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Global Silicon Photonics 2014 Report: US$1B Spent in the Past 3 years on Si Photonics Companies' Acquisitions(GlobeNewswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin, July 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/swgqfc/silicon_photonics) has announced the addition of the "Global Silicon Photonics 2014 Report: US$1B Spent in the Past 3 years on Si Photonics Companies' Acquisitions" report to their offering. Silicon photonics is an exciting field that mixes optics, CMOS, MEMS and 3D stacking technologies. Over the past several years, it's become clear that some technical choices will be better than others for successful commercial development: Light source is a big integration challenge. As silicon laser is probably years away from realization, the different approaches are likely to be either attached laser (i.e. Luxtera) or (InP) wafer-to-wafer/die-to-wafer bonding, followed by post-processing (i.e. Intel or Leti).there has also been a shift from monolithic integration for electronic/photonic-to-hybrid integration, since critical dimensions are very different. Today, the favored approach seems to be two-chip hybrid integration (the Cu-pillar from STMicroelectronics, for example), since semiconductors' and photonics' critical dimensions are likely to be at least one order of magnitude different.The fiber choice: multi-mode versus single mode is also on the table.Silicon photonics is a business opportunity for different player types: OSATs, MEMS firms, semiconductors companies, etc., because it involves different challenges for packaging, optical alignment and electronics integration. The need for very diverse technologies creates a need for different packaging/micro-machining/manufacturing approaches.In this report, analysts forecast the Si photonics market for four different applications: HPC, future-generation optical data centers, telecom and others (including sensors, medical and consumer).Key Topics Covered: 1. About the authors2. Why this report?3. List of companies cited in the report4. What is new compared to 2012 release5. What we got right, what we got wrong 6. Executive Summary7. 2012-2014 Breaking news in Si Photonics8. Rationale for Si Photonics9. Si Photonics building blocks10. Laser source integration11. Photonic interposers to intra-chips12. Packaging & integration challenges13. 2013-2024 Si Photonics market forecast14. Applications description15. Players16. Molex AOC case study: reverse engineering & cost structure17. Financial analysis18. Transactions & investments in Si photonics19. ConclusionsAppendices Companies Mentioned: 3S PhotonicsAcaciaADVAAifotecAlcatel LucentAlteraAlteraAltis SemiconductorAmazonAmicraAmkorAMLAMS TechnologiesASEAurrionAvago TechnologiesBandwidth10BesiBinOpticsCadenceCalientCaliopaCEA LetiChiral PhotonicsCiscoCogoColorChipCompassEOSCorningCoreOpticsCrayCyOpticsDAS PhotonicsDelleBayEFFECT PhotonicsEnablenceePIXfabEuroPICEVGroupFacebookFCIFicontecFinetechFraunhofer HHIFreescale SemiconductorFujitsuGhent UniversityIHP MicroelectronicsFujitsuGeorgia TechGenalyteGLOBALFOUNDRIESGoogleHeliosHP LabsHuaweiIBMIII-V labsIME (A*STAR)IMECInfineraIntelIPKISSIPTIQEJePPIXKaiamKAISTKoturaLightwireLioniXLucedaLuxteraMellanoxMergeOpticsMicronMindspeedMITMitsubishi Heavy IndustriesMolexMühlbauerNanosystecNeoPhotonicsNewportNTTNvidiaOclaroOneChip PhotonicsOpSISOptocapOraclePalomarPanasonicPECSTPhoenixPhotline TechnologiesRanovusRice UniversityRockley PhotonicsSamtecSandia National LabsSeagateSEHSempriusSETSharpSimguiSkorpios TechnologiesSTMicroelectronicsSUN MicrosystemsSUSS MicroTecSynosTE ConnectivityTELTeraxionTorayTSMCTyndall Universityu2t PhotonicsUC BerkeleyUniversity of Colorado at BoulderUCSBUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of SouthamptonUniversity of StanfordUSConecVLC PhotonicsWentworth LaboratoriesXilinxXiO PhotonicsXyratexZarlink For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/swgqfc/silicon_photonics CONTACT: Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager [email protected] For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900 U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907 Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716 Sector: Semiconductor Source: Research and Markets 2014 GlobeNewswire, Inc. |