GigOptix Licenses Silicon Germanium Millimeterwave Technology from IBM to Enable High Speed E-band Wireless Solutions

GigOptix, Inc. GIG today announced it has signed a license agreement with IBM IBM to leverage IBM's silicon germanium (SiGe) millimeterwave transceiver technology with GigOptix's growing E-band wireless solutions portfolio including its newly released advanced E-band power amplifier. Internet traffic from mobile devices is forecasted to exceed traffic from wired devices by 2016. The ubiquitous use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, coupled with the increased use of cloud enabled services, is forcing network operators to upgrade not only their optical networks to 40Gbps and 100Gbps links but also their wireless networks to higher capacity gigabit and multi-gigabit links to satisfy mobile users' growing demands for data. “We are very excited about the opportunities that IBM's SiGe millimeterwave technology enables,” commented Andrea Betti-Berutto, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of GigOptix. “SiGe enables much lower power, smaller size and much higher levels of integration to the current gallium arsenide (GaAs) solutions in the market.”