Luxtera

Luxtera Inc., a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, is a semiconductor company that uses silicon photonics technology to build complex electro-optical systems in a production silicon CMOS process.[1]

Luxtera Inc.
TypeSubsidiary of Cisco Systems
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2001 (2001)
FounderAxel Scherer
Michael Hochberg
Tom Baehr-Jones
Eli Yablonovitch
HeadquartersCarlsbad, California
ProductsBlazar
ParentCisco Systems
Websitewww.luxtera.com

The company uses fabless manufacturing; it uses semiconductor fabrication plants of Freescale Semiconductor.

The company received $130 million in funding and was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2019 for $660 million.[2]

History

The company was founded in 2001 by a group of professors and students at California Institute of Technology including Axel Scherer, Michael Hochberg, Tom Baehr-Jones, and Eli Yablonovitch.[3]

In 2006, the company received a $5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.[4]

In August 2007, the company introduced Blazar, a 40GB optical active cable for interconnect within high performance computer clusters using single-mode optical fiber.[5]

In 2010, Luxtera was selected as one of MIT Technology Review's 50 Most Innovative Companies.[6]

In February 2019, Cisco Systems acquired the company.[7]

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