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Copper Advances Slowing Optical BPs
Written by Mike Buetow
Friday, 08 October 2004
SURREY, UK, Oct. 8 -- Demand
for embedded optical backplanes has slowed as technology advances push
data transmission rates over copper lines beyond 10 Gbps, according to
a new report on electrical and optical backplanes.
Yet despite
the increasing popularity of low-loss photoimageable waveguide
materials, opportunities will continue to emerge for low-cost,
mechanically and optically stable alternative approaches, says BPA Consulting Ltd. The firm also found that over 85% of backplanes are proprietary in design.
Sales of backplanes will grow from $1.99
billion this year to $2.11 billion in 2005 and $2.48 billion in 2009,
or 9.8%, BPA forecasts.
The report identifies demand for
low-loss/low-dielectric constant laminates, high-speed power
connectors, advanced backplane fabrication and assembly, and high-speed
(10 Gbps and above) channel design services. The
report also analyzes the impact of new design standards such as the
Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture (ATCA).
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