Active Optical Cables: Global Market Report 2018-2023 - Market Expected to Reach $2.9 Billion, Driven by Increasing Penetration in Consumer Electronic Devices

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The "Global Active Optical Cable Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The future of the active optical cable market looks attractive with opportunities in the data center, high performance computing, consumer electronics, telecommunication, and other applications.

The global active optical cable market is expected to reach an estimated $2.9 billion by 2023 with a CAGR of 22% from 2018 to 2023.

The major growth drivers for this market are increasing internet traffic throughout the world, growth in high performance computing, and increasing penetration of active optical cables in consumer electronic devices.

Emerging trends, which have a direct impact on the dynamics of the active optical cables industry, include increasing trend towards development of active optical cables with ultra-small form factors and increased transmission density, increasing demand for optical modules with reduced dimensions and increased port density, and deployment of active optical cables in consumer electronic devices such as mobile phones, notebooks and others.

It is forecast that Ethernet active optical cable will remain the largest protocol type and it is also expected to witness the highest growth due to the increasing usage of active optical cables for high performance computing and growth in inter and intra rack connectivity within a data center.

Within the active optical cable market, the data center will remain the largest application and it is also expected to witness highest growth due to increasing demand for high speed connectivity between switch racks and server racks. The increasing migration of networks from 3-tier to 2-tier in data center architecture, will lead to growing deployment of active optical cable to support high data traffic rate and fast signal transmission.

North America is expected to remain the largest market due to the presence of mega data centers of technology giants such as, Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft.

Scope

Market size estimates: Global active optical cable market size estimation in terms of value ($M) shipment.
Trend and forecast analysis: Market trend (2012-2017) and forecast (2018-2023) by application, and end use industry.
Segmentation analysis: Global active optical cable market size by various applications such as protocol, application, form factor, and speed in terms of value and volume shipment.
Regional analysis: Global active optical cable market breakdown by North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World.
Growth opportunities: Analysis on growth opportunities in different applications and regions of active optical cable in the active optical cable market.
Strategic analysis: This includes M&A, new product development, and competitive landscape of active optical cable in the active optical cable market.
Analysis of competitive intensity of the industry based on Porter's Five Forces model

Key Topics Covered

1. Executive Summary

2. Market Background and Classifications
2.1: Introduction, Background, and Classification
2.2: Supply Chain
2.3: Industry Drivers and Challenges

3. Market Trends and Forecast Analysis from 2012 to 2023
3.1: Macroeconomic Trends and Forecast
3.2: Global Active Optical Cable Market Trends and Forecast
3.3: Global Active Optical Cable Market by Protocol Type
3.3.1: Ethernet Protocol
3.3.2: InfiniBand Protocol
3.3.3: HDMI Protocol
3.3.4: PCIe Protocol
3.3.5: Thunderbolt Protocol
3.3.6: Others
3.4: Global Active Optical Cable Market by Application
3.4.1: Data Centers
3.4.2: High Performance Computing
3.4.3: Consumer Electronics
3.4.4: Telecommunication
3.4.5: Other Applications
3.5: Global Active Optical Cable Market by Form Factor Type
3.5.1: QSFP Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.5.2: CXP Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.5.3: CFP Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.5.4: SFP Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.5.5: CX4 Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.5.6: Other Form Factor Type Active Optical Cables
3.6: Global Active Optical Cable Market by Speed Type
3.6.1: Active Optical Cables with Speed Less Than 40G
3.6.2: Active Optical Cables with Speeds between 40G and 100G
3.6.3: Active Optical Cables Supporting Speeds Above 100G

4. Market Trends and Forecast Analysis by Region
4.1: Global Active Optical Cable Market by Region
4.2: North American Active Optical Cable Market
4.2.1: Market by Protocol Type: Ethernet, InfiniBand, HDMI, PCIe, Thunderbolt, and Others
4.2.2: Market by Application: Data Centers, High Performance Computing, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunication, and Others
4.3: European Active Optical Cable Market
4.3.1: Market by Protocol Type: Ethernet, InfiniBand, HDMI, PCIe, Thunderbolt, and Others
4.3.2: Market by Application: Data Centers, High Performance Computing, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunication, and Others
4.4: APAC Active Optical Cable Market
4.4.1: Market by Protocol Type: Ethernet, InfiniBand, HDMI, PCIe, Thunderbolt, and Others
4.4.2: Market by Application: Data Centers, High Performance Computing, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunication, and Others
4.5: ROW Active Optical Cable Market
4.5.1: Market by Protocol Type: Ethernet, InfiniBand, HDMI, PCIe, Thunderbolt, and Others
4.5.2: Market by Application: Data Centers, High Performance Computing, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunication, and Others

5. Competitor Analysis
5.1: Product Portfolio Analysis
5.2: Market Share Analysis
5.3: Geographical Reach
5.4: Porter's Five Forces Analysis

6. Growth Opportunities and Strategic Analysis
6.1: Growth Opportunity Analysis
6.1.1: Growth Opportunities for the Global Active Optical Cable Market by Protocol Type
6.1.2: Growth Opportunities for the Global Active Optical Cable Market by Application
6.1.3: Growth Opportunities for the Global Active Optical Cable Market by Form Factor Type
6.1.4: Growth Opportunities for the Global Active Optical Cable Market by speed type
6.1.5: Growth Opportunities for the Global Active Optical Cable Market by Region
6.2: Emerging Trends of the Global Active Optical Cable Market
6.3: Strategic Analysis
6.3.1: New Product Development
6.3.2: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures in the Global Active Optical Cable Market
6.3.3: Certification and Licensing
6.3.4: Technology Development

7. Company Profiles of Leading Players
7.1: Finisar Corporation
7.2: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Broadcom limited)
7.3: Amphenol Corporation (Amphenol ICC)
7.4: 3M Company (3M Interconnect Solutions)
7.5: Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi Cables America)
7.6: Koch Industries (Molex Incorporated)
7.7: Shenzhen Gigalight Technology Co. Ltd.
7.8: Mellanox Technologies
7.9: Samtec Inc.
7.10: The Siemon Company (Siemon Interconnect Solutions)
7.11: Cosemi Technologies Inc.
7.12: Chromis Fiberoptics
7.13: Sumitomo Electric Industries

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