Metabill: What happened to the AOC for data centers and the $5 billion+ market they were about to enter? I was under the impression that the AOC would be ready to market in 2H of 2016.
The AOC is on track. The plan is to integrate
- VCSEL
- detector
- electronics
into the same chip in the current quarter. So far they integrated
The result can be seen in the THM presentation on page 8. At the moment they are integrating
When they are done, they will have a fully-integrated VCSEL transceiver. However, that does in no way mean that this is a finished product! No, it is just the starting point for optimization, fine-tuning and whatever. They are expecting a product ready for mass production in the end of Q4. Market entry is scheduled for 2017.
This has been announced, and this does not have been changed.
