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Infinera Marks 10 Million Failure-Free Hours of PIC Operation
Photonic Integration Shows Its Reliability in Customer Networks
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 24, 2007 -- In December, Infinera's large-scale photonic
integrated circuits (PICs) passed ten million hours of operation in live
customer networks without a single PIC failure. Infinera PICs are the first
large-scale photonic integrated circuits deployed in commercial telecom and
Internet networks. Infinera PICs include the functionality of more than 60
optical devices on one pair of chips, each one less than 1 centimeter
square.
The reliability of Infinera PICs is a result of solid state technology and
monolithic integration. Integrating multiple devices onto a single
substrate eliminates dozens of fiber couplings, wire bonds, and other
connections which are required in traditional optical components. In
addition, by designing the PIC in conjunction with the PIC manufacturing
process, Infinera's PIC was architected to be produced at volume while
meeting aggressive targets for quality and reliability.
In addition to data from PICs deployed in live commercial networks,
Infinera has gathered reliability data for more than four million hours of
PIC testing under accelerated aging conditions.
"The PIC's reliability has been even better than we initially expected,"
commented Dave Welch, Infinera co-founder and Chief Marketing and Strategy
Officer. "We believe that the PIC reliability data is significant in that
it supports our belief that photonic integration enables our customers to
both combine the functionality of multiple devices while maintaining
reliability equal to or superior to a conventional individual component. We
believe that integration enables Infinera to deliver more reliability than
networks based on traditional discrete components."
The reliability of Infinera's PICs has delivered significant business
benefits to Infinera customers. Greater reliability, combined with ease of
turn-up and service activation, should enable customers to reduce operating
expense, meet demanding service-level agreements, and deliver enhanced
customer satisfaction.
The Infinera DTN is the first optical system designed to offer on a single
platform high-capacity transport, integrated switching, and GMPLS-based
network intelligence. Every Infinera line card offers 100 Gb/s of capacity.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the Photonic Integrated Circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and more flexible networking. For more information, please
visit www.infinera.com.
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