High-performance
computing and telecommunication network systems often rely on more
energy-efficient data solutions and higher-bandwidth to put up with the rising
data traffic. In the past few years, high-performance computing offered structured,
precise, and seismic exploration in all its applications. However, advances in
such high-performance computing systems are often bottle-necked with the
communications and energy expenses while interconnecting multifarious
resources. The design and integration of silicon photonics provide embedded
optical connectivity, reduces energy consumption and computation time in the
high-performance systems.
On
the other hand, telecommunication networks are growing expeditiously over the
past few years due to the outburst of communication technologies such as mobile
networks, social media, 4G and the internet. Besides, the demand to build these networks
with efficient processing ability, increased flexibility, and bandwidth density.
Owing to the rapid increase of the telecommunication networks, silicon photonics
is considered as the most viable option for the interconnection between
routers, data
centers, switches, and radio base stations, etc. Owing to all these applications
in the high-performance computing systems and telecommunication networks, the
global Silicon Photonics in High Performance Computing and Telecommunications Market size attained a value of $200 million in 2018. Furthermore, the demand
for this market is poised to accelerate with a CAGR of 36.9% during 2019-2025.
The Prominence of Research
Activities in Silicon Photonic Lasers Pertaining To Energy Consumption
In
the digital era, there is a huge demand influx to address ever-growing data
traffic. Fiber-optic
cables are able to handle this data transfer emerging all around the globe.
However, when the signal arrives at the local data center, it is trapped in the
bottleneck of silicon-based chips. In order to handle this demand, silicon
photonics is embedded with quantum-dot
lasers. These lasers save increasing energy consumption and are more stable
with the silicon photonic circuits.
Researches
are seemingly increasing in this silicon-photonic lasers. Recently, a research
supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), specified
that the testing is conducted on lasers that can operate at 60 to 80 degrees
Celsius. These temperatures indicate the typical temperature range of a data
center or supercomputer used for high performance computing purposes in the telecom.
Research activities as such are flourishing in the silicon photonics industry
for the applications of telecommunications and HPC market.
Americas to Be Most
Lucrative In the Global Silicon Photonics Market in High Performance Computing and
Telecommunications
Americas
is the dominating region in the global silicon photonics in high performance
computing and telecommunications market. The region held a share of about 37.6%
in this industry. According to the International Energy Statistics, Americas
together consume about 146.351 Quadrillion BTU of energy in 2016 which occupied
about 25% share of the global energy consumption. Owing to the huge energy consumption of the region, the research activities and
investments to reduce energy consumption are rising.
On
the other hand, high performance computing systems that are a combination of
processing capability and storage capacity to unravel the computational challenges
of different business needs is growing in the countries such as the United
States, Canada. Perhaps, the U.S is a global leader in the high performance
computing owing to the research and investments supported by its government. Besides, these activities are observed in the silicon photonics market to expedite
the scientific and business operations of the high performance computing
systems. As a result, the silicon photonics in high performance computing and
telecommunications market demand is thriving in the Americas.
Telecommunications
Surging With the Advances in the Silicon Photonics Market
The
telecommunications market is disrupting with the advances in the silicon
photonics technology owing to its eminent advantage as the communication medium.
As per the statistics of the International Telecommunications Union, about
51.2% of the global population, i.e. 3.9 billion people were using the internet
by the end of 2018. The immense internet penetration around the world is contributing to silicon
photonics market demand. Subsequently, the silicon photonics market in the telecommunications
sector is accelerating with a CAGR of 33.8% during the forecast period. Furthermore,
the outsourcing capabilities of the communication networks and technologies are
reinforcing the competition in delivering value-added services and the superior
customer experience in the market. The demand for these services that rely on
the infrastructure components such as data centers, servers, routers,
operations support systems, and network devices which use silicon photonics is in
turn growing. Silicon photonics deliver data transfer is with high-speed
processing abilities using low-power devices. As a result, the power
consumption of the infrastructure is plummeting. Therefore, the silicon
photonics in telecommunications market is experiencing intense growth in the
forecast period.
Silicon Photonics in
HPC and Telecommunications Market Growth Drivers and Trends
Energy-Consumption Driving the Innovations
in Silicon Photonics of HPC Systems
According
to the Energy Information Administration, global energy consumption has risen
from 565.051 Quadrillion BTU in 2013 to 579.544 Quadrillion BTU in 2016. Intensifying
energy consumption has become a salient area of development for nations around
the world. In this context, energy consumption has also become a vital aspect
in employing the design process of the high performance systems. Moreover,
energy-efficiency in the high performance computing system is driven by huge
costs. Optical solutions offered by silicon photonics are an obvious way to
mitigate energy-costs, bandwidth density and latency. Furthermore, innovations
and research activities to lessen the energy consumption of the HPC systems in
silicon photonics are taking a paramount path, thereby becoming a dynamic
contributor to the growth of silicon photonics in the high performance
computing market.
Silicon Photonics for High
Performance Computing Commercial Applications
For
the past few years, silicon photonics using optical technology is constantly
improvising and finding its applications in the high performance computing systems.
For instance, silicon photonics
transceivers are connecting racks optically in data centers using high data
rates over 100Gbps.
Companies
such as Intel and Luxtera are delivering commercial products which use these
silicon photonics transceivers. Moreover, intrinsic service offered by silicon
photonics in terms of mass manufacturing ability and scalability is making it
cutting-edge over the other technologies such as InP based modules and others. As a result, silicon photonics is surging in the
high performance computers and optical sensors market.
Key Players in the Silicon
Photonics in HPC and Telecommunications Market
The
foremost players in the global silicon photonics in high performance computing
and telecommunications market are Acacia Communications, Cisco Systems, Inc., Luxtera
Inc., Intel Corporation, Globalfoundries, Hamamatsu, Juniper Networks, Inc., Mellanox
Technologies Ltd., and Finisar Corporation. The key players’ global presence
and penetration in offering outreach services are the essential metrics
augmenting their position in the global marketplace.
Few
of the updates pertaining to silicon photonics in high performance computing
and telecommunications industry include:
Design Prototype launch
– In 2018, Leti proposed a silicon photonic network on-chip prototype which
uses robust WDM optical links in order to converge next-generation data
processing requirements of high performance computing applications. This
demonstrates the high-density integration of optical communication channels in
silicon photonics to address the higher bandwidth demands at lower latencies of
HPC applications.
Research Activity – A recent research conducted by the Cardiff University of the United Kingdom, shows that miniature light-emitting nanolasers which are less than one-tenth of the size of the width of a human hair can be incorporated into silicon chip design. Silicon is the most prevalent material for the semiconductor industry. Through this research, the university finds opportunities to integrate extremely small lasers for compact light sources that are applicable to silicon-based electronics and photonics platforms. These kinds of research activities are gaining huge traction in the telecommunication networks where suitable light sources have the scope to transform the entire market.
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