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…
Category: Systems
Infinera: An Unanticipated Destination Point
Given this writer’s justifiable criticism of Infinera for almost the entire existence of the firm, it has been a little awkward to begin suggesting to…
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…
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,…
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…
Cisco: Accelerating Pace Away from Systems
The critical reason for Cisco Systems’ elaborate dog and pony show focusing on its latest ASIC, Silicon One, appears to be the simplest one: to…
Acacia: Frantically Grasping for a Miracle
In what seems to be a feverish attempt to extract itself from what may turn out to be one of the biggest exit blunders in…
Inphi: Ongoing Obsession with COLORZ Brand
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…
Ciena’s Clash with Cannibalization at Webscale Operators: A New Report
Ciena is at an important inflection point involving its future strategy. Its biggest, near-term struggle right now seems to be in adequately responding to the…
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…
