This publication has been discontinued on July 19, 2011.
10-Gigabit Networking: A Market and Technology Assessment
Published: December 10, 2004
The passing of time has opened up new opportunities beyond the standard
long-haul and metro optical transport applications commonly associated with 10G.
And many new questions need to be answered:
*OC-192 router ports are 50 times more expensive than the average 10GigE port,
how is this impacting networking decisions?
*Linux clusters have blasted open the market for 10G Infiniband, what will this
mean for Fibre Channel and Ethernet?
*Corporations, research labs, and governments are leading the charge to 10G,
will service providers follow them?
*Copper Gigabit Ethernet ports still outsell Fiber Gigabit Ethernet by a 2-to-1
margin, will the same ratio hold up for 10-Gigabit Ethernet? And which copper
standard will win - 10GBASE-CX or 10GBASE-T?
*What does the future hold for 10-Gbps MSAs, such as XENPAK and XPAK?
*What technological developments in laser, detector, dispersion compensation and
modulation technology are likely to impact the market?
*Will 40-Gbps networking ever happen?
10 Gigabit Networking: A Market and Technology Assessment answers these
questions by examining deployment and pricing trends, many of which are never
discussed in the trade press. The report looks not only at how 10G products are
meeting demand, but how higher production volumes and lower prices are
stimulating demand for applications well beyond the intentions of standards
makers and hardware manufacturers. The report includes detailed five-year
forecasts of 10G networking, as well as in-depth analysis of the factors that
are driving one of the fastest growing segments of the networking business.
Table of Contents
1.1 Introduction
2.1 Methodology - A Focus on the Trends, not the News
3.1 Copper Should Have Come Around Sooner
4.1 XAUI - The Foundation for Copper Interfaces
5.1 10GBASE-CX4
6.1 10GBASE-T vs. 10GBASE-CX - A Repeat of the Gigabit Market?
6.1.1 Ten Times the Bandwidth for Three Times the Cost is a Myth
6.1.2 Addressable Market Size is Less Important than Relative Market for
Alternatives
6.1.3 Cable Upgrades
7.1 WAN PHY R.I.P.?
8.1 The Battle for FDDI Grade Multimode Fiber: 10GBASE-LX4 Fights the EDC
Uprising
9.1 Infiniband vs. 10GigE
10.1 What Happened to 10G Fibre Channel?
11.1 The Future of OC-192 Looks a Lot Like Its Past
11.1.1 Ethernet Service is Not Altering Transport Network Planning
11.1.2 OC-192s Future
12.1 The Battle of the MSAs: 300-pin, XENPAK, XPAK and All That
13.1 Technology Developments in 10G Components
14.1 Beyond 10G?
15.1 Methodology - Data Collection
