For the next generation of 100G coherent line interface form factor CFP2, will it be a split implementation — analog CFP2 and separate digital DSP…
Category: Chips
Silicon Photonics: Widespread Usage on Active Components Doubtful
While the amount of industry chatter about silicon photonics rose substantially in 2014, partially because of certain market research firms looking to sell more reports,…
A Kaiam Strategic Partner: Google?
Concerning the recent $35 million announcement by Kaiam of equity funding, our intelligence indicates that one of the two strategic partners is Google. We also think…
Intel Behind $200M Photonics Competition?
The US government did not call it a “silicon photonics contest.” Perhaps the federal funding for this new Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IMI) would permit Intel…
OpSIS’ Demise: Politically Incorrect Si Photonic Wafers
This past July, OpSIS announced that the program funding its core operations for silicon photonic Multi-Project Wafers (MPWs) had ended and that it would cease…
Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute: “Panoptic” Danger
One should hardly rule out the risk of the Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Institute (IPMI) morphing into an all-encompassing and permanent industrial policy for the US.…
Data Centers Moving to “Sweat” Shops
What is really happening in the greening of the data center? We are not seeing orders of magnitude reduction of power consumption. We are not seeing…
Cisco: Buyer of Potential Finisar-JDSU Combo?
If Finisar purchases JDSU’s CCOP division, would a systems integrator be interested in buying the combination? Unquestionably, there have been rumors in the past that…
InnoLight IPO: Google’s Vertical Integration Without a Mess
We have been pondering the question of what happens when emerging optical component vendors, being financed by mega-data center operators to achieve the lowest cost…
Infinera’s Last Ditch: Infinity and Beyond
With the full realization by industry analysts, some of whom initially drank the Kool-Aid, that the potential for Infinera significantly penetrating the metro optical market…
