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Golden Screw Unavailable and Full Capacity Not Possible
Our take on the US tariff war is that uncertainty reigns today, which will probably result in forecast cuts for many of the companies we research. The longer the trade war continues, the more forecasts will be cut until we reach a steady state. We will have to respond with… Read More »Blog
Ethernet AI Networking Revenue Surges over 150% Y/Y, Bandwidth over 200% Y/Y in 2024
Scale-out (Backend) and Frontend All Achieve Record Revenue with 2025 Expected o Exceed $10B Networks need to be specifically designed for AI workloads in order to achieve maximum performance. We can’t just use traditional networking. 2024 showed this with the rapid growth in InfiniBand, significant enhancements and purpose-built Ethernet products,… Read More »Blog
OFC 2025: Bring on the CPO and Extend the Copper
Significant Y/Y Progress with No Significant Delays in 800 Gbps, 1.6 Tbps, and 200 Gbps SERDES Once again, OFC 2025 was a great show held in San Francisco this year. We saw more exhibitors and people on the show floor, looking at the prize for AI/ML spending. Vendors focused on… Read More »Blog
ALE and Celona’s Private 5G Collaboration
Today, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) and Celona announced a partnership where ALE will sell Celona’s Private 5G systems. Additionally, ALE will integrate the Celona offering into its management systems so that customers will enjoy both systems but manage them more easily. The benefit to ALE customers will be that the combined… Read More »Blog
Views from GTC 2025
NVIDIA’s GTC 2025 here in San Jose has showcased significant product innovation and a clear roadmap from Blackwell to Rubin, highlighting a yearly cadence of new product announcements. Not to be missed were Quantum (InfiniBand) and Spectrum (Ethernet) CPO announcements. For networking, GTC 2025 focused on scaleout CPO with InfiniBand… Read More »Blog
Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Today, Google announced plans to acquire Wiz, Inc. for $32B in cash. Of course, the deal is subject to “customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.” Google said that Wiz’s products will continue to work and will be available across all major clouds, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. It also… Read More »Blog