This study examines the wired physical layer and logical layer products shipping within the data networking, access, optical, voice, and mobile infrastructure markets. A top-line forecast is shown, segmented by major application market segment for 2005?2009.
The year 2005 will give T/E, SONET/SDH, and ATM semiconductor suppliers a reprieve after several consecutive years of market declines. Ultimately, this opportunity will be short lived. Over the next several years, the convergence of a simultaneous order of magnitude improvement in end-user communications bandwidth in both the home and the enterprise and the impetus to move to a single IP network will quickly pressure both the T/E and ATM markets. The SONET/SDH market stands alone in its potential to benefit as the effects of this bandwidth increase ripple through the metro ring.
Companies Mentioned: Infineon; Agere; PMC-Sierra; Mindspeed; AMCC; Vitesse; Exar; Wintegra; Maxim