Friday, March 14, 2003

Chorum Exits Optical Networking Business

Chorum Technologies, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, is exiting the optical networking business and will focus its efforts on liquid crystal display technology for flat panel monitors, according to The Dallas Morning News. Chorum had been selling a line of all-optical processors and subsystems. The restructuring includes the layoff of 150 employees out of a workforce of 250. http://www.chorumtech.com http://www.dallasnews.comChorum's Optical Harmonic Equalizer (OHE) that dynamically adjusts the gain profile of an optical amplifier to ensure...