The product line is currently available in footprint compatible EDGE (SL6087) and HSDPA (SL808x) versions.

“The AirPrime SL Series expands our existing intelligent embedded modules portfolio, giving our customers additional flexibility and choice,” said Didier Dutronc, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sierra Wireless. “The AirPrime SL Series is ideally suited to the growing market of connected consumer devices, and makes the rich feature set our customers have come to expect from Sierra Wireless modules available in the popular LGA form factor. In addition, future evolutions of the AirPrime SL series will offer an easy upgrade path to new network technologies.”

The AirPrime SL6087 features quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) EDGE connectivity and an extended temperature range (-40(degrees)C to +85(degrees)C). It can be used as a simple modem controlled via AT commands, or it can host and natively execute the customer’s standard ANSI C/C++ application in addition to the communications function, eliminating the need for an additional processor and reducing the total size and cost of the final product. The AirPrime SL6087 module is also delivered with the full set of Plug-Ins for Open AT(R) OS, enabling users to easily add TCP/IP and Internet, security, Lua scripting language and Companion GPS capabilities.

The AirPrime SL8080 (850/1900 MHz), AirPrime SL8082 (900/2100 MHz) and AirPrime SL8084 (850/2100 MHz) offer high-speed HSDPA connectivity in the same standard LGA form factor as the AirPrime SL6087. They all support Sierra Wireless Watcher, a simple and easy to use connection manager which minimizes installation time, supports a fast connection experience, and reduces the number and duration of technical support calls, enhancing customer experience and reducing costs.

All AirPrime SL Series products are available with Embedded SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) as an option. Embedded SIM is a fully industrialized and personalized component SIM solution that removes the plastic from a conventional SIM card. The SIM function is integrated into the module itself, ensuring proper functioning in harsh environments and reducing the risk of disconnected devices. Embedded SIM also simplifies the logistics associated with SIM card inventory, and eliminates the risk of SIM card theft.

For increased efficiency and simplicity in remote device management, AirPrime SL Series modules can be managed with Sierra Wireless AirVantage(TM) Management Services for AirPrime. AirVantage device management enables manufacturers, or their service provider customers, to remotely monitor and upgrade AirPrime devices in the field through a web portal, saving considerable operating costs.

Samples of AirPrime SL Series modules will be available in the first half of 2010. Commercial availability is expected in the second half of 2010.

For more information about the Sierra Wireless AirPrime SL Series, please visit our booth # 3515 at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas, NV, USA, or visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/en/productsandservices/AirPrime/Embedded_Modules/SL_Series.aspx. To contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1 (604) 232-1488 or email sales@sierrawireless.com.

About Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR – News) is expanding the wireless world with a comprehensive offering of hardware, software, and connected services for mobile lifestyles and machine-to-machine communications. Our customers count on us to help them succeed with early access to new wireless technologies and innovative, reliable, high-performing solutions for a broad range of applications. For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit www.sierrawireless.com.

Complies with Expected Requirements of Emerging Standard Agreements for 100G Integrated Coherent Receivers

NeoPhotonics today announced the initial availability of its Integrated Coherent Receiver (ICR) for 100 Gbps and 40 Gbps transmission systems. The ICR is an integrated intradyne receiver based on NeoPhotonics’ Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology.

This device provides advanced demodulation to analyze the state-of-polarization and optical phase of a phase-modulated signal relative to an externally supplied optical reference, enabling recovery of the phase-polarization constellation of 100 Gbps Dual Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keyed (DP-DQPSK) format signals. In addition, the ICR incorporates four sets of high sensitivity balanced photodiodes with four differential linear amplifiers to provide four output channels at 32 Gbaud data rates. A second version performs the same function for 40 Gbps applications.

”We are pleased to add the ICR to our existing line of PIC products for high speed transmission systems. We utilize our hybrid PIC technology to combine an integrated dual 90° Hybrid Coherent Mixer with four balanced photodiodes and the requisite linear amplifiers in a single compact package,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics.

