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Conning first half net income from its optical communications business was $259M

yourphp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:30:41 GMT

Conning reported second quarter results from 2021, in which Conning reported core sales of $3.504 billion, up 35% from a year earlier, and net income of $459 million, up 111% from a year earlier. Of this total, the optical communications business recorded sales of US $1.075 billion, up 21 percent year on year, and net profit of US $148 million, up 83 percent year on year. In the first half of the year, 2021 posted sales of $2.012 billion, up 20 percent, and net income of $259 million, up 135 percent.

The Optical Communications Division has resumed growth as 5G, fiber to the home and cloud computing drive increased demand for corning's products. Conning outperformed market growth and addressed the toughest challenges facing customers. In the second quarter, the company launched the Khang Ninh SMF-28? CONTOUR FIBER is the first fiber to combine superior bending resistance, compatibility, and low loss. Conning also came out with EDGE? Fast Connection Solution to increase fiber core count and reduce customer installation time by up to 70% . Conning pointed out that the continued growth in the optical communications business was due in part to continued growth in both the corporate and carrier network markets. At the same time, 5g, fiber to the home and cloud computing projects continue to drive strong growth in the business segment. The pace of data center construction is accelerating, and our customers'capital expenditures are increasing, Conning said. Governments around the world are announcing and launching plans to expand broadband coverage. As a market leader and a supplier of large-scale end-to-end optical communication solutions, we are confident in the continued growth of our optical communications business.

By 2025,800G Ethernet optical modules will dominate the market

yourphp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:28:48 GMT

800G Ethernet optical modules will dominate the market by 2025, according to LightCounting, a market research firm. LightCounting points out that the world's TOP 5 cloud makers -- Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft -- will spend $1.4 billion on Ethernet optical modules in 2020, and that their spending will rise to more than $3 billion by 2026. The 800G light module will dominate this segment from the end of 2025, as shown below. In addition, Google plans to begin deploying 1.6-terabyte modules in four to five years. Co-Packaged optical devices will begin to replace pluggable optical modules in cloud data centres in 2026.

LightCounting says three factors have contributed to the increase in sales forecasts for ethernet optical modules. According to the latest data shared by Google at the 2021, the growth in data traffic driven by artificial intelligence applications is promising. Vendors of 800G Ethernet optical modules and components that support these modules are progressing well. The demand for bandwidth in data center cluster is higher than expected, mainly rely on DWDM. Google's latest data on the growth of traffic in its network shows a 40 per cent increase in regular server traffic and a 55-60 per cent increase in traffic to ML applications. What's more, AI traffic (such as ML) accounts for more than 50% of its data center traffic. This forced LightCounting to raise its assumptions about the future growth rate of data center traffic by several percentage points, which had a significant impact on market forecasts. LightCounting notes that the demand for network bandwidth to connect to data center clusters continues to be surprising. Since cluster connectivity ranges from 2 Km to 70 km, it is difficult to track the deployment of optical modules, but our estimates have been improved in the latest prediction model. This analysis explains why Amazon and Microsoft are eager to see the 400 zr module in production now and the 800 zr module in 2024.

