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Volume II of CIR's Integrated Optical Products Advisory Program is now available for purchase. The report is one in a series that provides comprehensive coverage of the market for integrated optical components. This volume delivers an end-user perspective of the market for passive integrated optical devices used within multiplexing, switching and computing. Other reports available in the series quantify the opportunities for optical integration in both the passive and active component segments, provide an end-user analysis of the market for integrated actives, and present a strategic analysis of leading suppliers of integrated components.
In creating this report CIR surveyed customers of integrated optical products for it is they who provide the most realistic perspective on the direction of the market. Our analysts also surveyed the landscape of the carrier market to balance enthusiasm with that of market demand for optical system technology. Lastly, we interviewed over 50 components suppliers to understand the choices available to the customer market and the likelihood that said suppliers could actually deliver on their promises. The result is a report that will serve as an invaluable planning tool for those companies interesting in selling products versus issuing press releases.
This new report will:
- Review the current experiences that systems vendors are having with integrated passive and related devices
- Identify the integrated devices that customers are currently demanding and what they will need in the future, along with their performance requirements for these products, and their needs for the future
- Explore the challenges and opportunities of customer perceptions of integrated passive optic products for the suppliers of this type of component
- Study the kinds of companies that system vendors are willing to work with and who these vendors see as the emerging market leaders.
Technology and business issues covered in this report include:
- Preferred functionality combinations
- Performance requirements
- Costs and Pricing
- Materials and technologies
- Timeframes to adoption
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