Global VCSEL Transceiver Market on Growth Trajectory

The global backplane transceivers market is forecast to hit US$734.3 million by 2015. Key factors that will determine future growth in the market include the demand and implementation of InfiniBand, broadband and Internet services.

The backplane transceiver industry is expected to exhibit significant shifts owing to an increase in demand for high-speed, flexible units that are required to support the high amount of Internet-generated traffic. The copper-based transceivers are employing equalization flexibility in order to provide durable innovation. Furthermore, a growth in the video over IP, storage, mobile telephone backhaul, and Voice over IP market is boosting the demand for novel, high-speed backplanes.

According to Global Industry Analysts, copper based backplane transceivers dominate the world backplane transceivers market. The demand and implementation of InfiniBand, broadband and Internet services are the key factors driving the backplane transceiver market growth. The industry influences the complete architecture of network communications and addresses the issue of moving the packets through the backplane.

The market for backplane transceivers is highly fragmented, with scores of players vying for the market pie. Key players profiled in the report include Avago Technologies, Broadcom Corporation, Exar Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., Infineon Technologies, Integrated Device Research, Intel Corporation, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, LSI Corporation, JDSU, Maxim Integrated Products Inc., Mindspeed Technologies Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, NetLogic Microsystems Inc., ON Semiconductor Corporation, PMC-Sierra Inc., Synopsys Inc., Tyco Electronics, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, and Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. , among others.