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Switch Fabric Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

January 2010 | 329 pages | ID: SE7ADF5198FEN
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WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on switch fabrics. The 2010 study has 329 pages, 111 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as data managers move to more cost efficient switching modalities. Vendors are building out localized switch fabrics that support an information system with devices that contain virtual output queuing (VOQ) and prioritized flow control.

Switch fabrics provide a method to switch the packets from input ports to output ports. The switch fabric must arbitrate traffic when more than one packet arrives concurrently if both are destined for the same output port. Switch fabrics provide sufficient buffering to handle situations where the packet input rate is greater than the switch fabric’s throughput capability.

The two possible locations for buffering are at the input of the switch fabric (input queuing) or internally to the switch fabric (shared‐memory). Switch fabrics control quality of service (QoS).

The switch fabric is responsible for receiving data from a line card and routing it to the proper destination. OEMs outsource the fabric to semiconductor suppliers. Switch fabric solutions integrate advanced queuing and scheduling, a serial crossbar, and multiple channels of high‐speed serial link technology in a two‐component fabric chip set.

The multi‐service provisioning platform (MSPP) is an emerging product category specifically designed to address the needs of service providers for reliable transport of data and telecom services between dissimilar networks. New platforms of this type are employing standards‐based packet switching systems designed to transfer voice and data over IP between PSTN, mobile, core and IP networks. Because the access points of a converged network use different protocols for transporting data and voice (that is, ATM, IP, and SONET).

The task of the MSPP is to seamlessly transfer the media streams at port speed between the various network interfaces while supporting QoS guarantees. It is the move to higher layer switching to incorporate QoS along with the higher port speeds (OC‐48, OC‐192) that is driving the need for MSPPs with advanced network processing engines and intelligent switch fabric devices.

The intelligent switch fabric devices contain virtual output queuing (VOQ) and prioritized flow control. This supports the ability to provide high‐capacity (160 Gbps), non‐blocked, class of service based switching. Vitesse GigaStream family of switch fabrics is a product in this category.

The ongoing convergence of communications technologies and proliferation of digital media is introducing radical changes to the consumer electronic market. These changes are redefining traditional ideas of what we can expect from familiar products such as televisions, personal computers and cell phones. Advances in semiconductor technology are driving this transformation by bringing capabilities to which we are already accustomed (such as Web browsing, recording video, and getting driving directions) into new device contexts.

Markets for switch fabrics at $317 million in 2009 are anticipated to reach $920 million by 2016, growing in response to decreases in unit costs and increases in integrated IC functionality. Some applications are in high growth market segments, including data center consolidation, security, high definition video, and high speed video applications. Switch fabrics are poised to make people more productive in security environments, help increase productivity with faster desktop access capabilities, and decrease storage seek times.

Switch fabric markets are forecast to grow as the quantity of data traversing the Internet grows. The Internet data is doubling every 5 months. Quantities of data are increasing from petabytes per day to exabytes per day. The technology needed to handle this includes switch fabrics. Cloud computing and HD TV represent the most significant market driving forces for growth of switch fabrics.
SWITCH FABRIC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Switch fabric Market Driving Forces
Time-Division Multiplexed (TDM) Time-
Slot-Interchanger (TSI) Switch Fabric Market Shares
Ethernet Switch Fabric Market Shares
Packet Fabrics Market Shares
Switch Fabric Market Forecasts

1. SWITCH FABRIC MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Multi-Service Provisioning Platform
  1.1.1 Switching Fabric As A Network Topology
  1.1.2 Switch Fabrics for Consumer Electronics
  1.1.3 Wi-Fi In Mobile Devices
  1.1.4 Multimedia Center
  1.1.5 Coexistence and Interference
1.2 Component Size and Cost
1.3 Switch Fabric Industry Environment
  1.3.1 Communications Integrated Circuit Evolution Brought By The Internet
  1.3.2 Broadband Transmission Of Digital Information
1.4 Converged Networks

