The computer maker on Wednesday is discussing its advances in making optical-communications components from silicon, the mainstay material used in conventional computer chips.
Unlike other venture firms that suffered from the market collapse, NEA managed to avoid huge losses in its public portfolio companies by staying clear of dot-com retailers and focusing on communications services and optical components.
Founded in 1984, Cisco makes a wide range of switches and other components for Internet protocol communications.
There was the London primary school with a plan to recycle old computer components to turn the Raspberry Pi into a communications device for schools in developing countries.
Among the largest underlying components of XLK, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is down about 0.2%, Intel Corp ( NASD: INTC) is off about 1.4%, and MasterCard Inc ( NYSE: MA) is lower by about 0.8%.
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Among the largest underlying components of VOO, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is up about 1%, Oracle Corp. ( NASD: ORCL) is up about 0.5%, and Qualcomm, Inc. ( NASD: QCOM) is higher by about 1%.
Among the largest underlying components of IVV, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is down about 0.1%, Cisco Systems, Inc. ( NASD: CSCO) is down about 2%, and Qualcomm, Inc. ( NASD: QCOM) is lower by about 1.5%.
Among the largest underlying components of PID, in trading today Shaw Communications Inc ( NYSE: SJR) is up about 1.1%, Thomson Reuters Corp ( NYSE: TRI) is up about 2.5%, and Pearson Plc ( NYSE: PSO) is higher by about 1.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of VOX, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is down about 0.4%, SBA Communications Corp. ( NASD: SBAC) is off about 0.7%, and Windstream Corp ( NASD: WIN) is higher by about 1.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of VOX, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is up about 0.2%, Crown Castle International Corp ( NYSE: CCI) is off about 0.7%, and CenturyLink, Inc. ( NYSE: CTL) is up by about 1.2%.
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Among the largest underlying components of HDV, in trading today Verizon Communications Inc ( NYSE: VZ) is down about 1.2%, Philip Morris International Inc ( NYSE: PM) is off about 1.9%, and Duke Energy Corp ( NYSE: DUK) is lower by about 1.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of HDV, in trading today Verizon Communications Incorporated ( NYSE: VZ) is up about 0.8%, Philip Morris International Incorporated ( NYSE: PM) is up about 0.2%, and Altria Group Incorporated ( NYSE: MO) is up by about 0.5%.
Companies now are racing to make the components faster and drive the cost much lower, so that optical connections can also accelerate communications inside and among PCs and consumer-electronics devices.
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