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Infinera: Potential for Exit by Chip Firm Buyout
fibeRealty has speculated in the past about Infinera doing a spinoff of its DSP/PIC combination. However, given the current intensity in the consolidation of semiconductor…
Acacia’s Valuation: The Street’s Cruel Joke
While Acacia Communications’ recent business performance has been impressive, and deserves to be rewarded, there can be no justification for a market cap that comes…
Acacia Will Likely Push 400G DSP
The message that the Street may be going way overboard with Acacia Communications’ valuation, let alone its new secondary offering, may be beginning to resonate.…
Acacia’s Bridge Too Far
The photo associated with this article shows the Arnhem John Frost bridge in the Netherlands, which became really famous with the 1977 epic film, A…
Inphi/ClariPhy: Solider Acquisition Aspirant
fibeReality believes that the factor that makes Inphi the most attractive as a buyout candidate is its recent purchase of ClariPhy Communications. With PAM4 technology…
$2B AOI Cap Worse Than Old $3B Acacia
While we would find it impossible to ever recommend securities of any kind because of the irrational ups and downs of the prices, we…
MACOM’s Aggrandizement of Optical Space
After recently discussing Acacia Communication’s seemingly compelled retreat to a level further down on the food chain, MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, which has products that…
Ciena: Fast and Loose with Its Valuable IP
According to our Clash of Optical Component Vendors & Technologies in Data Center Networks report published several months ago: “Ciena, [like] Nokia, highly prizes its…
100G PSM4 Pricing at $2/Gig and Lower
At the Rump Session at OFC 2017, the topic for debate will be “Sub $0.25/Gbps Optics; How and When will Fiber Finally Kill Copper Cable…