2. SWITCH FABRIC: MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS

2.1 Switch Fabric Market Driving Forces
2.2 Time-Division Multiplexed (TDM) Time-Slot-I Interchanger (TSI) Switch Fabric Market Shares
2.3 Ethernet Switch Fabric Market Shares
2.4 Packet Fabrics Market Shares
2.5 Packet Fabric ASIC Proprietary Market Shares
2.6 Selected Market Participant Profiles
  2.6.1 PMC - Sierra
  2.6.2 Broadcom
  2.6.3 AMCC
  2.6.4 Broadcom Switching
  2.6.5 Dune Networks Leads Merchant Switch Fabric Market
  2.6.6 Dune Networks
  2.6.7 Vitesse
  2.6.8 GigaStream Chip Set from Vitesse Semiconductor
  2.6.9 Vitesse TeraStream Chip Set
  2.6.10 Marvell Prestera-FX9210 12-Port Crossbar Switch Fabric
  2.6.11 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) Xe™ Switch Fabric System
2.7 Switch Fabric Market Forecasts
2.8 Data Center
2.9 Carrier and Service Provider
2.10 Enterprise
2.11 Home and Small Business
2.12 Enterprise Cloud Computing
2.13 Cloud Data Centers
  2.13.1 Cloud Computing Buzz
2.14 Instrumented Digital Devices
2.15 Scalable Symmetric Multiprocessors
  2.15.1 Cloud Computing Database Management Systems
  2.15.2 Building a Robust Data Sensor Network Integration Layer
2.16 Switch Fabric Regional Market Segments
  2.16.1 Switch Fabric Regional Market Participation


3. SWITCH FABRIC PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Vitesse
  3.1.1 Vitesse GigaStream® Chip Set Is A High Performance Synchronous Switch Fabric
  3.1.2 Vitesse 80 Gbps Intelligent Swithc Fabric Queuing Engine
  3.1.3 GigaStream Chip Set from Vitesse Semiconductor
  3.1.4 Vitesse TeraStream chip set
3.2 PMC Sierra PM5376 TSE™ Nx160 Transmission Switch Element
3.3 Applied Micro
  3.3.1 AppliedMicro PRS 5G/C48X Switch Fabric Device
  3.3.2 AMCC PRS Switch Fabric Family Designed into Nortel MPE Platform
3.4 Broadcom
  3.4.1 Broadcom 24-Port 10-GbE and 4-Port Multilayer Gigabit Ethernet Switch
  3.4.2 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720
  3.4.3 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720
  3.4.4 Broadcom BCM56820 - 24-Port 10-GbE and 4-Port Multilayer Gigabit Ethernet Switch 24-Port 10-GbE and 4-Port Multilayer Gigabit Ethernet Switch
  3.4.5 Broadcom Ethernet Switch Fabrics
  3.4.6 Broadcom BCM88130 High Performance Switch Fabric
  3.4.7 Broadcom 4-Port 10-GbE/HiGig+™ Multilayer Switch
  3.4.8 BroadcomBCM56511 integrates sophisticated advanced L3 switching
  3.4.9 BroadcomContentAware Classification
  3.4.10 BroadcomBCM56511 Built-In Security Functions
  3.4.11 Broadcom BCM56511 Integrates Sophisticated Metering, Statistics, And Traffic Management
  3.4.12 Broadcom / Dune Networks
  3.4.13 Broadcom / Dune
3.5 Broadcom
  3.5.1 Broadcom Metropolitan and Wide Area Networking
3.6 Marvell
3.7 Marvell Prestera-DX Processor Key Features
  3.7.1 Marvell Prestera-EX Multi-Layer Enterprise Switching Packet Processors
  3.7.2 Marvell Fabric Processors 12-Port Crossbar Switch Fabrics
  3.7.3 Marvell Prestera-FX9210 12-Port Crossbar Switch Fabric
3.8 Fujitsu Micro
  3.8.1 CX4 versus Other Technologies
3.9 Fulcrum Microsystems FocalPoint Ethernet Switch and Router Chip Family
3.10 Integrated Device Technologies
  3.10.1 Integrated Device Technologies Traffic Manager Family
3.11 Atera
  3.11.1 Atera Switch Fabric Positioning
  3.11.2 Altera Stratix GX Switch Fabric System
  3.11.3 Altera Centralized Switch Fabrics
3.12 Erlang Switch Fabric
3.13 Erlang Switch Fabric Components
  3.13.1 Erlang Performance and Attack Type Detections –
  3.13.2 Erlang Blocking
  3.13.3 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) SeI-CSIXTM Switch Fabric
  3.13.4 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) Xe™ Switch Fabric System
3.14 Switch Fabric Software
3.15 AMCC
3.16 General Description