“NeoPhotonics is actively contributing to developments in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) 100G project, particularly with respect to Integrated Photonics Receiver,” said Wupen Yuen, Vice President of Research and Development at NeoPhotonics. “NeoPhotonics is also participating in the OIF Product Showcase* for 100G components and the NeoPhotonics ICR may be seen displayed there*,” continued Dr. Yuen.

In addition to the ICR, NeoPhotonics currently offers 90° Hybrid Coherent Mixers and DQPSK Demodulators based on PIC technologies. The 90° Hybrid Coherent Mixer provides the demodulation function of the ICR, requires no electrical power, operates across the C or L band and is designed to be used with external photo-receivers. NeoPhotonics’ DQPSK demodulator consists of two Delay Line Interferometers (DLIs) and provides in-phase and quadrature analysis of a phase-encoded signal.

NeoPhotonics is showcasing its products this week at the OFC/NFOEC Conference and Exposition in San Diego (March 23 – 25, in booth 1125).

*The OIF is sponsoring a Product Showcase at OFC/NFOEC 2010 to display components, modules, and/or other hardware supporting the OIF’s 100G project focused on Integrated Photonics Transmitters and Receivers. OIF member companies and their products can be viewed at the OIF booth # 3041. For more information about the OIF, visit www.oiforum.com.

About NeoPhotonics

NeoPhotonics Corporation is a leading developer and vertically integrated manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based components, modules and subsystems for use in telecommunications networks. The Company’s products include active semiconductor, passive PLC and MEMS multi-dimensional switching functions in a single product. This integration is enabled by nanomaterials and nanoscale design and fabrication technologies. NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO 9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China.

NeoPhotonics is a registered trademark and the red dot logo is a trademark of NeoPhotonics Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

www.neophotonics.com

Industry’s Lowest Power SATA 3-Gbps Redriver and Signal Conditioner
(Photo: TI)

Press Release:

TI introduces industry’s lowest power SATA 3-Gbps redriver for mobile and computing applications

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) introduced an ultra low-power, two-channel SATA 3-Gbps redriver and signal conditioner that can extend the interconnect distance between a SATA host and an eSATA connector. The SN75LVCP412A provides the industry’s most aggressive low-power feature, which automatically puts the device in low-power mode (<20 mW) when the link is inactive for more than 10 microseconds. This capability helps to extend battery life in mobile applications where battery life is of high priority. The SN75LVCP412A supports applications like notebooks, desktop PCs, docking and workstations, set top boxes, and servers. For details or to order samples, go to: www.ti.com/sn75lvcp412a-pr.

Key features and benefits of the SN75LVCP412A

• Automatic low-power mode saves valuable battery life when the mobile platform is not connected to an external hard disk drive.
• IEC61000-4-2 level qualified (8-kV contact and 15-kV air discharge) on high-speed pins provides added protection against ESD transients at the eSATA connector.
• The SN75LVCP412A is the newest member of a growing family that complements TI’s high-speed redriver portfolio, which targets notebook and desktop PC applications and includes the SN75LVCP412 and SN75LVCP422.

Availability and pricing

The SN75LVCP412A comes in a QFN package (20-pin RTJ reel, large and small) at a suggested resale price of $1.65 in 1,000-unit quantities. It is available in volume production today from TI and its authorized distributors. Samples are available.

Find out more about TI’s interface products by visiting these links:

• Order SN75LVCP412A samples: http://www.ti.com/sn75lvcp412a-pr.
• Quickly search TI’s complete interface portfolio or download TI’s latest Interface Selection Guide: www.ti.com/interface-pr.
• Ask questions and share knowledge on TI’s E2E online community: http://www.ti.com/e2e-pr.
• Follow TI on Twitter: www.twitter.com/txinstruments.

About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through manufacturing, design and sales operations in more than 30 countries.

More information about 3-Gbps Redriver and Signal Conditioner can be found at Texas Instruments Website

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