Aeluros

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Aeluros
Company typePrivate company
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedJune 2001
HeadquartersMountain View, California, The USA
ProductsEthernet Integrated Circuits
Number of employees
50
Websitewww.aeluros.com

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.

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  1. ^ "Aeluros Aims at High-Speed CMOS". Lightreading. 2002-10-08.
  2. ^ "An 800-mW 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver in 0.13-um CMOS" (PDF). IEEE, 2004 International Solid-State Circuits Conference. 2004-02-10.
  3. ^ "i/oZONE Products for the week of April 21, 2003". IO Zone. 2003-03-21.
  4. ^ "An Integrated VCSEL Driver for 10Gb Ethernet CMOS" (PDF). IEEE, 2004 International Solid-State Circuits Conference. 2006-02-08.
  5. ^ "Aeluros Integrates EDC/10G PHY/Serdes". Lightreading. 2006-12-18.
  6. ^ "NetLogic Microsystems to Acquire Aeluros, Inc., a Leading Provider of Low-Power 10-Gigabit Interface Technologies and Products".