The Active Optical Cable Market Analysis & Forecast Report

This report presents market forecast analysis of the emerging Active Optical Cable (AOCs) market with detailed market and product forecasts through 2015. Analysis includes: new technologies changing the transceiver game, line rates of 10, 14G and 25Gbps signaling and 4- and 12-channel parallel formats using QSFP and CXP MSAs. Protocols include: InfiniBand, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SAS and PCI Express and for telecom applications. The report also examines the competing alternative of Direct Attach copper and parallel optic transceivers.

Further, the AOC Report analyzes the profiles of key vendors, and thoroughly explores the forces driving and limiting AOC development and widespread adoption. Key issues addressed examine if and when AOCs will spread and become widely adopted outside of the high performance computing (HPC) area and InfiniBand protocol. While the technology might be applicable, there are significant business issues standing in the way impacting the market timing for wide spread deployment. Events spawned in the AOC segment are beginning to impact other areas of the transceiver market. M&A’s have recently changed the entire AOC landscape and also added new competitors in the transceiver area. Consumer optics for PCs, smartphones, tablets, and HDTVs is examined for the next generation of LightPeak, HDMI, USB, etc.

June 25, 2011

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