4. SWITCH FABRIC STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS

4.1 Broadcom Nano Level CMOS Integrated Circuits
4.2 Upgrading the HD Video Experience with a MoCA-Based Home Network
4.2.1 Evolution Of Home Networks
4.3 Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)
4.4 Ethernet Cost Attractiveness

5. SWITCH FABRIC COMPANY PROFILES

5.1 Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Juniper Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR)
5.2 AppliedMicro
  5.2.1 AppliedMicro Energy Efficient Processors
  5.2.2 AppliedMicro Power Architecture SoCs
  5.2.3 Applied Micro Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Revenue
5.3 Broadcom
  5.3.1 Broadcom Semiconductor Technology Innovation
  5.3.2 Broadcom Intellectual Property (IP)
  5.3.3 Broadcom Revenue
  5.3.4 Broadcom Broadband Modems and Residential Gateways
  5.3.5 Broadcom Customers
  5.3.6 Broadcom Digital Cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite and IP Set-Top Boxes
  5.3.7 Broadcom Silicon Platform For High-End Interactive Set-Top Boxes, Supporting The Simultaneous Viewing Of Television Programming With Internet Content
  5.3.8 Broadcom DBS Broadcast Solutions
  5.3.9 Broadcom Broadband Satellite Market
  5.3.10 Broadcom IP Set-Top Box Solutions
  5.3.11 Broadcom Digital Television
  5.3.12 Broadcom DTV Business Of Advanced Micro Devices
  5.3.13 Broadcom High Definition Blu-ray Disc Players
  5.3.14 Broadcom Local Area Networking
  5.3.15 Broadcom Broadband Processors
  5.3.16 Broadcom / Dune Networks
  5.3.17 Dune Switch Fabric Chipsets
5.4 Erlang Technology
5.5 Integrated Device Technologies
  5.5.1 Fujitsu Revenue
5.6 Fulcrum Microsystems
  5.6.1 Fulcrum Microsystems Nexus® Crossbar
  5.6.2 Fulcrum Microsystems RapidArray™ Packet Memory
  5.6.3 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Revenues
  5.6.4 Integrated Device Technology, Communications Segment
  5.6.5 Integrated Device Technology, Computing and Consumer Segment
  5.6.6 Integrated Device Technology Regional Revenues
  5.6.7 Integrated Device Technology Communications Segment
  5.6.8 Integrated Device Technology Telecommunications Products:
  5.6.9 Integrated Device Technology Computing and Consumer Segment
5.7 Mindspeed
  5.7.1 MindSpeed Technologies Semiconductor Networking Solutions
  5.7.2 Mindspeed Signal Conditioning Products
  5.7.3 Mindspeed Technologies Pricing and Availability
  5.7.4 Mindspeed(R) Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter Revenue
  5.7.5 Mindspeed Strategy
  5.7.6 Mindspeed Customers
  5.7.7 Mindspeed Capitalizes on the Breadth of Integrated Product Portfolio
5.8 Netlogic Microsystem / Aeluros Inc.
  5.8.1 Netlogic Microsystem / Aeluros
  5.8.2 Netlogic Microsystem / Aeluros Operating Segments and Geographic Information
  5.8.3 NetLogic Microsystems Announces Third Quarter 2009 Revenue
  5.8.4 Netlogic Microsystem / Aeluros Recent Highlights
5.9 PMC-Sierra
5.10 Sierra Wireless
  5.10.1 Sierra Wireless Third Quarter 2009 Results
  5.10.2 Sirrra Revenue
5.11 STMicroelectronics
  5.11.1 STMicroelectronics Product Technologies
5.12 Vitesse
  5.12.1 Vitesse End-user customers
  5.12.2 Vitesse Markets
  5.12.3 Vitesse Ethernet Transceivers, Switches, and MACs
  5.12.4 Vitesse Revenues
5.13 Zarlink Semiconductor
  5.13.1 Zarlink Communication Products
  5.13.2 Zarlink Medical Products
  5.13.3 Zarlink Research and Development
  5.13.4 Zarlink Leading Products
  5.13.5 Zarlink New Product Thrusts
  5.13.6 Zarlink FY2009 Revenue

