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Bishop and Associates, Inc. has just released a research report providing a concise description of the major new connector Initiatives and their impact on technology driving the connector industry.  The objective of this report is to create a resource for the understanding of the new technologies, their purpose and uniqueness, and to provide a basis for determining their viability in an ever-changing world of electronic systems.

This report supplies essential information needed to understand each technology and to access opportunities around each technology.  Many of these technologies were originally developed for the computer industry, but they also impact both the consumer and telecom market.  The long awaited convergence has begun and developments in one part of the marketplace can permeate others.

In addition, the report provides the sales volume for each connector along with the rationale behind its importance to the industry. The report is organized by individual technology and provides both an executive summary of each technology and a more in depth analysis of each.

The report also addresses new realities in the development of connector technologies, including the role that others outside the connector industry have in dictating new connector designs.

Technologies included in this report:

The connector industry has changed. The time when OEMs designed unique systems and selected peculiar hardware has almost come to an end. Custom connectors were a part of this uniqueness. Companies in response to requirements from the OEMs designed connectors from scratch. Today, the system design effort takes place at the integrated semiconductor designers workstations, creating standardized building blocks which OEMs will connect together to build their almost identical hardware systems: systems that will utilize standard interconnects.

The reality is that the role of the connector is significantly changed from what it was just a few short years ago. The connector was mainly a mechanical device that was needed to provide a separable interface. The requirement for a new connector was most often driven by a form factor change, and electrical performance was almost a secondary consideration.  With the increase in the speed of today’s technology, that is no longer the case. The electrical performance of the connector is primary in the design of a connector and the design process reflects that for current connectors.

No longer is a connector designed and then tested for electrical performance.  Design begins with electrical modeling of the connector to ensure that the performance of the connector will not negatively affect the performance of the circuitry into which it will be inserted.  The evaluation of the electrical performance of a connector is the responsibility of the Signal Integrity (SI) engineer whose importance to the connector industry has soared in recent years.  Once a minor responsibility, SI is now a separate department at the larger connector manufacturers and is vital to the design process.

USB Becoming The Universal Serial Bus

The USB connector is an example of one of the technologies covered in this report. With PC systems numbering around 150 million a year, the decision by Intel to natively support 6 to 8 USB 2.0 ports in its latest chipsets immediately creates a market for over 1 billion connectors a year for just the computer side of the interface.  The viability of USB increased when the data rate of the connector went from 12 Mbits per second to 480 Mbits per second.  Meanwhile IEEE 1394, another serial technology, has increased its speed to 800 Mbits per second with the release of the IEEE-1394b specification.  Its impact is explored as well as that of the proposed addition of a 1394 wireless specification and the possible adoption of a "wireless USB" as the UWB standard.

Worldwide USB Connector Market

Chapter 1

Introduction

Reflections on the Industry

The Intel Factor

The CEM Factor

The Standard Committee Factor

The Cost Factor

Conclusions

Chapter 2

Executive Summary

InfiniBand

PCI Express

Serial ATA

USB

DVI / HDMI

Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory Module Connector

IEEE 1394

SANs: Fibre Channel and/or iSCSI

Serial Attached SCSI

Socket T – LGA Technology for PCs

SFF Memory Card Connectors

Wireless LAN Technologies

Optical Interconnect Circuitry

Chapter 3

InfiniBand

Background

Market

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

InfiniBand Connector Summary

Chapter 4

PCI Express

Background

Technology description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

PCI Express Connector Summary

Chapter 5 

Serial ATA

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Total SATA Market

Chapter 6

USB

Background

Technology

Connector Implications

Mini-B

USB On The Go

Conclusions and Market Outlook

USB Connector Summary

Chapter 7

DVI/ HDMI

Background

The Technology

DVI

HDMI

Connector Implications:

DVI

HDMI

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Digital A/V Connector Summary

Chapter 8

Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory Module

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

DDR Connector Summary

Chapter 9

SANs: Fibre Channel and/or iSCSI

Background

Technology

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

SANs Connector Summary

Chapter 10

Serial Attached SCSI

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Serial Attached SCSI Connector Summary

Chapter 11 Socket T - LGA Technology For PCs

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Socket T Connector Summary

Chapter 12

Memory Card Connectors

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Memory Card Connector Summary

Chapter 13

Wireless LAN Technologies

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Chapter 14

Optical Interconnect Circuitry

Background

Technology Description

Connector Implications

Conclusions and Market Outlook

Memory Card Connector Summary

Chapter 15

Report Conclusions

Market Conditions

Connector Impacts