Reflex Photonics of Mountain View, California, a privately held corporation focused on delivering high performance interconnects for optical and semiconductor connectivity solutions,

1. Co-founded in 2002 in Montreal, Canada by the company's current VP and CTO David Rolston and Tomasz Maj, VP of Engineering at that time.

2. Using proprietary semiconductor/optical packaging technology, called LightABLE, to deliver parallel optical links, and using integrated optical waveguides to transmit signals across printed circuit boards.

3. Addressing applications requiring aggregate data rates in excess of 10 Gbit/s with link distances ranging from a few inches to 1,000 feet via two lines of products: the InterBOARD line for high-density interconnection between boards and systems and the Light-On-Board line of optically enabled ball grid array semiconductor packaging.

4. Having announced sampling in the second quarter of 2008 of the first InterBOARD QSFP Active Optical Cables (AOC), designed around InterBOARD QSFP 4-channel optical modules, designed to provide bi-directional, electrical to electrical connectivity over distances up to 300 meters using MMF.

Has announced a partnership with MergeOptics of Berlin, Germany, a developer of highly integrated components and modules for the optical communication market, under an agreement whereby:

1. The two companies plan to develop and market joint solutions designed to address the growing demand for high-speed parallel optical interconnects in enterprise communication and networking environments.

2. MergeOptics will initially launch its own branded line of Snap 12 MSA and QSFP MSA parallel optical modules using Reflex Photonics' LightABLE optical engines.

3. The parties also intend to collaborate in advancing the state of high-speed interconnectivity by bringing to market several solutions based on advanced, bi-directional 12 channel x 10 Gbit/s active optical cables, again powered by Reflex LightABLE optical engines, directly supporting higher speed developing standards such as 100 Gigabit Ethernet.

4. MergeOptics will also have access to the Reflex Photonics line of QSFP parallel fibre optic transceivers, including the recently announced 60 Gbit/s and 75 Gbit/s modules that deliver channel speeds of 5 Gbit/s and 6.25 Gbit/s per channel, respectively.

Founded in September 2000, MergeOptics integrates optical components (lasers, modulators and photodiodes) with high-frequency electrical circuits to create compact modules that operate with industry standard optical and electrical interfaces. It claims to offer the world's broadest range of 10 Gbit/s transmission module solutions, both fixed wavelength and tunable.

In May 2008, MergeOptics raised around $8.5 million in a fourth round of financing, led by KTB along with the existing investors Earlybird, Target Partners and DVC.

The company operates a customer optical applications lab in Milpitas, California and maintains partnerships with several leading German universities and research facilities, including the prestigious Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin.

MergeOptics CEO, Dag Neumeuer, commented:

• "After an extensive search of the industry, we are very pleased to find a partner like Reflex Photonics to help us provide our customers with high-speed parallel optical products that are world-class in both integration and performance".

• "We feel that Reflex Photonics' LightABLE technology, coupled with our manufacturing and sales and marketing capabilities, will allow us to sharply broaden our product line mix to meet the accelerating growth of the global market requirements for very high-speed parallel optical products".