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Evaluating and Comparing the Latest Ethernet Switches and PHY Chips The Ethernet market is marked by rapid technology transitions, which often result in large shifts in vendor share. In Ethernet switches, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) shipments are growing quickly, with Broadcom, Marvell, Dune, and Fulcrum competing to establish a leadership position. These vendors are working to increase port counts and reduce costs. Broadcom and Marvell are also the leaders for Gigabit Ethernet switch chips. The market for 10GbE PHY chips is even more competitive, with several vendors vying to establish an early leadership position. In some cases, large vendors have acquired startups to fill holes, while at the same time, PHY vendors continue to raise new funding. With the adoption of 10GbE in servers within the data center, it is necessary to have aggregation switches that support higher data rates. IEEE working groups are busy developing specifications for 40GbE and 100GbE. We expect these specifications to be adopted in the data center as well as in telecommunication applications. Although FPGAs are the first devices that can implement 40GbE and 100GbE MACs and switches, several vendors are developing ASSPs for these applications. Ethernet is riding its success from LAN to access and metro markets with service providers migrating from circuit switched networks to Carrier Ethernet. Instead of competing directly with the established vendors, new players such as Xelerated and Tpack are entering with Carrier Ethernet products. The combination of new investment and increasing number of entrants is serving to make the Ethernet switch and PHY market increasingly competitive. A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips breaks this market into five key segments:
Unlike typical market research, this report provides technology analysis and head-to-head product comparisons. Which chips will win designs and why? How will these vendors be positioned as GbE and 10GbE continue to grow? Only The Linley Group’s unique technology analysis can provide this forward-looking view. We Sort Out the Technology and the Key Vendors “A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips” begins with an extensive overview of this growing market. The report provides tutorials that help you decipher the myriad of acronyms and Ethernet standards. We explore the target markets and applications for GbE silicon, followed by an explanation of the common attributes of these products. Following these introductory chapters, the report delivers a complete chapter on five major vendors that offer products in multiple segments: Broadcom, Marvell, Realtek, Vitesse, and Xelerated. Each major-vendor chapter includes company background information, full details of announced products, a discussion of the vendor’s roadmap where available, and our conclusions about the vendor and its products. Then, for each product segment, we include a chapter covering other vendors and a chapter comparing the products in the segment. Product segment chapters include coverage of switch chips and PHY chips. We cover switch chips from Centec, Dune, Ethernity, Fujitsu, Fulcrum, and Tpack. For PHY products, we cover optical transceivers from NetLogic, AppliedMicro, ClariPhy, Phyworks, and Inphi, as well as Ethernet backplane transceivers from these vendors. We also provide coverage of 10Gbps Ethernet-over-copper chips from Aquantia, Plato Networks, Solarflare, and Teranetics, and provide the landscape of vendors that have yet to announce products. Finally, we offer our outlook for the leading vendors in each segment and for the overall market. Make Informed Decisions As the leading vendor of technology analysis for networking silicon, The Linley Group has the expertise to deliver a comprehensive look at the full range of chips designed for GbE/10GbE applications. Senior analysts Jag Bolaria and Bob Wheeler use their broad experience to deliver the deep technical analysis and strategic information you need to make informed business decisions. Whether you are looking for the right Ethernet chip for your application or seeking to partner with or invest in a chip vendor, this report will cut your research time and save you money. Make the intelligent decision, order "A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips" today. This report is written for:
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