With 15 years of experience in the field of optical switches, GUILIN HYGJ has successfully seized the opportunity of the booming AI computing power market by virtue of its mastery in optical switch technology. With the surge in demand for optical switches for automated testing of active/passive products, this year's sales have already accomplished the target of the beginning of the year in November, with record high revenue and shipments, up more than 20% year-on-year, and it is expected that the shipment volume of optical switches in 2024 will exceed 300,000 channels.

Yesterday, our editors came to Guilin to have an in-depth communication with GUILIN HYGJ, and the company's Vice President Meng Lin and Sales Director Mr. Gao Guangyi shared the company's development status and future plans.

AI arithmetic demand surge, optical switch ushered in a new peak of development

Meng said that the order performance of optical switches is particularly bright this year, which is mainly due to the rapid growth of the demand for high-speed optical modules in the field of AI, which in turn leads to the strong demand for the instrumentation market.GUILIN HYGJ has been deeply cultivated in the field of optical communication for many years, and its full series of products, such as mechanical optical switches, magnetic optical switches, relay optical switches, MEMS optical switches, bias-preserving optical switches, OXC, etc., are widely used in the automation testing of active/passive products, fiber optic automation testing, optical fiber automation testing, and other applications. Its mechanical optical switches, magnetic optical switches, relay optical switches, MEMS optical switches, bias-preserving optical switches, OXCs and other products are widely used in various fields such as automated testing of active/passive products, fiber optic transmission and protection, military industry and optical sensing. The company has always been committed to specializing in the field of optical switches, catering to the needs of customers, and providing customers with the best quality products and services.

Reviewing the past 15 years of development, Gao said: the company has experienced many market opportunities to grasp and challenges to overcome. From the rise of 40G/100G market in 2015, to the booming of WDM market in 2020, to the strong demand of AI market this year, every market fluctuation has brought new development opportunities for the company. However, in the face of the uncertainty of the future market, the company is also actively seeking diversified development paths, constantly investing in the development of customized customer needs, to seize the market opportunity with new products. At the same time, we strive to improve product quality and market share. The company has realized the fully automated production of optical switch series products, which greatly improves the production capacity and product consistency to cope with the market challenges in the future.

Developing high-speed optical switches to prepare for the DCI transmission market

Meng emphasized the company's investment and determination in new technology development. With the rapid development of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies, the demand for arithmetic power is growing, and high speed rate optical modules have been developed rapidly. As for optical switches for DCI optical transmission market, the future will also develop from milliseconds to higher speed microseconds and nanoseconds switching speeds. GUILIN HYGJ has already invested a lot of technological R&D efforts in the market of next-generation optical switches in collaboration with its customers in order to gain a head start in the fierce competition in the market.

In addition, the emergence of all-optical switching provides new solutions for data center architecture. Utilizing the all-optical crossover principle for optical signal control switching technology, all-optical switching is able to provide efficient and reliable data transmission services for large-scale data centers. In this, 3D MEMS optical switch will play an important role. GUILIN HYGJ has taken the lead in launching domestically produced optical switch products with 3D MEMS technology in 2022 and is looking forward to the vigorous application in this market, willing to contribute its professional strength to the development of optical switching in large-scale data centers.

Looking ahead, GUILIN HYGJ will continue to plough into optical switch products and their application segments, and continuously improve product performance and service quality to meet the future market. Meanwhile, GUILIN HYGJ will actively seek new development opportunities and market expansion paths to contribute more to the development of the optical communication industry and communication security, and to be a deep ploughing and excellent practitioner in the field of optical switches.