The AdvancedTCA Market Slowly Builds Momentum: Industry Report

The AdvancedTCA Market Slowly Builds Momentum

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: March 2005
Product Code: R97-1954

Description

Open Standards Chassis (OSCs) are nothing new. They have been around since the mid 1980s. Standards such as VMEbus and CompactPCI have met with varying levels of success over the years. However, now with the advent of the AdvancedTCA, there is a renewed sense of interest in the potential for using standardized chassis in more places. Part of that enthusiasm has spurred splintering standards such as the CompactTCA and the MicroTCA. Plus, IBM has taken a page from the PICMG playbook and is working on making its BladeCenter an open standard. When you combine all of these various OSCs together, we find that they currently garner about 1.5% of the overall CapEx equipment market. However, this penetration rate can, and will improve. By 2009, the overall market will be over $12 billion, between all the various forms of OSCs.

In addition, this strong growth will help generate the volumes needed to bring economies of scale to the AdvancedTCA market, allowing it to penetrate other industries, such as Military, Medical/Industrial, and finally the coveted Enterprise market. All of these other markets will help the AdvancedTCA surpass its communications only revenue by an additional 47%.

This report has forecasts for each of the major types of OSCs in the communications markets, plus an extended forecast for the AdvancedTCA in all of its potential market places.

Table of Contents

Table
of Contents

Executive Summary

Methodology &
Definitions

Introduction
- Technical Overview
- Market Overview
- Forecasts

Technical Overview
- Network Equipment
  Building Standards (NEBS)
- VMEbus
- CompactPCI
  - CompactPCI Packet
    Switching Backplane
  - CompactPCI Serial
    Mesh Backplane
- AdvancedTCA
  - Backplane Options
  - Advanced Mezzanine
    Cards
  - Rear Transition
    Modules
- CompactTCA
- MicroTCA
- BladeCenter (IBM)
  - Fundamental Dimensions
  - Backplane Options
  - Strengths
  - Weaknesses
- Which Chassis Will
  Win?

Market Overview
- Market Drivers
  - OSCs and Merchant
    Networking Silicon
  - From a NEP’s
    Perspective
  - From a Service
    Provider’s Perspective
  - The Proprietary
    Disadvantage

OSC Forecast

List
of Tables

Table 1. Partial
List of Topics Covered by the NEBS Criteria

Table 2. A
Comparison of the Key Dimensions for PICMG 3.0 versus PICMG 2.0

Table 3. Aggregate
Backplane Capacities for a Full Mesh AdvancedTCA Backplane

Table 4. Aggregate
Backplane Capacities for a Dual Star AdvancedTCA Backplane

Table 5. Future
Capacities for the AdvancedTCA Due to SerDes Improvements

Table 6. Key
Dimensions for the BladeCenter Chassis

Table 7. Key
Dimensions for a BladeCenter Board

Table 8. Hourly,
Full-Duplex Data Consumption Rates for Popular Online Activities

Table 9. Standardized
Chassis Revenue Forecast, 2004 – 2009 ($M)

Table 10. Standardized
Chassis Revenue Forecast, 2004 – 2009 ($M)

Table 11. AdvancedTCA
Revenues in Various Market Segments, 2004 – 2009 ($M)

List
of Figures

Figure 1. Revenue
Forecast for the OSCs Market ($B)

Figure 2. Logical
Depiction of the CompactPCI Packet Switch Backplane (PICMG 2.16)

Figure 3. Logical
Depiction of the CompactPCI Serial Mesh Backplane (PICMG 2.20)

Figure 4. A Pictorial
Comparison of the Key Differences between PICMG 3.0 and 2.0

Figure 5. Isometric
Drawing of the AdvancedTCA (PICMG 3.0) with Key Dimensions

Figure 6. Logical
Depiction of GigE Mesh Backplane for the AdvancedTCA

Figure 7. Logical
Depiction of a Dual Star Switch Backplane for the AdvancedTCA

Figure 8. Physical
and Logical Layout of a Backplane Connector for the AdvancedTCA

Figure 9. All of
Zone 2 Connectors for the AdvancedTCA Backplane

Figure 10. Graphical
Depiction of How the AMCs and RTMs Relate to the AdvancedTCA

Figure 11. How
to Enhance Modularity of the AdvancedTCA with AMCs and RTMs

Figure 12. Front-Side
Picture of IBM’s BladeCenter Chassis

Figure 13. Rear-View
Picture of IBM’s BladeCenter Chassis

Figure 14. Logical
Depiction of a Dual-Star Switch Backplane for the AdvancedTCA

Figure 15. An Example
of How TBSs Can Reduce OpEx and Increase Revenues

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