Who would be against the idea of applying Moore’s Law at some time in the future to optical chips in that it would revolutionize the…
Category: Chips
Optical PAM-4 Restricted to 500 Meters?
Our company is always inclined to look towards historical precedent for guidance, and electronics have continually been leveraged throughout the years to bail out optics,…
Intel’s Credibility Problem with Optics?
While the hype machine on the latest and greatest technology always reigns supreme in the fiber optics market, Intel appeared to take Silicon Photonics (SP)…
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…
IBM Dimming Silicon Photonics Hype Level
Although the hoopla over silicon photonics (SP) has not been as pronounced at IBM as at Intel, including consistent involvement by technologists at the highest…
Mellanox’s Messaging Resonance Not Key to Success
Mellanox Technologies is a typical Israeli-based firm in the datacom/telecom space in that it excels at technology development, but not necessarily from a marketing/sales perspective.…
Avago’s Spinoff of Optics in Short Term?
While for now, Avago Technologies will be preoccupied with the immense and time-consuming effort of its integration process with Broadcom, not too long afterwards, it…
Inphi a Threat to InnoLight or Kaiam?
Once again, we have a natural affinity for the proposition of taking advantage of electronics, such as higher order modulation, to better enable optics by…
Avago Optical Assets Sold, Pointed Out by FoxConn PR
A recent press release written in Chinese apparently demonstrates that Hon Hai Precision Industry’s Foxconn Interconnect Technology has purchased some of Avago Technologies’ optical product…
Finisar Should Play Hardball, Then Exit
Finisar’s current business model based on the all-encompassing optical components approach in the datacom/telecom market with a large amount of vertical integration from chips to…
