This research report covers all aspects of the global network semiconductor market. It takes into account historic and emerging business usage trends, market demographics, government regulatory issues, and expenditures for technology, products, and applications. We project critical trends likely to shape the near future based on a thorough historical overview and detailed analysis of the present.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
The global market for optical network semiconductors reached roughly $6.0 billion in 2013 and increased to about $6.4 billion in 2014. The market is expected to reach about $7.6 billion by 2019, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2% from 2014 to 2019.
This report provides:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION - Complimentary
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
SCOPE AND FORMAT
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
ANALYST'S CREDENTIALS
DISCLAIMER
Chapter 2: SUMMARY
Chapter 3: OVERVIEW
BUSINESSES EMBRACE NETWORKING FUNCTIONS
CONSUMERS ADOPT HIGH BANDWIDTH APPLICATIONS
UNTETHERED NETWORKING
WIRELESS LAN TAKES OFF
WLAN OPTIONS CONTINUE TO GROW
THE NEED FOR SPEED
MAKING GOOD BETTER
THE RIPPLE IMPACT
ENTERPRISES LARGE AND SMALL EMBRACE WLANS
THE GLOBAL REACH OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
THE INTERNET'S IMPACT ON NETWORK TRAFFIC
INTERNET USE IS LIMITED TO SPECIFIC AREAS
FIBER TO THE HOME'S SLOW PROGRESS
THE FTTH COUNCIL EMERGES AND THE ITU PITCHES IN
FTTH SLOWLY TAKES SHAPE IN CANADA
COPPER CABLING VERSUS FIBER OPTICS
FIBER EMERGES AS THE CLEAR WINNER
HIGH BANDWIDTH APPLICATIONS EMERGE
BACKING UP THE CENTRAL SYSTEM
MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR FIBER OPTICS
VENDORS MAKE PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING COST ISSUES
THE CHANGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LANDSCAPE
SERVICE GATEWAYS THE FIRST BUILDING BLOCK
RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS GAIN TRACTION
BREAKING DOWN THE GLOBAL MARKET
WIRELESS NETWORKS BOOM
OUT WITH THE OLD: IN WITH THE NEW
NETWORKS NEED TO DO MORE
WIRELESS RIPPLE EFFECT
ITU HISTORY
ITU TAKES ON OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS
THE MOVEMENT TO SONET
THE AGGREGATION METHOD
ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE TECHNOLOGY
ATM CONCEPTS
ADDRESSING LOW-JITTER ISSUES
WHY VIRTUAL CIRCUITS?
TYPES OF VIRTUAL CIRCUITS AND PATHS
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ATM TECHNOLOGY
WIRELESS WANS GAIN MOMENTUM
THROUGH THE GENERATIONS
THE EMERGENCE OF PACKET SWITCHING
4G MOBILE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES ARRIVE
TRENDS DRIVING THE TRANSITION TO 4G TECHNOLOGY
RICH MEDIA GAINS TRACTION
LTE'S EMERGENCE
GAINING APPROVAL
THE IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON TELECOM NETWORKS
CARRIERS MEET RISING TRAFFIC DEMANDS
CHANGING DATA TYPES
THE QOS QUANDARY
OPTICAL BUILDING BLOCKS
ALTERNATIVE CHIP DESIGNS
NEW LINE CARD DESIGNS TAKE SHAPE
SUPPORTING MANY OPERATIONS
FLEXIBILITY IN PRODUCT DESIGN
PREPARING FOR TERABIT SWITCHES
THE IP/MPLS MIX
SHIFTING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
A NEED FOR POWER AND RELIABILITY
DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
GETTING ON THE RIGHT PATH
THE RISE OF HYBRID CWDM/DWDM NETWORKING
THE DISTANCE DIFFERENCE
DWDM DELIVERS HIGH RELIABILITY
CWDM FINDS A NICHE IN NORTH AMERICA
THE NEW OPTICAL STRUCTURE
THE NEED FOR HYBRID SYSTEMS
DATA SERVICES GAIN TRACTION
THE MOVE TO OPTICAL NETWORKS
REQUIREMENTS FOR OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
