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Luxtera

Luxtera Inc., a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, is a semiconductor company that uses silicon photonics technology to build complex electro-optical systems in a production silicon CMOS process. The company uses fabless manufacturing; it uses semiconductor fabrication plants of Freescale Semiconductor.2 It was founded in 2001 by Axel Scherer.1 It is headquartered in Carlsbad.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Luxtera Inc., a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, is a semiconductor company that uses silicon photonics technology to build complex electro-optical systems in a production silicon CMOS process. The company uses fabless manufacturing; it uses semiconductor fabrication plants of Freescale Semiconductor.2

The story

Founded by Axel Scherer in 2001.1

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