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Table ES-1 Switch Fabric Market Driving Forces
Figure ES-2 Time-Division Multiplexed (TDM) Time-Slot-Interchanger (TSI) Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Figure ES-3 Ethernet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Table ES-4 Packet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Figure ES-5 Switch Fabric Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars,2009-2015
Table 1-1 Data-Intensive Computing And Communications Applications and Platforms
Table 1-2 Data-Intensive Computing And Communications Devices
Table 2-1 Switch Fabric Market Driving Forces
Figure 2-2 Time-Division Multiplexed (TDM) Time-Slot-Interchanger (TSI) Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Table 2-3 Time-Division Multiplexed (TDM) Time-Slot-Interchanger (TSI) Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Figure 2-4 Ethernet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Table 2-5 Ethernet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Table 2-6 Packet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Table 2-7 Packet Switch Fabric IC Shipments Market Shares, Worldwide, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2009
Figure 2-8 Switch Fabric Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2009-2015
Table 2-9 Switch Fabric Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars,2009-2015
Table 2-10 Competitive Factors In Cloud Computing Markets
Table 2-11 Competitive Forces In Cloud Computing Markets
Table 2-12 Cloud Computing Forces Driving Adoption
Table 2-13 Types of Internet Connected Devices Likely to be Using Mid IR Sensors That Need SOA Software To Achieve Connectivity
Table 2-13 (Continued) Using Mid IR Sensors That Need SOA Software To Achieve Connectivity
Figure 3-1 Vitesse GigaStream® Chip Set Is A High Performance Synchronous Switch Fabric
Table 3-2 Vitesse GigaStream® Chip Set Is A High Performance Synchronous Switch Fabric Functions
Table 3-3 Vitesse GigaStream® Chip Set Is A High Performance Synchronous Switch Fabric ApplicationsVitesse
Figure 3-6 Vitesse Port and Fabric Processing Blocks
Figure 3-7 Vitesse Switch Fabric
Figure 3-8 Vitesse Switch Fabric Multistage Path Alternatives
Figure 3-9 AppliedMicro Switch Fabrics
Figure 3-10 AppliedMicro Switch Fabrics
Table 3-11 AppliedMicro PRS 5G/C48X Switch Fabric Device Features
Table 3-12 AppliedMicro Switch Fabric Applications
Table 3-13 AppliedMicro PRS 20G/C192X Switch Fabric Device Features
Table 3-14 AppliedMicro PRS 20G/C192X Switch Fabric Device Applications
Table 3-15 AppliedMicro PRS 80G Switch Device
AppliedMicro PRS 5G/C48X Switch Fabric Device Applications
AppliedMicro PRS Q-80G Features
Table 3-18 AppliedMicro PRS Q-80G Switch Device Configuration
AppliedMicro PRS Q-80G Switch Device Applications
Figure 3-20 Broadcom Switch Fabric Architecture for ACTA, Access, and Embedded Applications Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720 Features
Table 3-23 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720 Benefits
Table 3-24 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720 Benefits
