Long Haul Technology

Point Grey Research (Point Grey) and Quantum Parametrics (QP) announced today an agreement whereby QP has been granted a license to market, sell and further develop Point Grey’s proprietary FirePRO LDR IEEE-1394 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) UTP Long Haul technology. The FirePRO LDR technology lets current and potential users of IEEE-1394 take advantage of 1000BASE-T (GigE) pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-5) signaling to achieve Gigabit transfers at distances up to 100 meters with CAT 5e, 6 or 7 cables at a fraction of the cost of optical fiber. QP plans to provide devices (QPLDR11) based on the FirePRO LDR technology to select customers this quarter, with a general release early in Q2. Devices will be offered in a 144-pin TQFP with plans to support a 132-ball csBGA later.