E.1 Summary of major opportunities in the active optical cabling market E.1.1 Opportunities for active optical cabling assembly makers E.1.2 Opportunities for connectors and laser firms E.1.3 Opportunities for fiber firms E.2 Firms to watch in the active optical cabling business E.2.1 Finisar E.2.2 Intel E.2.3 Lightwire E.2.4 Luxtera E.2.5 Reflex Photonics E.3.6 Tyco E.3.7 Zarlink E.3.8 Other likely market entrants E.3 Summary of five-year forecasts of active optical cabling markets
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background to this report 1.2 Objective of this report 1.3 Scope and methodology 1.4 Plan of this report
Chapter Two Active Optical Markets: Data Centers and Enterprise Networks
2.1 Evolution of active optical cabling products in the corporate environment 2.1.1 10 Gbps active optical cabling products 2.1.2 40/100 Gbps active optical cabling products 2.2 Active optical cabling in the InfiniBand market 2.2.1 CX-4 replacement 2.2.2 QSFP applications 2.3 Active optical cabling in the serial Ethernet environment 2.4 Active optical cabling in campus networks 2.5 Standards for active optical cabling 2.6 The network managers' perspective: an assessment of the advantages of AOCs for corporate users 2.7 Objections to active optical cabling technology for corporate applications
Chapter Three Active Optical Markets: PCs and other Computer Applications
3.1 Current requirements for high-speed interfaces on and in PCs 3.2 Intel's vision of active optical cabling as the universal optical interface for PCs 3.3 Addressable market segments for active optical cables in the computer sector 3.3.1 External interfaces 3.3.2 LAN-on-the-motherboard 3.3.3 Active optical cabling for board-to-board communications 3.4 PC industry perspective on active optical cabling 3.5 Challenges for active optical cabling in the PC and other computer markets 3.5 Assessment of the active optical cabling industry's ability to enter the PC market 3.5.1 Likely market entry strategies
Chapter Four Consumer Electronics and other Display Applications
4.1 Current requirements for high-speed interfaces in the consumer electronics industry 4.2 Luxtera's vision of active optical cabling for videophiles 4.3 Addressable market segments for active optical cabling in the consumer electronics and display sector 4.3.1 The HDMI extender market 4.3.2 Home theater applications 4.3.3 Active optical cabling and DisplayPort 4.3.4 Active optical cabling and optical USB 4.3.5 Active optical cabling and the digital signage market 4.4 A consumer electronics industry perspective on active optical cabling 4.5 Challenges for active optical cabling in the consumer electronics market 4.6 Assessment of the active optical cabling industry's ability to enter the consumer electronics market 4.6.1 Likely market entry strategies
Chapter Five Five-Year Forecasts of Active Optical Cabling
4.1 Forecasting methodology used 4.2 Forecast of active optical cabling by end user segment 4.3 Forecast of active optical cabling by protocols/connectors used 4.4 Forecast of active optical cabling by fiber type and length of cable used