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Aetna Foundation Gives Grant to Support Free "Dancing for Health" Classes at Anaheim Ballet

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Aetna Foundation Gives Grant to Support Free “Dancing for Health” Classes at Anaheim Ballet


­­ Community program reaches out to Latino teens ­­

ANAHEIM, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Thanks to a grant from the Aetna Foundation, young people in Anaheim can dance their way to better health with free classes from Anaheim Ballet.

Today, Aetna Foundation representatives presented a $15,000 check to Anaheim Ballet that will let the school offer its daily STEP-UP! dance classes at no charge to young people in Anaheim. Mayor Tom Tait attended the ceremony celebrating the program’s success.

“STEP-UP! is much more than an exercise class,” said Evan Rosenberg, director of Anaheim Ballet. “STEP-UP! is a wellness program that can improve our students’ lives in so many ways. By the end of the semester, our students stand taller, eat better, have a more positive body image and improved self-confidence. We are grateful to the Aetna Foundation for helping us offer STEP-UP! to young people in our community who otherwise would not be able to take part.”

Known for its rigorous classes in traditional ballet and modern dance, Anaheim Ballet has offered the STEP-UP! program for more than 15 years. The goal is to use the joy of dance to help young people be more physically active and live healthier lives.

This year, about 150 kids, ages 8 to 20, are enrolled. The daily, 45-minute classes teach ballet and hip-hop, dance steps that incorporate aerobics, stretching, and strengthening. A nutrition expert offers tips on healthy eating and lifestyle habits.

Rosenberg noted that the majority of students in the program are from Anaheim’s large Latino community, a population that is at higher risk of obesity and related health conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease.

“We have seen dance be a powerful motivator for people of all fitness levels to be more physically active, eat better and take care of their health,” said Sharon Dalton, vice president of the Aetna Foundation and director of regional grant making. “Our goal at the Aetna Foundation is to promote health and wellness, particularly in underserved communities where access to healthy food, safe streets and quality health care may be limited.”

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TowerJazz and Avago Expand Strategic Collaboration

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TowerJazz and Avago Expand Strategic Collaboration


Collaboration to focus on Avago’s next-generation products using TowerJazz’s industry leading SiGe BiCMOS technology platform

ANAHEIM, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– OFC/NFOEC – TowerJazz (NAS: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, and Avago Technologies (NAS: AVGO) , a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced an expanded strategic collaboration focusing on Avago’s next generation products using TowerJazz’s industry leading SiGe BiCMOS technology platform. Continued collaboration shall enable Avago Fiber Optic Products Division (FOPD) to achieve the stringent technical specifications and meet cost and performance requirements for optical networking markets while helping TowerJazz to define and develop its next-generation process technologies.

The technology collaboration between TowerJazz and Avago FOPD has resulted in Avago’s recent successful launch of the Gen4SR product, a 10Gbps small form factor pluggable optical transceiver (SFP) for short reach applications. By collaborating with TowerJazz, Avago has unlimited access to TowerJazz’s optimized SiGe BiCMOS technology based on both the SBC18H2 process with transistor speeds of 200GHz and H3 process with transistor speeds of 280GHz together with mixed-signal CMOS.

“TowerJazz’s advanced technology enables Avago Technologies to define and develop a plethora of new products, increasing our market share with existing and new customers. Avago’s 10Gbps SFP+ chipset is the first product released deploying TowerJazz’s technology. Our collaboration with TowerJazz using their high performance SiGe BICMOS will enable us to develop the highest performance and the lowest power ICs for Avago’s next generation optical transceivers beyond 10Gbps,” said Dr. Faouzi Chaahoub, Senior Director of R&D, IC Engineering Fiber Optic Products Division (FOPD) Avago Technologies.

“We are fortunate to have a technology partner such as Avago FOPD who continually pushes the technology envelope and drives TowerJazz to excellence,” said Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President & General Manager of RF/High Performance Analog Business Unit. “Our high performance SiGe is uniquely positioned in the fiber optic space where we offer customers the highest speed, lowest power consumption and lowest noise SiGe transistors integrated in analog-friendly 0.18um and 0.13um nodes.”

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TriQuint Expands Support of Optical Markets with New Transimpedance Amplifier Family

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TriQuint Expands Support of Optical Markets with New Transimpedance Amplifier Family

Meet TriQuint at OFC/NFOEC in Anaheim, CA, March 19-21, Booth 2127

ANAHEIM, Calif. & RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NAS: TQNT) , a leading RF products manufacturer and foundry services provider, has expanded its optical infrastructure portfolio with five new transimpedance amplifiers (TIA), enabling the company to now serve both transmit and receive portions of high performance optical networks. The new product family complements TriQuint’s industry-leading modulator driver portfolio for 10, 40, 100 Gb/s and next-generation 200G/400G systems.

TriQuint’s new TIAs offer performance benefits tailored to key design requirements that support 40G, 100G and emerging optical systems. TriQuint’s new products are part of a recent technology acquisition from Micram Microelectronic GmbH.

“This new amplifier family perfectly complements our optical modulator drivers. We’re sampling next-generation products and receiving positive feedback from numerous customers,” said James L. Klein, TriQuint Vice President and General Manager for Infrastructure and Defense Products. “Our new TIA family serves today’s fastest networks as well as the higher modulation needs of future optical broadband systems.”

The continual worldwide growth in smartphone and tablet data traffic as well as other broadband mobile devices is driving global network capacity expansion. Optical networks remain the most economical means for long-distance, high-speed data transfers across wired and mobile device networks. Infonetics Research commented recently that the global optical market is expected to grow in 2013, with expansion primarily in North America, China, Europe and the Middle East.

“Our conversations with equipment providers continue to trend positive, particularly in North America where 100G spending is about to ramp…Meanwhile, there are positive rumbles in the EMEA region; preliminary results show that 2013 will be a huge year for 100G in China; China is about half of the global 40G WDM market,” said Infonetics Principal Optical Analyst, Andrew Schmitt, in a February 2013 report.

TriQuint’s first TIA release includes five new silicon germanium (SiGe) amplifiers for use in optical networks ranging from very-short-reach to metro- and long-haul. The products are announced in conjunction with the OFC/NFOEC conference and exposition in Anaheim, CA (March 19-21) and complement TriQuint’s wide selection of surface-mount optical modulator drivers. See our optical experts in Booth 2127, or contact TriQuint to arrange a meeting.

TriQuint’s new TIAs, the TGA4864, TGA4861, TGA4866, TIA56 and TIA56A, offer a broad array …read more
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