Program Offerings
CIR CPO Watch
CIR’s on-going market coverage of co-packaged optics is delivered via this program. Subscribers receive monthly market briefs analyzing the current hot topics in CPO that are of key interest and relevant to moving the technology and its adoption forward. This service is available as a stand-alone program or available as part of CIR’s Annual Co-Packaged Optics Subscription Program.
Focus Areas:
- Product and technology announcements
- Vendor activities
- Investments
- Applications/demand factors (AI, VR, Metaverse, Enterprise etc)
- User activities
- MSAs and standards
- Materials trends
Research Director
Lawrence Gasman is the President of CIR, a technology forecasting company that he created in 1978 and which has been providing guidance and forecasts for the enterprise computing, telecommunications and optical components sectors since 1985. He has been widely quoted by industry publications for many years and has written numerous articles and four books on technology and technology policy.
Mr. Gasman has spoken at many conferences including OFC. Mr. Gasman holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Manchester and advanced degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London Business School.