Conning will invest more in glass substrates and fiber optics

yourphp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:24:21 GMT

Conning, chief executive of Greater China, joined Khang Ninh from 1986 to 1993 and held various manufacturing positions at the corning fiber-optic plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. From 1993 to 1996, he worked as an engineering manager in Melbourne, Australia, in the optical waveguide business (later renamed Connie NoblePark) . Later, he worked as a production strategist for corning fiber optics in New York State. In 1998, Meng returned to the Wilmington, N.C. , plant, first as an operations manager for the 5th Generation Lassta, and then as the plant's production manager. In January 2000, he joined Lasertron of Khang Ninh in Bedford, Massachusetts, and became president of Lasertron of Khang Ninh in September 2000. In April 2002 he was appointed director of production operations of corning photonics. In August 2003, he returned to Khang Ninh as vice president of fiber optics development and engineering, reporting to the leadership of the technology division. In January 2005, Meng Anrui was appointed vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber Division. He was appointed chief executive of Khang Ninh's Greater China region in April 2007 and moved to Shanghai with his family in early August 2007. Going from the back end to the front end is our investment strategy, Liu Dong: On March 28, the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area LCD glass substrate project in Khang Ninh was launched. I wonder why Conning chose this time to launch the glass substrate project in Beijing? Can you tell us the current investment and production capacity of this factory? Andy Meng: Conning is one of the first companies to set up a glass substrate factory at Chinese mainland. For the LCD industry, we see great opportunities in China. When we chose our investment location, we evaluated several cities in China. In our assessment process, the customer factor accounted for the most, that is, how to best meet the needs of customers, close to customers, customer service, is the most critical factor. Government of Beijing has also given us a lot of support and preferential policies, in the IP protection has also taken effective measures. On Balance, we chose Beijing. While choosing Beijing does not mean that other cities do not have an investment climate, we will consider them in our future investments, but it is equally important to consider the needs of our customers. As a matter of fact, the Beijing factory has been in operation since the end of last year. This year, we are ahead of the quarter in volume production. Up to now, we are very satisfied with the production capacity and quality of this factory. The Standard of this factory in Beijing is the same as the global standard, which is embodied in the following aspects: one is the production process, including the quality and performance of the products, and the other is environmental protection, we are very demanding of ourselves. As for the amount of investment and production capacity, I am not at liberty to disclose at this time. We have a unified global supply chain strategy, the goal is to provide reliable customer protection, but also to have the flexibility of the global allocation system. The Beijing plant caters mainly to Chinese mainland's needs, but can also be reassigned to customers in other regions. Liu Dong: Conning is putting into production the glass substrate back process project. Do you have any plans to put the kiln and other previous processes into production in China? Just now you mentioned that Conning has a unified supply chain strategy in the world. What is China's position in it? Meng Anrui: it has something to do with our company's consistent strategy. As we move into new markets, our strategy is to best serve our customers, and we are now introducing Chinese mainland processes that take into account the state of the market as a whole, because that's the size of the Chinese mainland market right now. In addition, we have always been adhering to the investment model is to first introduce the last process, and then look at the market, and then introduce the first process. This model has worked well in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, so we believe it can work well in the Chinese mainland. As the Chinese mainland LCD industry continues to grow and customers grow and reach a certain economic scale, we will certainly consider introducing the previous process to the mainland market, but it depends on when our customers announced the construction of a new panel factory, then we will take the initiative to discuss with customers, how to better supply him. We have a centralized supply and demand distribution system around the world, and we check supply and demand very frequently, so we can quickly respond to the market and move from one region to another. All the production in Beijing is also allocated by the global supply network. At present, our factory is just starting up in Beijing. Compared with other regions, the production is still very small, mainly for customers in the mainland. We know that the glass substrate is ultra-thin, ultra-smooth, ultra-fine glass, transportation costs are extremely high. The transportation of these substrates is a test for the glass substrate plant. Conning has a number of patents in glass substrate manufacturing, but another important innovation in packaging is the DensePak packaging system. In order to prevent surface damage or rupture, traditional packaging methods need to maintain a large gap between each substrate, a standard size of the packaging box can only accommodate 20 large size substrate, the DensePak packaging system enables the safe transport of up to 500 glass substrates per package, which is important for productivity and environmental protection. So whenever the market requires it, glass substrates from the Beijing factory can easily be transferred elsewhere. Liu Dong: In the glass substrate field, the world only Khang Ninh, Asahi glass and other four companies have the core technology. Now the market competition, is not only the competition of technology, product competition, but the competition between the industrial chain. Khang Ninh has a 60 per cent global market share in glass substrates, according to the analysis. As industry leaders, what measures will you take to establish a good ecological environment and drive the development of the entire industrial chain? Andy Meng: That's a very forward-looking question. I'd like to explain how Conning got to where he is today with the RD & E (R & D and Engineering) . This year marks the 100th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR R & D Organization, and Conning is one of only five companies in the United States with a 100-year R & D Organization. Our R & D investment is a continuous process, usually putting 10% of our annual revenue on Rd & E, which is quite high. Last year, we announced an additional $300 MILLION IN R & D over the last two years to expand and improve facilities at the Sam Sullivan Park R & D Center near Khang Ninh, N.Y. Conning's expansion plans include major renovations to the existing R & D building and the construction of an entirely new building. The completion of the expansion plan will greatly enhance the operational efficiency, flexibility, space utilization and energy efficiency of the R & D Center. The project, which will be divided into phases, is expected to be fully completed in 2013, while $300 million will be shared over a six-year period. Through these, we can SEE OUR INVESTMENT IN R & D AND THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO R & D. We've been working in the LCD field for decades, and we've been losing money for the first 15 years, but it's also a sign of determination and patience. Because to make this industry requires a strong accumulation of technology and confidence in the future market. It is only with this confidence and timely grasp of new market opportunities that we can have hundreds of patents in this field. I can't tell you what our market share is, I can only tell you that we are in the lead. On the basis of what we know about our competitors, and taking into account what you have added, I believe our market share will remain unchanged this year. Glass substrate is a competitive industry, and our competitors are constantly improving their capabilities in other areas, so we have no reason to be complacent, we must continue to challenge ourselves, continuously provide the most valuable service to customers. LCD short-term

