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Applied Optoelectronics Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against CIG

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

The complaint, filed February 20, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that at least the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 1, the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 2, the CIG 100G LR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD FR4 Module, and the CIG 100G QSFP28 PSM4 optical transceiver module infringe one or more of the eight asserted of Applied Optoelectronic, Inc. (AOI) optical transceiver patents.

Key Points: 
  • The complaint, filed February 20, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that at least the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 1, the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 2, the CIG 100G LR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD FR4 Module, and the CIG 100G QSFP28 PSM4 optical transceiver module infringe one or more of the eight asserted of Applied Optoelectronic, Inc. (AOI) optical transceiver patents.
  • “This lawsuit against CIG is a necessary step to protect AOI’s intellectual property that has been obtained through research and development, innovation, and investment.
  • AOI will vigorously enforce its IP rights against alleged infringers,” said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
  • In the complaint, AOI is seeking monetary damages from CIG and a permanent injunction.

Approved Networks Launches QSFP28 O-band Transceiver: A Cost-Saving, Eco-Friendly Solution for High-Speed Data

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Approved Networks, a brand of Legrand, the leading provider of optical networking technology, is proud to introduce its O-band transceiver – the perfect choice for high-speed data transmission for distances up to 25km!

Key Points: 
  • Approved Networks, a brand of Legrand, the leading provider of optical networking technology, is proud to introduce its O-band transceiver – the perfect choice for high-speed data transmission for distances up to 25km!
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240229038194/en/
    Approved Networks' O-band Solution (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The QSFP28 O-band transceiver is a cost-effective option for upgrading bandwidth to 100G.
  • This budget-friendly solution reduces network operation costs and minimizes your carbon footprint.
  • “O-band bridges the cost gap between Coherent and active systems and short reach optics for 100G,” stated Larry Legg, Senior Product Design Engineer with Approved Networks.

Applied Optoelectronics' Subsidiary Global Technology Inc. Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against CreaLights in China

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Friday, December 22, 2023

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI, hereinafter “AOI”), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that its subsidiary Global Technology Inc (hereinafter “Global Technology”) has filed two lawsuits for patent infringement against Suzhou CreaLights Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “CreaLights”) in China.

Key Points: 
  • SUGAR LAND, Texas, Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI, hereinafter “AOI”), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that its subsidiary Global Technology Inc (hereinafter “Global Technology”) has filed two lawsuits for patent infringement against Suzhou CreaLights Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “CreaLights”) in China.
  • The two complaints, filed on December 8, 2023 in the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court of the People's Republic of China, allege that at least the CreaLights 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 optical transceiver module infringes AOI's Chinese patent No.
  • Therefore, we have filed this lawsuit as a step to protect our intellectual property," said David Kuo, Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer.
  • In the afore-mentioned lawsuits filed in China, AOI is seeking monetary damages from CreaLights and a permanent injunction.

Applied Optoelectronics Amends Patent Infringement Lawsuit

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Monday, October 2, 2023

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that it has amended its previously filed complaint for patent infringement, Case No.

Key Points: 
  • SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that it has amended its previously filed complaint for patent infringement, Case No.
  • After further review, AOI now believes that additional products infringe additional AOI patents.
  • In the amended complaint AOI alleges that certain 100G QSFP28 PSM4, 100G QSFP CWDM4, and 400G QSFP-DD DR4+ each infringe one or more of six AOI patents.
  • Therefore, AOI is taking, and will continue to take the steps necessary to protect its intellectual property, including enforcing its patents against all alleged infringers,” said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied Optoelectronics Inc.

Coherent to Demonstrate Next-Generation Transceiver Technology for Digital Coherent Optics in Ultracompact Pluggable Form Factors for Disaggregated Systems at ECOC 2023

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Monday, October 2, 2023

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceiver technology for 100G, 400G, and 800G digital coherent optics (DCO) in ultracompact pluggable form factors for disaggregated systems at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406. Such advances are critical to sustaining the growth of optical communications networks driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Key Points: 
  • The live demonstrations will include the following:
    PITTSBURGH, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceiver technology for 100G, 400G, and 800G digital coherent optics (DCO) in ultracompact pluggable form factors for disaggregated systems at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406.
  • Such advances are critical to sustaining the growth of optical communications networks driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  • The 140 GBaud IC-TROSA enables 0 dBm output power without the need for external amplification or tunable filters to achieve industry-leading performance.
  • The transceiver features Coherent's Steelerton® DSP, the industry’s first purpose-built DSP for 100ZR applications that enables best-in-class power efficiency.

SiFotonics Announced Industry First 100G Extended Reach SFP112 Transceivers

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

ANDOVER, Mass. , Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SiFotonics Technologies Co., Ltd, a pioneer and global leader in optical networking solutions based on silicon photonics integrated circuits and components, today announce 100G-ER1-40 SFP112 optical transceivers, providing a lowest power and highest density solution for new generation switch and router applications for 5G backhaul, telecom service aggregation and cloud data center interconnects (DCIs). Engineering samples are now available for customer testing.

