Aeluros Explained

Aeluros Inc was a semiconductor company developing integrated circuits for wireline communications - for Ethernet operating at 10 Gigabits per second. The company was founded in 2001,^[1] and produced physical layer ICs used in 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards and optical modules (such as XENPAK, SFP, XFP).

Aeluros was the first to produce a XAUI transceiver dissipating less than 1 Watt of power,^{[2] [3]} a transceiver that can drive directly a 10 Gbit/s VCSEL,^[4] and a transceiver with integrated electronic dispersion compensation for 10 Gigabit Ethernet using Multi-mode optical fiber.^[5]

Aeluros merged with NetLogic Microsystems in October 2007 in a deal exceeding $70M.^[6] Netlogic Microsystems was subsequently acquired by Broadcom in February 2012 for $3.7B.

External links

• Official website
• Technology description

References

1. Web site: Aeluros Aims at High-Speed CMOS. Lightreading. 2002-10-08.
2. Web site: 2004-02-10 . An 800-mW 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver in 0.13-um CMOS . https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20110707092110/http://www.aeluros.com/docs/10gb_800mw_enet_xcvr.pdf . 2011-07-07 . IEEE, 2004 International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
3. Web site: i/oZONE Products for the week of April 21, 2003. IO Zone. 2003-03-21.
4. Web site: 2006-02-08 . An Integrated VCSEL Driver for 10Gb Ethernet CMOS . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094121/http://www.aeluros.com/docs/10gb_vcsel.pdf . 2007-09-29 . IEEE, 2004 International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
5. Web site: Aeluros Integrates EDC/10G PHY/Serdes. Lightreading. 2006-12-18.
6. Web site: October 24, 2007 . NetLogic Microsystems to Acquire Aeluros, Inc., a Leading Provider of Low-Power 10-Gigabit Interface Technologies and Products . https://web.archive.org/web/20150222021022/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20071024006246/en/NetLogic-Microsystems-Acquire-Aeluros-Leading-Provider-Low-Power/ . 2015-02-22 . businesswire.com.