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According to a newly released market report from IGI n active optical cables (AOC), the total length of optical Fiber shipped inside active optical cables is expected to range from 35 million meters in 2010 to 986 million meters by 2014. AOC market revenue will grow from $137 million to over $2.45 billion during the same time period.
Our optical fiber analysis accounts for different architectural characteristics within each type of AOC well beyond just their average cable lengths. AOCs with bidirectional channels double the fiber length for the same number of channels, as most AOCs use separate fibers in each transmit direction. Cables that employ multiple channels can amplify the total fiber consumption even further. For example, InfiniBand AOCs embed eight optical fibers (two for each of the four data lanes) inside each cable.
The report reveals that the total optical fiber length is dominated by HPC and PC AOCs in 2010, both at ~44% of total fiber length, with HDTV providing most of the remaining share in this year. By 2014, the HPC fiber share, while growing in terms of total length, is shrinking to only 8% of total, with HDTV emerging close to the share enjoyed by PCs.
The report also illustrates the fiber share vs. lane speed for the leading performance speed (10 Gbps) and the leading volume lane speed (2.5 Gbps), with snapshots for years 2010 and 2014. Additional notes in the report discuss the influence on these figures resulting from different cable OEM architecture and design choices.