Figure 3-25 Broadcom Multiport, Multi Layer Ethernet Switching
Table 3-26 Broadcom Multiport Multilayer Ethernet Switching Functions
Table 3-27 Multiport Multilayer Ethernet Switching ContentAware™ Engine Functions
Table 3-28 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720 Tunnel Support
Table 3-29 Broadcom Switch Fabric BCM56720 Service Aware Flow Control
Figure 3-30 Broadcom Multiport Multilayer Ethernet Switching Fabric
Table 3-31 Broadcom Ethernet Switch Fabrics
Table 3-32 Broadcom Switch Fabrics
Table 3-33 Broadcom BCM88130 System High-Performance Packet Switch Fabric Functions
Table 3-34 Broadcom Switch Fabric Engines provide line-card future-proofing
Table 3-35 Streaming Multicast/Broadcast Services for IPTV Efficient Multicast Capabilities
Table 3-36 Broadcom SBX fabric Applicable To The Next-Generation Carrier
Table 3-37 Broadcom BCM88130 Systems Operating Characteristics
Figure 3-38 Broadcom BCM 130 System Fabric Diagram
Figure 3-39 Broadcom BCM 130 System Line Cards and Fabric Cards
Table 3-40 Broadcom Four-Port 10-GbE/HiGig+ Multilayer Switch Features
Table 3-41 Broadcom Four-Port 10-GbE/HiGig+ Multilayer Switch Functions
Table 3-42 Broadcom Switch Fabric Enterprise Features
Table 3-43 Broadcom Switch Fabric Enterprise Applications
Table 3-45 Marvell Prestera-DX Processor Key Features
Table 3-46 Marvell Prestera-EX Multi-Layer Enterprise Switching Packet Key Features
Figure 3-47 Integrated Device Technologies Switch Fabric
Figure 3-49 Altera Switch Fabric
Table 3-50 Altera 16-Port, 256-GBPS HIGIG™/HIGIG2™ Switch Fabric Architecture
Table 3-51 Altera 16-Port, 256-GBPS HIGIG™/HIGIG2™ Switch Fabric Features
Table 3-52 Altera 16-Port, 256-GBPS HIGIG™/HIGIG2™ Switch Fabric Functions
Table 3-54 Erlang Switch Fabric Performance –
Table 3-55 Erlang Covered Attack Types for Detections –Erlang Blocking
Figure 3-57 Erlang Technology PS2K Architecture
Table 3-58 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) SeI-CSIX™ Switch Fabric Advantages
Table 3-59 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) SeI-CSIX™ Features Switch Fabric
Figure 3-60 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) Switch Fabric Traffic Configuration
Table 3-61 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) Xe™ Switch Fabric ENET Xe™ Chipset Key Benefits
Table 3-62 Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) ENET Xe™ Chipset Features
Figure 5-1 Applied MicroCircuits Product Selector Guide
Figure 5-2 Broadcom Vertical Integration
Figure 5-3 Broadcom Global Presence
Figure 5-4 Broadcom Target Markets
Figure 5-5 Broadcom Diversified Revenue Distribution
Figure 5-6
Figure 5-7
Figure 5-8 Broadcom Mobile Platforms Overview
Figure 5-9
Figure 5-10 Wireless Connectivity Overview
Figure 5-11 Zarlink Growth Strategy

COMPANIES PROFILED

Broadcom
Dune
Fujitsu
Cisco Systems
Juniper Networks
AppliedMicro
Erlang Technology
Integrated Device Technologies
Fulcrum Microsystems
PMC Sierra
Vitesse
Mindspeed
Netlogic Microsystem / Aeluros Inc.
Sierra Wireless
STMicroelectronics
Zarlink Semiconductor


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