Datacom Optics – The AI Winners

Two years into the AI boom, a look back at the vendors who benefited.

Tracking the Coherent DSP Supply Chain

Uncovering who uses which DSP, and which DSP vendors ship the most volume.

3Q23 Optical Components Report

Datacom revenues are recovering from the Q1 drop and are poised to explode along with 800GbE shipments in 2024. Telecom revenue continues to lag, as deployed bandwidth declined YoY for the first time this quarter.

2Q23 Optical Components Report

Datacom revenue and module shipments plummeted as inventory adjustment hit hard this quarter.

1Q23 Optical Components Report

Datacom revenue and module shipments plummeted as inventory adjustment hit hard this quarter.

4Q22 Optical Components Report

Datacom and Telecom revenue was up for the year, but headwinds are pushing down forecasts for both revenue and shipments in the first part of 2023.

Tracking the Coherent DSP Supply Chain

Uncovering who uses which DSP, and which DSP vendors ship the most volume.

Optical Components – 4Q22 Preliminary Report

The Optical Components report is expected to release in mid-April. In the meantime, this interim report provides an overview of how quarterly results are trending.

OFC 2023 Show Report

Key technology takeaways from OFC 2023.

3Q22 Optical Components Report

400GbE shipments recovered from last quarter’s dip leading to a strong revenue quarter for Datacom. Telecom optical component revenue grew as more than 61k Gen60C modules shipped in the quarter.

2Q22 Optical Components Report

Pluggable 400Gbps optics continues to drive Telecom bandwidth as operators migrate away from lower speeds. Datacom component shipment growth slowed this quarter, but revenue for Datacom is still growing faster than in any other optical segment.

1Q22 Optical Components Report

It’s all about the supply chain again this quarter, but signs point to gains in the second half of the year. 400GbE datacenter optics and 400Gbps pluggable telecom optics are driving their respective segments.

4Q21 Optical Components Report

This inaugural report commences Cignal AI’s complete coverage of Optical Components, including both revenue and detailed component shipments.

OFC 2022 Show Report

Key technology takeaways from OFC 2022.

OFC 2022 – Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of the hot topics of discussion at OFC 2022

3Q21 Optical Components Report

Initial Optical Components report, in Beta – for access to the report, please contact [email protected].

OFC 2021: 400ZR/ZR+ Coherent Pluggables

After years of anticipation, 400G pluggable digital coherent optics (DCO) will finally achieve general availability and initial deployment in 2021.

OFC21: Co-packaged Optics

Co-packaged optics (CPO) moved from hero experiments to discussions of commercial roadmaps this year. In this update from OFC21, we cover the key points about CPO discussed at the show.

OFC2019 – Inside the Datacenter

The next major stop on the road to faster speeds in the datacenter is 400Gbps Ethernet, and activity at OFC2019 centered on making this speed a feasible commercial option.

400ZR – The 4th Generation Coherent Opportunity

The arrival of standardized, pluggable 400ZR and derivative technologies – fourth generation coherent – is poised to be the most disruptive event in optical hardware since the advent of coherent 100G in 2010.