ETTERS, PA (February 22, 2010) -- FCI, a leading manufacturer and provider
of connector and cable assembly solutions to the data, communications,
consumer, industrial and medical markets. has acquired the assets of
MergeOptics (www.mergeoptics.com), a manufacturer of active optical cables
(AOCs) and optical transceivers. This acquisition will allow FCI to leverage
MergeOptics' leadership position in AOCs to complement FCI's passive and
active copper cables assemblies to address data and communications market
applications.

Data centers and high performance computing applications require that the
data-rate performance per channel as defined by various standards be
maintained over long lengths of cable. Current applications feature both
copper high-speed I/O solutions for short-to-moderate lengths. Applications
that require longer cable lengths employ the use of fiber optics via either
active optical cables or through the use of transceivers. The market
requirements for increased speed and port density continue to drive
suppliers towards higher speed solutions increasing the utilization of
active optical cables and transceivers as the market drives toward 25Gb/s
per channel high-speed I/O solutions.

"MergeOptics' leading position in active optical cables extends FCI's
existing high-speed I/O portfolio of passive and active copper solutions,"
said Pete Curwen, corporate vice president and general manager of FCI -
Electronics Division. "With this complete portfolio of I/O product
solutions, we will be able to provide our customers with more complete and
innovative solutions to meet their needs today and in the future."

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MergeOptics will demonstrate its SFP+ LR the latest member of the SFP+ product family at OFC 2007.

MergeOptics GmbH a leading supplier of low power modules for speeds of 10Gbit/s and higher is announcing the availability of its SFP+ LR modules.
The product will be demonstrated at MergeOptics booth #3526 together with the 2nd generation of MergeOptics SFP+ SR product, which accommodates the latest status of the SFP+ MSA including the multi rate capabilities supporting datarates reaching from 2Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s.

Both the SFP+ SR and the SFP+ LR will offer an extremely low power dissipation below 1W (typically).

Dag Neumeuer, President and CEO of MergeOptics stated today, “The SFP+ LR is another step to complete the industries most comprehensive 10Gbit/s product portfolio, the low power dissipation of MergeOptics product family addresses in particular the need of customer with a high port density."