Kotura reports 40 percent revenue growth in 2012

USA: Silicon photonics innovator Kotura, Inc. announced 2012 revenue growth of 40 percent and points to the growing demand for faster, limitless access to digital information as a key driver for future growth. A recognized leader in the silicon photonics industry, Kotura's photonic integrated chips address the pressing bandwidth and performance needs of data centers supporting cloud computing, virtualization and other data intensive applications.

In addition to revenue growth, Kotura received nods in 2012 from Inc. magazine and Deloitte for their growth from 2007-2011 during which time they experienced 848 percent revenue growth. Having been named to Inc. magazine's Inc. 500|5000 fastest growing private companies and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 and chalking up a number of technology and product wins, Kotura marks 2012 as a major milestone year.

"From a product standpoint 2012 was a turning point for our company," said Jean-Louis Malinge, Kotura president and CEO. "We exceeded 60,000 channels shipping per month, more than doubling from the previous year. In addition, we launched our 100 Gb/s Optical Engine, which is targeted to data centers and high performance computing applications. In 2012, we strengthened our technology position with the addition of seven new patents granted and 22 new patents filed, bringing Kotura's total to 130 filed or granted technology patents -- the strongest technology patent position in our industry."

Coming off of a high growth year, Kotura is focused on the future, which in the short term includes high-volume production of its Optical Engine, a low-power, 100 Gb/s chip solution that supports the interconnect fabric for next generation data centers and high performance computing.

According to Cisco's Global Cloud Index released in October 2012, data center traffic will top 6.6 zettabytes by 2016, a fourfold increase from 2011. "Data center and cloud traffic are global trends driven by the consumer's need for instant access to digital information and the strong desire to access personal and business content anywhere," said Malinge. "The growth of mobility is pushing performance demands on data centers in ways that we couldn't have predicted five years ago."

Kotura's Optical Engine addresses the performance demands being placed on data centers and high performance computing interconnects. An inexpensive, small form factor chip solution that reduces power consumption and provides a high level of integration, Kotura's silicon photonics platform supports optical engines using Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM), in which multiple signals can share the same fiber path.

"As the only silicon photonics provider to offer WDM, Kotura's Optical Engine offers distinct advantages, including reducing the cost of fiber and associated connectors within the interconnect fabric for 4x25 GHz solutions by a factor of four, as well as readily expanding from four channels to eight, 16 or even 40 channels over a single strand of optical fiber," added Malinge.

2013 promises to be an exciting year for Kotura with strategic partnerships, technology advancements and sampling of its Optical Engine by year end. "We're optimally positioned for the explosive growth of silicon photonics into more and more markets. Kotura has invested heavily in its team and technology, and we look forward to being a part of new computing solutions that outperform what is possible today," concluded Malinge.