THE RIGHT WAVELENGTH
BUILDING THE IDEAL METRO NETWORK
A UNIFIED SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM
WDM IN THE WAN
OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECTS
PROTECTION SWITCHING
OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXING
OPTICAL SWITCH FABRICS
2-D BECOMES IMPRACTICAL
ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCHES
LIQUID-CRYSTAL SWITCHES
SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER SWITCHES
OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING
ISSUES CONCERNING OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING
CONTENTION RESOLUTION
SINGLE-STAGE OR MULTISTAGE
DEFLECTION ROUTING
PACKET SWITCH ARCHITECTURES
SHARED WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS
LIMITED RANGE WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS
EXTENDING PACKET SWITCHING
DATA VORTEX PACKET SWITCH
GENERALIZED MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING
HOW MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING WORKS
EXTENDING MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING
GETTING THE SYSTEM IN SYNCH
LTE AND MPLS COME TOGETHER
A CLEAR MAJORITY
IMPROVED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
TROUBLESHOOTING TOOLS EMERGE
MONITORING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
MANY LAYERS OF RECOVER
MPLS AGGREGATION FEATURES
AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHED OPTICAL NETWORKING
GET YOUR REFERENCES STRAIGHT
PLAYING MULTIPLE ROLES
OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING
NETWORK AND NODE ARCHITECTURE
BURST GENERATION
CHANNEL SCHEDULING
QOS SUPPORT
CONTENTION RESOLUTION
THE NEXT STEP IN OPTICAL NETWORKING
OPTICAL DATA CONNECTIONS BROKEN DOWN
THE EMERGENCE OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET
A LOT OF TRAFFIC OPTIONS
100G ETHERNET SLOWLY TAKES SHAPE
FOLLOWING THE RIGHT QUEUE
GOING TO THE EXTREME
HIGH SPEED COMPLEXITY
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE
A NEW GROUP FORMS
BUILDING ON WHAT IS IN PLACE
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MORE LANES
ANALOG VERSUS DIGITAL
400G ETHERNET LOOMS ON THE HORIZON
WHAT IS SIMILAR YET DIFFERENT?
THE RIGHT SPEED AT THE RIGHT PRICE
TERABIT BURST SWITCHING
Chapter 5: DATA CENTER COMMUNICATION
SERVER CONSOLIDATION TAKES SHAPE
TO EACH, ITS OWN APPROACH
WHAT'S THE TRUE CAPACITY?
PHYSICAL CONSOLIDATION BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER
CONSOLIDATING THE WORKLOAD
EASING THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN
CLOUD COMPUTING EMERGES AS A FORCE
THE POWER OF VIRTUALIZATION
THREE DIFFERENT CLOUD MODELS EMERGE
MORE CLOUD CHOICES
DRIVING CLOUD ADOPTION
BENEFITS FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS
IMPACT ON CONSUMERS
SSD DRIVE STORAGE UPGRADES
NO MORE WAITING
MORE CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE
WEARING YOURSELF OUT
THE BENEFITS OF RAID
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTION
PCI EXPRESS TAKES SHAPE
VERSION 2.0 EMERGES
PCI EXPRESS 2.1 PACKS MORE PUNCH
CHANGING THE ENCODING SCHEME
WIRING THE DATA CENTER
Chapter 6: COMPANY PROFILES
ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
ALTERA CORP.
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP.
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
BROADCOM CORP.
CAVIUM INC.
COHERENT INC.
DELTA OPTICS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
EMCORE CORP.
ESCO OPTICS INC.
EXCELITAS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
FIBER INSTRUMENT INC.
FINISAR CORP.
FUJITSU LTD.
FURUKAWA GROUP
HISENSE GROUP CO. LTD.
