Dear Ronny, Please accept my best wishes for 2005. Happy New Year!!! Jacques Ronny Bockstaele <ronny@xxxxxxxxx> Envoy=E9 par : paralleloptics-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 27/12/2004 08:09 Veuillez r=E9pondre =E0 paralleloptics =20 Pour : paralleloptics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc :=20 Objet : [paralleloptics] BPA Consulting study on electrical and opt= ical backplanes Dear, BPA Consulting released a new report on electrical an optical backplanes,=20 see this website=20 http://www.global-electronics.net/id/21305/CMEntries=5FID/70994 : > * The demand for embedded optical backplanes is growing although=20 > demand has slowed over the last two years. The reasons for this have=20 been=20 > the slow down in the industry and the focus upon enhanced high-speed=20 > copper solutions. Although low loss photoimageable waveguide materials=20 > are gaining popularity BPA forecasts that opportunities will continue to = > emerge for low cost, mechanically and optically stable alternative=20 approaches. More info can be found at http://www.bpaconsulting.com/reportslist.php?type= =3DYes Best wishes for 2005 ! Ronny =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ronny Bockstaele Independent Consultant Photonics bvba PHOCON, Bergbosstraat 224 B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium tel+fax: 32-9-362.1995, GSM: 32-473-645879 mail:ronny@xxxxxxxxx, web: http://www.phocon.be