Despite Romley Delay, Adoption of 10 Gbps Ethernet Server Connectivity Accelerates Dramatically Year-over-Year in 3Q11
Mellanox Doubles Share while Emulex, Broadcom, Intel, and QLogic Retain Top Ranking
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a newly released report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications and networking industries, users snapped up 10 Gbps Ethernet connections for their servers despite Intel pushing out its Romley server platform launch from late 2011 to early 2012. 10 Gbps Ethernet controller and adapter port shipments grew 47% over the last year to about 1.3 million in 3Q11.
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"We are still in the early stage of 10 Gbps server adoption and we expect that Intel's Romley platform will fuel even more migration towards 10 Gbps in 2012," said Sameh Boujelbene, Analyst covering Controllers and Adapters at Dell'Oro Group. "New entrants to the Ethernet server connectivity market are carving out specialty niches and are changing the supplier landscape regularly, as witnessed with Mellanox this quarter. We expect to see continuous changes through the next couple of years," added Boujelbene.
3Q11 Market Leaders – 10 Gbps Ethernet Controller & Adapter Port Shipments
Total Market |
3Q11 |
Y/Y Growth |
|
Port Shipments (M) |
1.3 |
47% |
|
Vendor |
Rank |
Y/Y Growth |
|
Emulex |
1 |
+181% |
|
Broadcom |
2 |
-21% |
|
Intel |
3 |
+109% |
|
QLogic |
4 |
+7% |
|
Mellanox |
5 |
+182% |
|
The Dell'Oro Group Controller and Adapter Quarterly Report provides complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, unit, and port shipments (by speed 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 40 Gbps) for Ethernet controllers and adapters. The report also provides the split of Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) capable controllers and adapters.
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SOURCE Dell'Oro Group
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