Silicon photonics product sales $1 billion by 2020: LightCounting

LightCounting has released a report on optical integration strategies in which the market research firm forecasts that sales of products using silicon photonics will reach $1 billion by 2020.

"Many in the industry have predicted that silicon photonics (SiP) will enable inexpensive, mass-produced optical connectivity, radically changing the optical components and modules industry," said Vladimir Kozlov, CEO and founder of LightCounting. "Our analysis suggests this will not happen in the next 5 years, but sales of SiP-based optical products may reach $1 billion by 2020, accounting for about 10% of the market."

The new report, "Integrated Optical Devices," reviews advances in optical integration technologies during 2010-2015 and offers a forecast for discrete and integrated products based on InP, GaAs and SiP technologies for 2016-2021. The forecast is segmented by such applications as Ethernet, WDM, active optical cables and electro-optic modules, among others. Products are sorted by data rate, reach, and form factor into more than 100 categories.

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