CIR: Datacom transceiver market triples by 2013

JUNE 11, 2008 -- According to a new report from CIR (search for CIR), the market for data communications transceivers will grow from $4.0 billion in 2008 to $13.4 billion in 2013.

CIR's new report, Data Communications Transceiver Markets: The Next Five Years, identifies a number of new opportunities:

• With prices for copper-based 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) already well under $200 per port and the need to aggregate GbE throughout the enterprise network, CIR expects that this new networking standard is at the cusp of a major ramp up. By 2013, shipments of 10GbE transceivers will be valued at $7.1 billion according to the new report. By that date, the firm expects that high-end business PCs will sport 10GbE interfaces.
  
• In 2008, CIR estimates that about 2 percent of the 10GbE market is represented by copper ports with almost all of them being CX4 formats. By 2013, almost 45 percent of 10GbE ports will be copper and will use the new "T" format. At the same time, on the fiber side, CIR is predicting that the LRM standard will take off and will account for $1.7 billion in sales by 2013.
  
• Fueled by new regulatory requirements and Web 2.0 applications, CIR also expects the Fibre Channel transceiver market to exceed $1.0 billion by 2010 for the first time and will go on to reach $3.3 billion in revenues by 2013, by which time as much as 75 percent of the value of shipments will be accounted for by the new 16-Gbit/sec FC standard.
  

The new report provides forecasts of Ethernet and Fibre Channel in all data rates and also parallel optics. The report also includes forecasts in both volume and value terms of every MSA/IEEE combination in 10 GbE. It covers the latest enabling technologies, MSA developments, and key networking drivers for next-generation enterprise networks.

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