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Picolight is an innovative designer and manufacturer of optical transceivers and optical components for high-bandwidth optical systems in the rapidly growing data center, enterprise, storage area, and metro-area network markets. Our mission is to leverage our breakthroughs in vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology, a vertically integrated manufacturing strategy, and a market-driven culture to enable the next generation of optical interconnect and access applications. Picolight is well positioned to compete as a leader in serving the needs of customers for high-speed, short-to-medium-distance optical interconnects. As a pioneer in the development of critical 850 nanometers (nm) VCSEL technology and components, as well as the design of high-speed optical transceiver products, Picolight is recognized as a leader in optical innovation, with over four million devices shipped to date. To supplement core 850nm VCSEL-based products and expand product portfolio to longer reach applications, Picolight launched a family of 4 Gbps 1310nm VCSEL-based transceivers and components in December 2005. Drastically reducing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and power consumption, 1310nm VCSEL products have the ability to disrupt and "re-write" markets ordinarily reserved for Fabry-Perot (FP) and Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Picolight intends to leverage its 1310 VCSEL development efforts further to expand in multiple new markets and applications, providing great price/performance and design-impact benefits to our customers. Picolight's transceiver and component products are based on patented and proprietary VCSEL technology, featuring innovative packaging, high vertical integration and industry leading reliability. The company's 1-10-Gbps serial transceivers, and 30-40 Gbps parallel optics modules target IP convergence applications in systems that serve mission critical applications in enterprise and service provider networks. Targeted at optical transceiver vendors worldwide, Picolight optical components cover data rates ranging from l -10 Gbps. These products are available in a broad spectrum of protocols that include Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and proprietary interconnect protocols, in compact form factor devices delivering superior reliability and quality. Picolight's approach to optics combines leading-edge optical technology with low-cost packaging and high-volume manufacturing. The company's pioneering VCSEL expertise results in the most scalable optical technology with compelling performance, low power consumption, and lower EMI advantages. These products provide our customers with performance margin over industry-standard specifications, while enabling increased port density with ever-lower power consumption and lower EMI levels, enabling differentiation through embedded intelligence. While vertically integrated in the manufacturing control of critical components and processes, Picolight employs offshore contract manufacturing to drive scalability and continual cost reductions in our products. Picolight strongly believes in operational and manufacturing excellence with ISO 9001-2000 compliant status for last several years.