The past decades have witnessed massive adoption of optical transceivers with data rates ranging from 1G, 10/25G to 40/100G.
The sales of optical components grows steadily and is expected to continue in the years to come.
1.10G, 25G, 40G and 100G: Seeing Broad Adoption in Data Center
The global optical transceiver market is anticipated to reach to $9.9 billion by 2020, 10G and 25G are still important.
2.10G Transceiver: Moving to the Edge
Initially offered in the early 2000s, 10 Gigabit Ethernet has matured now to become a commonplace in data center.
3.25G Transceiver: Pave the Road for 100G
①SFP28 optical transceiver is designed for use in 25G Ethernet, utilizing the same form factor but running at 25 Gb/s instead of 10 Gb/s.
②Besides, SFP28 25G is back compatible with SFP+ so it will work sufficiently on SFP+ ports.
③By the year of 2019, the price of a 25G SFP28 will be almost the same as a 10G SFP+.
So you will be saving a great bunch of money if choosing to move to 25G.
④Some users even plan to skip 10G and directly deploy 25G Ethernet for better scaling to 50G and 100G.