ElectroniCast: VCSEL-based transceivers a $1.1B market by 2012

July 30, 2008
JULY 30, 2008 -- ElectroniCast Consultants estimates that the worldwide consumption value of such devices reached $376 million in 2007.

JULY 30, 2008 -- ElectroniCast Consultants (search for ElectroniCast), in a new market forecast and analysis of the global market consumption and technology trends of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) optical communication transceivers, estimates that the worldwide consumption value of such devices reached $376 million in 2007. This figure is forecasted to increase at a 24.5 percent average annual growth rate to $1.1 billion in 2012.

VCSEL technology emits light vertically through the surface of a wafer rather than through its edges, as with edge-emitting Fabry-Perot (FP) and distributed feedback (DFB) lasers.

"Strong growth in VCSEL transceiver use is occurring in < 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 1-2 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel. This transceiver grouping is forecasted to show 3X growth by 2012. The increased production of VCSEL transceivers is fueling development of 10-gigabit VCSELs, multi-wavelength CWDM VCSEL transceivers, long-wavelength singlemode VCSELs, and opening new opportunities for these standards-based applications," said Stephen Montgomery, president of ElectroniCast Consultants � APAC.

Very short reach (SONET VSR) modules based on VCSEL transceivers are forecasted for a strong increase in value, while the growth of 10-Gigabit Ethernet from 2007-2012 fuels the Ethernet category even higher in 2012. "Use of VCSEL transceivers in military/aerospace applications continues to show strong growth; however, the near-term VCSEL transceiver growth leader will be intra-system links, such as -- telecom serial links, optical array interconnect/optical backplanes, and Infiniband," Montgomery said.

The VCSEL transceiver market forecast is available immediately for the fee of $12,000 from ElectroniCast Consultants.

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