RE: Interims due early September24 Aug 2020 10:51
Interesting looking back over the last couple of years and the gradual warming to moving away from ASICs and the adoption of disaggregation or rather acceptance of the inevitable. This is because 5G now looms large not as a niche offering but a mainstream product. Many will be happy with their 4G or LTE income but it will decline rapidly from here.
I believe that now CSPs and Vendors no longer see 5G as two dimensional. They see it as evolving. The thought of (like the UK) using branded products to provide a national 5G is absolutely bonkers.
5G will ultimately be made of many leading products together forming a almost infinitely upgradeable, flexible and scalable network.
ASICs boxes are fixed and although they may meet the demands of today, beyond there will be ongoing costs, investment and delays.
Ethernity are mainly on the other side of this problem, connecting Telecom to Telecom and Telecom to Clients. This tier 1 and 2 market is a huge arena.
FPGA has multiple applications and Ethernity has an extensive portfolio that has accounted for the R&D spend. Timing was a major issue and several products were ahead of their time. Those sit in the back pocket for future sales with minimal additional spend.