Table of Contents
Executive Summary
E.1 Introduction
E.2 Recent AOC Supplier Developments: Firms to Watch
E.3 AOC Opportunities in the Data Center
E.3.1 IB: The First Market for AOC
E.3.2 AOCs and CPU Power
E.3.3 AOCs and MSAs
E.4 Opportunities for AOCs in the Computing and Consumer Electronics Sectors
E.4.1 AOCs versus USB
E.4.2 AOCs, DisplayPort and HDMI
E.4.3 LAN-On Motherboard (LOM) and AOCs
E.4.4 Active Optical Cabling for Board-to-Board Communications
E.5 Opportunities for AOCs in the Digital Signage Sector
E.6 AOCs and Active Copper Cables
E.7 Summary of Eight-Year Forecasts of Optical Cabling Markets
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to this Report
1.1.1 How Far Can AOCs Go?
1.1.2 AOCs, Parallelism and QSFP
1.2 Objectives of this Report
1.3 Scope of this Report
1.4 Plan of this Report
Chapter Two: Active Data Centers and Enterprise Networks as a Market for AOCs
2.1 Prospects for IT Spending and High-Performance Computing Trends: The Current Realities for the AOC Business
2.2 Evolution of Active Optical Cabling Products for the Corporate Environment
2.2.1 10 GigE and the Evolution of AOC
2.2.2 40/100-Gbps Active Optical Cabling Products
2.3 InfiniBand: First Home for AOCs
2.3.1 AOCs as CX-4 Replacement
2.3.2 AOCs as QSFP Replacement
2.4 AOCs and Serial Ethernet
2.5 Active Optical Cabling in the Campus Environment
2.6 The User View: A Network Managers Perspective
Chapter Three: Active Optical Markets: PCs and Other Computer Applications
3.1 Current Requirements for High-Speed Interfaces On and In PCs
3.1.1 The PC Communitys Many Interconnect Options: Why AOCs?
3.1.2 The Next PC Interface Copper or Fiber? Intels Vision
3.2 Addressable Market Segments for Active Optical Cables in the Computer Sector
3.2.1 External Interfaces
3.2.2 LAN-On Motherboard (LOM)
3.2.3 Active Optical Cabling for Board-to-Board Communications
3.3 Bringing AOCs into the PC Mainstream; a Marketing Perspective
3.4 Assessment of the Active Optical Cabling Industrys Ability to Enter the PC Market
Chapter Four: Consumer Electronics and Other Display Applications
4.1 Current Requirements for High-speed Interfaces in Consumer Electronics
4.1.1 Fiber and 3D TV
4.1.2 Fiber and Home Video Production
4.2 Active Optical Cabling and the Digital Signage Market
4.2.1 Evolution of AOC Use in the Digital Signage Market
4.3 Active Optical Cabling and HDMI
4.3.1 AOCs and HDMI Cabling
4.4 Active Optical Cabling and DisplayPort
4.4.1 Fiber Optics, DisplayPort and AOCs
4.5 Active Optical Cabling and SuperSpeed USB
4.6 Some Notes on Intels Light Peak/Thunderbolt Technology in the Consumer Electronics Market
Chapter Five: Firms to Watch in the AOC Business
5.1 Avago Technologies (U.S.)
5.1.1 Evolution of AOC Products at Avago
5.1.2 Technical Directions for Avago AOCs
5.1.3 CIRs View on Avagos Future in the AOC Business
5.2 Emcore (U.S.)
5.2.1 Background to Emcores AOC Business
5.2.2 Emcores AOC Products and Markets
5.2.3 CIR's View on the Future of Emcore in AOCs
5.3 FCI/MergeOptics (France/Germany)
5.3.1 Technical Aspects of FCI/MergeOptics Range
5.3.2 CIR's View on the Future of FCI/MergeOptics in AOCs
5.4 Finisar (U.S.)
5.4.1 Background to Laserwire
5.4.2 Finisars AOC Product Range and Evolution of Marketing Strategy
5.4.3 Technical Aspects of Finisars AOC Business
5.4.4 CIR's View on Finisars Future in the AOC Business
5.5 Gevista Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)
5.6 Luxtera (U.S.) (AOC division recently acquired by Molex)
5.6.1 Luxtera, AOCs and Silicon Photonics
5.6.2 Blazar
5.6.3 Alliances with Amphenol and Siemon
5.6.4 CIR's View on the Future of Luxtera in the AOC Business
5.7 Molex (U.S.)
5.7.1 Molexs Internal Development of AOCs
5.7.2 Acquisition of Luxteras AOC Products
5.8 Siemon (U.S.)
5.9 TE Connectivity/Tyco Electronics/Zarlink (U.S.)
5.9.1 ParaLight
5.9.2 Zarlink Products
5.9.3 CIR's View on the Future of TE in the AOC Business
5.10 Other Firms and Possible Entrants
5.10.1 Future Role of Asian Firms in the AOC Market
5.10.2 Potential for Start-Ups in the AOC Space
Chapter Six: Market Forecasts
6.1 Forecasting Methodology
6.2 Forecast of Active Optical Cabling by End-User Market
6.2.1 Data-Center Applications for AOCs
6.2.2 Digital Signage Applications for AOCs
6.2.3 PC Interconnect Applications for AOCs
6.3 Forecast of Active Optical Cabling by Protocols/Connectors Used
6.3.1 Protocols and AOCs
6.4 Forecast of Active Optical Cabling by Length of Cable Used
6.5 Summary of AOC Forecasts
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report
About the Author
List of Exhibits
Exhibit E-1: AOC Shipments by Market Value ($ Millions)
Exhibit 6-1: Data Center Active Optical Cabling Market, 2011-2018
Exhibit 6-2: Digital Signage Active Optical Cabling Market, 2011-2018
Exhibit 6-3: PC Interconnect Active Optical Cabling Market, 2011-2018
Exhibit 6-4: Home Theater Active Optical Cabling Market, 2011-2018
Exhibit 6-5: AOC Shipments by Volume
Exhibit 6-6: AOC Shipments by Market Value ($ Millions)
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