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Infinera Corporation is a vertically integrated manufacturer of long-haul Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transmission equipment for the telecommunications service provider market. It was a pioneer in design and manufacture of large scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company sells data communications equipment to network operators building the global infrastructure that underpins the Internet. The company’s systems can send large amounts of data on optical fiber cables. ==History== Infinera was founded in 2000 as Zepton Networks by Drew Perkins, Jagdeep Singh and David Welch. It raised its first round of funding in April 2001.〔(Zepton Has an $86M War Chest ), ''Light Reading'', 14 December 2001. Accessed: 12 August 2015.〕 The startup remained in stealth mode until its first products were launched in 2004, although a few early media articles did describe the company's component technology - a photonic integrated circuit in indium phosphide.〔(The Light Brigade ) appeared in ''Red Herring'' in 2002.〕 Underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Infinera went public on the NASDAQ in 2007, raising $182 million.〔(Infinera Corp. IPO raises $182 million, above range ), ''Reuters'', 6 June 2007. Accessed: 12 August 2015.〕 David Welch was recognized in 2013 with the JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics, an award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology for his role as a pioneer in the field of optical devices and optical networks, including PICs.〔(Infinera's Dr. David Welch Receives Prestigious Engineering Award From Institution of Engineering and Technology ) (Infinera news release), 20 November 2013. Accessed: 12 August 2015.〕〔(Infinera Co-founder Receives Engineering Award ), ''Photonics.com'', 20 November 2013. Accessed: 12 August 2015〕 In August 2015, Infinera acquired Transmode, a supplier of metro packet-optical networking solutions based in Stockholm, Sweden (following an offer made in April 2015). Transmode shareholders receiving a mix of cash and Infinera shares, giving a total equity value for Transmode of about $350 million.〔(Transmode Shareholders Accept Infinera Buyout Offer ) NASDAQ RTT News, 14 August 2015. Retrieved: 24 September 2015.〕 Today, the company has its own fab in Sunnyvale, with component packaging occurring in Allentown, Pennsylvania, plus the former Transmode facility in Stockholm. For many of its products, Infinera designs and manufactures in-house the photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the ASIC chips, and the hardware and software systems, including operating and management systems and software-defined network (SDN) software to extend network virtualization into the optical layer. The company refers to its combined component development, product development and system manufacturing as vertically integrated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Infinera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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