July 13, 2006 Charlottesville, VA -- According to a newly released set of forecasts from CIR, the market for 10-Gigabit transponder and transceiver modules used in data and telecommunications networks will top $4.2 billion in the year 2011. The firm also notes that the long awaited 40-Gigabit market will start to gain traction in 2008 and generate revenues of close to $350 million in 2011.
Ethernet is the key to the 10-Gbit/sec module space, says CIR's new report. The market will begin to accelerate in 2008 with revenues of $1.6 billion, growing to over $2.3 billion by 2011. CIR's report projects that 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) port shipments are expected to surpass 26 million by the end of the forecast period.
The report also finds that:
• OC-192 Sonet/SDH and 10-Gbit/sec WDM modules will enjoy robust growth in that time period, reaching revenues of $648 million and $744 million respectively in 2011.
• 8-/10-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel shipments will exceed five million ports in 2011, with the overwhelming majority of that figure being at 8 Gbits/sec.
• Shipments of XFP transceivers will reach $1.3 billion by 2011, but the XFP is likely to be increasingly challenged by the new SFP+ MSA.
• By 2011, the emerging standards for 10-GbE, 10GBASE-LRM, and 10GBASE, perhaps together with a new standard for plastic optical fiber (POF), will account for about half of the 10-GbE modules shipped.
For more information about the report, "The Market for 10G & 40G Modules," visit www.cir-inc.com.