Ofidium Selects Micram VEGA

Ofidium, one of the pioneers in increased bandwidth and reduced costs for telecommunications networks, has selected Micram’s VEGA signal converters as key elements of its ground-breaking work in 100 gigabit-per-second optical transmission. Micram’s VEGA devices would be used by Ofidium in demonstrations of its unique optical OFDM technology.

 

Ofidium officials claimed that the company’s optical Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology provides highly cost-efficient capacity growth for new optical fiber, and dramatic performance improvements for existing network infrastructure.

 

OFDM is the dominant technology in a range of other communications applications, and Ofidium is leading the application of OFDM to optical data transmission for telecommunications.

 

The company’s optical OFDM transceiver modules for dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems are set to become the technology of choice for 100 Gbit/s telecommunications.

 

"The Micram VEGA converters have unique capabilities," said Professor Arthur Lowery Ofidium founder and chief technology officer, in a statement.

“They are the building blocks Ofidium needs to demonstrate the power of optical OFDM.”

 

Micram officials said that the company’s VEGA DAC 25 and ADC (News - Alert) 30 signal converters are the fastest on earth, with a conversion rate up to 60 giga-samples per second at 20 GHz bandwidth.

 

This performance, the company officials said, delivers full 100G bandwidth today, enabling developers to make significant progress now, not years into the future.

 

“We’re delighted to be working with Ofidium to lead the charge toward the next generation of optical networks,” said Matthias Tom Frei, CEO, Micram

Micram is one of the longest-established high-speed silicon design group in Europe, and the creator of 12 world record-breaking telecommunications components.

 

Frei said that he is very pleased that Ofidium and has recognized the unique contribution VEGA will make to their pioneering development efforts.

 

Earlier this month, Ofidium announced that it has secured A $6 million Series investment from Starfish Ventures.  

Ofidium will use the funds to commercialize its unique optical OFDM technology, to enable 100 Gigabit-per-second transmissions over existing telecommunications infrastructure.