The Oct. 22 initial public offering of Sycamore Networks, an optical networking company, clinched it.
The Oct. 22 IPO of Sycamore Networks, an optical networking company, clinched it.
Brown, meanwhile, recently announced a partnership with optical storage company TeraStor (FORBES, Mar. 24) to develop new kinds of disk storage that combine optics with magnetics.
Shares of optical sensor company OmniVision Technologies are trading sharply lower Monday morning after the company reduced its revenue outlook for its fiscal second quarter ended October 31.
And CEO Gary Smith sees more good times to come for the optical networking equipment company.
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Shares of optical networking systems company Infinera are trading sharply higher Friday on strong Q4 results.
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Shares of optical networking components company JDSU, which had rallied after hours on stronger-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31, have reversed course this morning and now trade in the red.
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In order to reduce shake, the company customized Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), which detects a camera's movement with a built-in gyroscope, compensating accordingly.
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The advantage of the rival NTT technique, says Saruwatari Masatoshi, a senior researcher at the company's Optical Network Systems Laboratories, is that it uses only a single light source.
Here, the company sells its optical transport infrastructure equipment.
Apple will be the first company to bundle an optical mouse with all its desktop systems.
The company claims that if optical discs written with this process are stored in a location where they are kept from cracking or chipping the data can be read back years later perhaps even 1, 000 years later.
An Israeli company, dubbed Lumus-Optical, is looking to change all that by offering up a relatively normal looking set of spectacles with twin microdisplays and mini projectors.
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The bottom line is that while you might not ever have heard of Fabrinet, the company plays a key role in the optical networking sector, as a sole source provider of many components.
Recently a company from Utah called Millenniata has introduced an optical disc technology utilizing a disc in which the data is etched (or engraved) into a ceramic substrate rather than stamped on plastic like conventional optical discs.
Shares of optical networking provider Oclaro are trading higher Wednesday afternoon after the company said Q4 revenues topped previous guidance.
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The company has developed advanced software tools for predicting the optical properties of new fibres so that it can quickly identify which types of hole array out of the literally infinite range of possibilities have industrially interesting properties.
While those would seem to be company specific factors, the Street has reacted by dumping optical stocks wholesale.
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Planetary Resources co-founder and co-chairman Peter Diamandis chatted with us, telling us why the company made the unusual decision to put its first orbital optical telescope up for grabs on Kickstarter.
Known for its leadership in the optical, magnetic and flash storage and related accessories markets, the company provides reliable, unique technologies and products that are highly sought after and broadly distributed worldwide.
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If the company's track record on such things holds, the optical drive may be doomed.
Shares of the optical networking components maker Finisar are trading higher in late trading after the company posted better-than-expected profits for its fiscal first quarter ended July 31.
Li Fei, analyst for Dagong Global Credit Rating Company and author of the bond rating report, told FORBES that optical fiber preform is the upstream product of the optical fiber industry and requires high technical content in its manufacturing techniques.
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Though not directly affected by the Thai flooding, the company cautioned that they could be affected by potential shortages of non-optical components used in customer systems, like hard disk drives.
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The company also said it has upgraded the iPhone's screen from plastic to optical-quality glass, which should quiet some concerns about scratching and durability.
Note that Ciena (CIEN), another player in optical networking, recently spiked on strong results for its October quarter, as the company cited strong fundamental demand.
Update : JDSU CEO Tom Waechter said in an interview with Forbes this afternoon that the company has been benefiting from a steady stream of new products, with the optical components group generating 65% of revenue from products two years old or less.
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Although the company did not detail the connection with Thailand, JDSU is a customer of the optical products contract manufacturer Fabrinet, which has suffered considerable flood damage as its facilities in Thailand.
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While we're at it, we might as well mention the company's newest addition to the mju line: The mju 7010 sports a 7x optical zoom, but otherwise looks pretty much the same (12 megapixel, 2.7-inch display, advanced face tracking and intelligent auto mode, magic filters, etc).
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While Wall Street body-slammed the company for one lackluster quarter, in that same period sales of Lucent's most advanced optical gear doubled, and its data network business grew 60%.
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