Key Points: 
  • The 100G-ER1-40 SFP112 transceiver is industry first small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver supporting 100G extended reach with 100Gbps serial electrical interface, supporting wide temperature range from -40 to 85C, Ethernet/OTN multi-rate, as well as 8x100G-ER1-nWDM capabilities.
  • The 100G-ER1-40 SFP112 is designed with several industry leading performance and features, including:
    Industry first small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver supporting 100G extended reach with 100Gbps serial electrical interface.
  • High sensitivity Ge/Si APD receiver supporting 100G extended reach over 40km based on 100G PAM4 technology, compliant with 100G Lambda MSA 100G-ER1-40 specification backed by over 45 industry leading companies
    Industry leading DSP supporting multi-rate Ethernet or OTN applications.
  • "This new line of 100G-ER1-40 SFP112 is latest addition to our portfolio of extended reach 100G and 400G optical networking solutions leveraging on our industry leading Ge/Si APD technology on our silicon photonics platforms.

Coherent and Kinetic Extend Partnership to Enable 100G Services Leveraging the Industry’s First 100G QSFP28 0 dBm DCO Transceiver

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

With the new high-power 100G transceivers from Coherent, Kinetic will be able to optically connect routers directly to access, metro, and regional transport networks without additional intermediary interfaces, eliminating an entire layer of optical equipment.

Key Points: 
  • With the new high-power 100G transceivers from Coherent, Kinetic will be able to optically connect routers directly to access, metro, and regional transport networks without additional intermediary interfaces, eliminating an entire layer of optical equipment.
  • “Coherent’s high transmit power 0 dBm 100G QSFP28 DCO transceivers will add to the existing 0 dBm 400G QSFP-DD DCO transceivers to enable Kinetic to deploy greatly simplified network architectures.
  • The 100G transceivers operated flawlessly end-to-end over the network, exceeding optical performance requirements and validating the IEEE electrical interface standard.
  • Coherent will demonstrate the 100G QSFP28 0 dBm transceiver at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 2-4, Stand #406.

Applied Optoelectronics Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Molex

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that it has filed a complaint for patent infringement against Molex, LLC (Molex).

Key Points: 
  • SUGAR LAND, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced that it has filed a complaint for patent infringement against Molex, LLC (Molex).
  • The complaint, filed yesterday, September 18, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that at least the Molex 100G QSFP28 PSM4 optical transceiver module infringes two of Applied Optoelectronic, Inc.’s (AOI) patents: U.S. Patent No.
  • 9,523,826, entitled “Pluggable Optical Transceiver Module,” which was issued on December 20, 2016, and U.S. Patent No.
  • In the complaint filed yesterday, AOI is seeking monetary damages from Molex and a permanent injunction.

Accton Announces 800G-Optimized Products that Provide Ethernet and VoQ Fabrics for AI/ML Workloads

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Accton Technology Corporation (Accton) (TWSE: 2345), a leading provider of networking and communications solutions, today announced a series of 800G-optimized products that can provide Ethernet-based fabric and Virtual Output Queue (VoQ) based fabric for AI/ML workloads.

Key Points: 
  • Accton Technology Corporation (Accton) (TWSE: 2345), a leading provider of networking and communications solutions, today announced a series of 800G-optimized products that can provide Ethernet-based fabric and Virtual Output Queue (VoQ) based fabric for AI/ML workloads.
  • AI networks require high-capacity systems in a flat architecture that can handle large amounts of data with low latency and high throughput.
  • To meet the demands of AI/ML workloads, either Ethernet-based fabrics or VoQ-based fabrics are being adopted to reduce job completion time.
  • Accton’s 51.2 Tbps Broadcom StrataXGS® Tomahawk® 5 series-based system with 64x800G or 128x400G ports provides a high-radix, deployment-friendly Ethernet-fabric.

Credo Introduces the Seagull 452 family of High-Performance Optical DSPs

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The family consists of the octal channel Seagull 452, the quad channel Seagull 252 and the dual channel Seagull 152 DSPs.

Key Points: 
  • The family consists of the octal channel Seagull 452, the quad channel Seagull 252 and the dual channel Seagull 152 DSPs.
  • The Seagull 452 family of DSPs aims to help our customers balance these concerns while also benefitting from this growing market opportunity.”
    The Seagull 452 family incorporates Credo’s fourth generation DSP technology on the electrical host interface and the optical interface.
  • The new Seagull 452 boasts exceptionally low-power consumption and is targeted at the burgeoning 400G Active Optical Cable (AOC) market for AI networks.
  • All members of the Seagull 452 family support 25 Gbps NRZ operation for backwards compatibility.