HITACHI LTD.
INDUSTRIAL FIBER OPTICS INC.
JDS UNIPHASE CORP.
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
MELCO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LTD.
MICRON INC.
MICRONOR AG
MOSYS INC.
MULTIMODE FIBER OPTICS INC.
NEC CORP.
NEOPTIX FIBER OPTIC SENSORS INC.
NEOPHOTONICS CORP.
NETRONOME INC.
NETSPEED SYSTEMS INC.
OCLARO INC.
OPTCORE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
OPLINK INC.
OPTIMUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
OPTOWAY TECHNOLOGY INC.
PERKIN ELMER INC.
REFLEX PHOTONICS INC.
SOURCE PHOTONICS LTD.
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD.
SYNOPSYS INC.
TABULA INC.
TERAXION INC.
THORLABS INC.
WUHAN HUAGONG GENUINE OPTICS TECH CO. LTD.
WUHAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES CO. LTD.
XILINX INC.
List of Tables
Summary Table : GLOBAL OPTICAL MARKET SEGMENT REVENUES, THROUGH 2019
Table 1 : IP TRAFFIC PER MONTH, THROUGH 2018
Table 2 : IP TRAFFIC BY MARKET SEGMENT PER MONTH, THROUGH 2018
Table 3 : PER PORT WLAN PRICING TRENDS, THROUGH 2019
Table 4 : FORECAST FOR MARKET SHARE OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS BY CATEGORY, 2014 AND 2019
Table 5 : FORECAST FOR GLOBAL MARKET FOR OPTICAL COMPONENTS BY PRICE AND REVENUE, THROUGH 2019
Table 6 : TOP FIVE OPTICAL COMPONENT SUPPLIERS, 2019
Table 7 : NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS WORLDWIDE, 1993 TO 2014
Table 8 : GLOBAL INTERNET BACKBONE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, 1990-2014
Table 9 : INTERNET USAGE STATISTICS BY WORLD REGION, 2012
Table 10 : WIRELESS USAGE PATTERNS BY TYPE, 2014
Table 11 : CELLULAR NETWORK SUBSCRIBER GROWTH, 2010-2014
Table 12 : TOP TEN WIRELESS CARRIERS BY NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS, 2014
Table 13 : SONET/SDH DATA RATES AND LINE SPEEDS
Table 14 : STRUCTURE OF AN ATM CELL
Table 15 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 16 : TOP FIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 17 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 18 : TOP FIVE 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 19 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 20 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 21 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 22 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 100G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 23 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 24 : TOP FIVE 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 25 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 26 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 27 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS THROUGH 2019
Table 28 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 40G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 29 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 30 : TOP FIVE 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 31 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 32 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 33 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS THROUGH 2019
Table 34 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 10G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 35 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 36 : TOP FIVE 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 37 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 38 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 39 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 40 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 1G TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 41 : DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE TRENDS
Table 42 : PCI EXPRESS PERFORMANCE
Table 43 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 44 : TOP FIVE DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 45 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 46 : TOP FIVE 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 47 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 48 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 49 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 50 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 100G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 51 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 52 : TOP FIVE 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 53 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 54 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 55 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 56 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 40G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 57 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 58 : TOP FIVE 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 59 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 60 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 61 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 62 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA 10G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 63 : GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR 1G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2018
Table 64 : TOP FIVE 1G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS SUPPLIERS, 2014
Table 65 : FORECAST FOR ASIAN 1G DATA CENTER OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 66 : FORECAST FOR NORTH AMERICAN DATA CENTER 1G OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 67 : FORECAST FOR EUROPEAN DATA CENTER 1G OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
Table 68 : FORECAST FOR SOUTH AMERICAN/AFRICA DATA CENTER 1G OPTICAL COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2019
List of Figures
Summary Figure : GLOBAL OPTICAL MARKET SEGMENT REVENUES, 2013-2019