9 May 2011

Opto industry heads to higher-data-rate products

To coincide with the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) in March, component manufacturers launched and demonstrated a host of new products underscoring the dramatic shift to higher data consumption, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.

The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs) viewpoint ‘Compound Semiconductor Industry Review March 2011: Optoelectronics, Materials and Equipment’ summarizes March's product, technology, contract, employment and financial announcements by major optoelectronic material, device and equipment suppliers such as Aixtron, Kopin, Cree, Philips Lumileds, Fujitsu, Spire Corp and XSunX (categorized by material and equipment, laser, LED and compound photovoltaic activity).

“Consumer and business adoption of data-intensive applications is driving changes in the entire electronics industry,” says Eric Higham, director of the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service. “The optical transport layer is the backbone of this increased demand. The industry is responding with higher-data-rate capacity,” he adds.

“We are seeing the majority of new optical networking products and components with data capability of at least 40Gbps, many at 100Gbps, providing faster processing,” notes Asif Anwar, a director in the Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice.

Tags: Optical fiber communications

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