Bishop & Associates Inc. has just released a new detailed report that covers multi-gigabit data communications connectors and cable assemblies. This market research report contains in-depth analysis of the market for these products, along with profiles of some of the top vendors in the different networking segments: Ethernet, Fiber Channel, and InfiniBand. It features key market trends, competitive landscape along with profiles of some of the top vendors in the different networking segments as well as elaborate five-year forecasts.

Ethernet remains the most pervasive networking technology within the datacom market, with Fiber Channel and InfiniBand lagging behind and coming second and third respectively. By 2012, InfiniBand is expected to surpass Fiber Channel due to its increasing penetration into the high performance computing sector as well as its adoption into low-latency applications like financial trading. Still, by 2015, it will only be about one-fifth that of the Ethernet market.

The five-year forecasts include many permutations such as networking segment and data rate, region of the world, product, media type, structured cabling and interconnect. Within the datacom market, Ethernet remains the most pervasive networking technology, with Fiber Channel second and InfiniBand third. It is anticipated that by as soon as 2012, InfiniBand will surpass Fiber Channel due to its increasing penetration into the high performance computing sector, and because of its adoption into low-latency applications such as financial trading. Still, by 2015, it will only be about one-fifth that of the Ethernet market.

China is the fastest-growing region and already has the largest percent of sales in Communications Connectors and Cable Assemblies by Region Forecast, followed by Asia-Pacific with 16.6 percent and North America with 9.5 stake in sales. Also, revenue from sales of connectors and cable assemblies into China is expected to almost double over the next five years

 Each year, Bishop & Associates analyzes the electronic connector market for all major and developing countries. This information is published and supplied to the electronics, and electronic connector industry in a variety of ways. The Bishop Report is one of those vehicles, providing a cross section of all research conducted by the firm.

The Bishop Report furnishes regional, country, and product line information on the North American, Japanese, Asia-Pacific, Chinese and European connector markets. In the coming year, The Bishop Report will supply detailed information for each of these world connector markets.