In quasi-opposition to fibeReality’s sentiments regarding Inphi’s exceedingly defensive posture on COLORZ, resulting from a great deal of internal sensitivity to its lackluster sales of…
Category: Modules
Sumitomo’s Datacom VCSELs: Saving Face
Despite being a data communications module producer, Sumitomo’s purchase of Emcore’s VCSEL business in 2012 was a mistake. The former did not really know what…
Inphi: Boosting Valuation for Later Exit
While fibeReality is unaware of the exact date of when Chuck Mattera, the CEO, of II-VI, negated the proposal to buy out Finisar’s IC group,…
Broadcom: Selective Focus on Transceivers
As fibeReality pointed out in a recent article, the counseling from Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom, to his former executive on the wireless side of…
II-VI’s Gloomy Look Under Finisar’s Hood
In fibeReality’s opinion, irrespective of II-VI leadership’s original plans with its big merger, figuring out what to do with the mess that was left by…
II-VI: Ordinary “Intel” of Optoelectronics
During the firewall period, waiting for the merger with Finisar to be completely approved, from the CEO of II-VI, Chuck Mattera, people in the industry got the…
Infinera’s XR Optics: “Fat & Happy” Front
At first blush, it seems illogical for Infinera, a supplier, which has been fighting for its survival, to be promoting a revolutionary change in the…
12 Aftershocks From Cisco-Acacia Quake
At least a dozen marketplace reverberations of differing magnitude can be discovered from what was an indeed an earthquake of a deal announcement by Cisco…
Inphi: De Facto Merchant Coherent DSP Play
While the bulk of the analyst community in the optics space continues to engage in pandering on the Cisco Systems purchase of Acacia Communications, rather…
Cisco/Acacia: Influence of Group Denial
Although Acacia Communications was at the optimal point to exit the DSP merchant space, the split second after the announcement of the Cisco Systems takeover,…