Chinas first 3D curved glass equipment Dongguan made 3000 watts "single fiber module" together unveiled

yourphp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:22:25 GMT

To build the world's highest-level 3000-watt "single fiber module" prototype machine, at the new product launch of gzh, in addition to the 3D curved surface bonding equipment and glass hot bending equipment, this new high-power laser developed by GZH was also unveiled, the device is the world's top 3,000-watt "single fiber module" prototype. China has long relied on imports of over 2KW high-power industrial-grade fiber lasers, severely restricting the development of the laser industry, said a person in charge of the institute. Since June 2017, our technical team has developed the world's highest-level 3,000-watt "single fiber module" prototype in just one year, single-fiber power output is twice as high as the international level and four times as high as the domestic level, and other indicators are also among the top levels in the world. "There are already trial orders from a number of laser equipment companies, including Huagong laser, and the team is stepping up the assembly of mass-produced products, aiming at the official launch of mature products this year, aiming to be the first in 2018 to achieve our country's leading 30,000-watt industrial-grade fiber lasers and put them into use, " the official said. In 2016, gz imported a technical team headed by Dr Matthew Quan from one of the top US photonics multinational groups, which was approved by the Dongguan Innovation and research team. Ma Xiuquan is a graduate of the Department of Physics of Peking University. He majored in high-power Fiber Lasers during his phd, phd and postdoctoral studies at the University of Michigan. He has led and participated in the development and production of many types of high-end industrial lasers, including 2 kw to 6 kw Fiber Laser, 100 w UV LASER, 3 kw direct semi-conductor laser, 300 W picosecond laser, etc. , in Europe and the United States Fiber Laser Academia and industry have a greater impact. In 2016, Ma Xiuquan was rated as a national young person by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and was recruited by the Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a researcher at the professor and professor level, according to the relevant official of the Guangzhi Institute, has a large number of fiber optics and fiber lasers in the world's top research and invention patents, and at the same time has 5 years of work experience in Silicon Valley, from innovative thinking, capital awareness, industrial vision to specific production experience, especially in Europe and the United States industry is very prominent in the accumulation of contacts, with high-tech R & D into the rapid industrialization of the ability.

Overcoming the challenges of fiber-to-silicon photonic integrated circuit coupling on a single-chip glass chip opto-cplr

yourphp — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:19:28 GMT

Overcoming the challenges of fiber-to-silicon photonic integrated circuit coupling on a single-chip glass chip opto-cplrlt.

Opto-cplrlt? The aim is to overcome the challenges of fiber-to-silicon photonic integrated circuits (PIC) coupling to achieve high-volume automated assembly and to help reduce costs. Opto-cplrlt? OPTOSCRIBE's proprietary high-speed laser writing technology features a low-loss optical bend mirror uniquely formed in glass that directs light to or from a SIPH grating coupler. This avoids the need for bend resistant fiber optic solutions, which are often expensive, challenging, and have some significant limitations in size and shape. To help solve the footprint challenge, OptoCplrLT? With a low profile interface height less than 1.5 mm, the compact interface layout can be achieved, thereby reducing packaging constraints. It is also compatible with industry standard materials and processes; for example, glass chips have Coefficient of thermal expansion that match silicon chips to help maximize performance. As data center operators and transceiver makers look for innovative solutions to help address the challenge of fiber to Siph PIC coupling, we are pleased to introduce OptoCplrLT? To help meet market demand for performance, cost and volume, and to help overcome barriers including SIPH transceiver packaging and integration, oPTOSCRIBE launches OptoArray? , a new family of the best of its kind precision fiber alignment structures that can address many of the challenges posed by high-density optical connections. I mean, you know, like,? It has been mass-produced with one of the major manufacturers in the optical switch market and has gained the favor of other major customers in the optical cross-connect (OXC) switch, wavelength selective switch (WSS) and optical connector markets. I mean, you know, like,? The solution can be used for a wide range of applications, including multi-fiber connectors, arrays for connecting optical switching hardware such as reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (Roadm) , and other free-space optical systems. OPTOSCRIBE's high-speed laser-induced selective etching process provides complete 3d flexibility for array patterning and creates high-precision, controllable microstructures in glass. This is a novel two-stage glass microtexturing process that uses focused ultrashort laser pulses to induce subsurface material patterning and to locate the focus of the laser beam. By rapidly scanning the three-dimensional shapes within the glass, regions are created that increase the etching rate, so that the exposed regions are preferentially etched when the substrate is exposed to wet chemical etching. The main difference between laser-induced selective etching and silicon patterning is its adaptability, which is a key factor in a fast-growing industry. For example, because silicon patterning relies on existing MEMS technologies and fabrication facilities, the tools used to make 2d arrays can only produce a standard wafer thickness, typically 650 microns thick. Given that a two-dimensional array requires several millimeters of thickness to provide mechanical rigidity and integrity to maintain the position of the fiber, three patterned two-dimensional arrays of silicon are usually stacked and bonded together to produce the required thickness. This not only creates additional unnecessary processing steps and costs, but also introduces a potential new stacking misalignment error. In contrast, laser-induced selective etching can be performed on substantially thicker glass substrates, such as 2mm. Another important feature that highlights the adaptability of laser-induced selective etching is the free-form control of the hole shape in the entire substrate volume. The Free Form 3d control also means that the entrance to the hole can be modified to any desired shape. Although the silicon pattern can produce a horn hole to allow simple fiber insertion, the horn must be a standard-sized cone shape. Laser-induced selective etching can produce different lengths of curved or tapered flared mouths, depending on demand. An important advantage of free-form three-dimensional control is the ability to form holes at any angle on the surface of the glass and the opportunity to minimize back reflection. These functions are beyond the reach of silicon graphics.