1Q25 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenues and shipments slowed, 400ZRx shipments kept Telecom revenue growing for a fourth consecutive quarter.
Tracking the Coherent DSP Supply Chain – 2025
Uncovering who uses which DSP, and which DSP vendors ship the most volume.
4Q24 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenue and port shipments stalled this quarter. Telecom revenue recovered from the doldrums based on 400G pluggables.
4Q24 Interim Optical Component Report
Final report will be issued once all Chinese companies complete 4Q24 reporting.
Low-Power 1.6T Datacom Transceivers and the Path to 3.2T
Join experts from Arista, Lumentum, Marvell, and Semtech as they discuss the latest advancements in 1.6T optical transceivers and ongoing efforts to enable 3.2T connectivity.
Co-Packaged Optics: Market and Technology Update
The state of the CPO market and outlook for future progress.
Coherent Optics: It’s a Pluggable World
Coherent pluggable optics were responsible for all the telecom bandwidth growth in 2024, and will account for most of the future growth.
3Q24 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenue more than doubled for the second quarter in a row as AI demand for 400GbE and 800GbE modules continued unabated. Telecom revenue has emerged from the depths of its recent decline.
OCP24: Optical Gets Invited to the AI Party
OCP24 was all about AI, and optics is an increasingly important part of the AI discussion.
ECOC 2024 Show Report
Nvidia PAM-4 DSP, Ciena 2x 800G-LR, LPO Lives, 1600ZR slipping, L-Band ramping.
CIOE24: Insights into China’s Market
Gathering the Chinese perspective on vendors and technologies.
2Q24 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenue hit new records with a surge in 400GbE shipments and continued growth in 800GbE. Telecom’s only growth area is 400G coherent pluggables.
800ZR/ZR+: Expanding the Pluggable Coherent Market
Join Google, Ciena, and Marvell to learn how pluggable coherent will play an even larger role with the introduction of 800ZR/ZR+ and how its improved performance enables both new service provider applications and a superior DCI solution.
Marvell, Lumentum and Coherent Demonstrate Industry’s First 800G ZR/ZR+ Pluggable Modules
Mentioned: Scott Wilkinson and the first interop of 800ZR modules.
IP-over-DWDM Pluggables Forecast
IP-over-DWDM deployments of 400/800/1600ZRx optics and adoption across market segments
Tracking the Coherent DSP Supply Chain
Uncovering who uses which DSP, and which DSP vendors ship the most volume.
1Q24 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenue and shipments of 400GbE & 800GbE modules hit new records as Telecom struggles to recover.
4Q23 Optical Component Report
Telecom revenue has hit the bottom as overwhelming 800GbE demand raises Datacom revenue and shipments.
Datacom Optical Industry Tracker
This report tracks the component suppliers that enable the 400GbE+ Datacom Transceiver ecosystem. It includes an overview of the types of transceivers employed, the key components that are used in those transceivers, and which vendors supply those components.
Coherent, Juniper, and Marvell Demonstrate 800ZR System at OFC24
Mentioned: Scott Wilkinson on 800ZR pluggables volumes