Simon Stanley

Analyst at Large, Heavy Reading

Simon is Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing Ltd., an independent market analyst and consulting company based in the U.K. His recent work has included investment due diligence, market analysis for investors and business/product strategy for semiconductor companies.

Simon has written extensively for Heavy Reading and Light Reading. His reports and Webinars cover a variety of communications-related subjects, including SDN/NFV, LTE, 40G/100G/400G components, ATCA, MicroTCA, multicore processors, switch fabric chipsets, network processors and packet-optical silicon. He has also run several Light Reading events covering next-generation networking components and ATCA.

Simon's reports for Heavy Reading include:

• Multicore Processors Accelerating Network Virtualization: A Competitive Analysis (February 2018)

• Gfast Rollout Starts With Amendment 3 Chipsets (January 2018)

• Smart NICs: Accelerating Virtualized Applications (November 2017)

• From 25/100G to 400/600G: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components (July 2017)

• Terabit Switch Chips & Software for SDN & the White Box Era (January 2017)

• Multicore Processors Driving Network Virtualization: A Competitive Analysis (December 2016)

• Multicore Processor Survey: 2017 Market Outlook (August 2016)

• 400G Components Come Out of the Shadows (June 2016)

• COTS Platforms for the New IP Era: A Competitive Analysis (April 2016)

• COTS, ATCA & White Box User Survey: 2016 Market Outlook (December 2015)

• LTE Base Station, Handset & IoT/M2M Components: A Competitive Analysis (November 2015)

• FPGAs & ASICs for Telecom (October 2015)

• From 25/100G to 400G: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components (Vol. 13, No. 6, August 2015)

• Integrated Multicore Processors for the Software-Defined Network: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2015)

• LTE Base Station & Handset Components 2014: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 12, No. 7, July 2014)

• From 40/100G to 400G: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components (Vol. 11, No. 13, December 2013)

• ATCA, AMC & MicroTCA Market Update & Forecast, 2013-2017 (Vol. 11, No. 5, July 2013)

• LTE Base Station & Handset Components: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 10, No. 15, November 2012)

• Multicore Processors Drive the Software-Defined Network: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 10, No. 11, September 2012)

• 40/100Gbit/s Optical Modules & Components: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 9, No. 13, February 2012)

• LTE Baseband, RF & Application Processors: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 9, No. 9, October 2011)

• ATCA, AMC & MicroTCA Market Update & Five-Year Forecast (Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2011)

• Multicore Processors for Network Systems: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 8, No. 9, October 2010)

• ATCA, AMC & MicroTCA Market Update & Forecast (Vol. 7, No. 9, October 2009)

• 10-Gbit/s Ethernet Components: The Market Takes Shape (Vol. 7, No. 5, June 2009)

• ATCA, AMC, & MicroTCA Market Forecast: Revenue Surge Ahead (Vol. 6, No. 9, June 2008)

• ATCA, AMC, & MicroTCA: The Next Generation (Vol. 4, No. 14, August 2006)

• AdvancedTCA: Who's Doing What (Vol. 3, No. 9, June 2005)

• Network Processors: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 3, No. 2, January 2005)

• 10-Gbit/s Ethernet Components: A Heavy Reading Competitive Analysis (Vol. 2, No. 9, April 2004)

Simon also authors the bimonthly Heavy Reading Components Insider research newsletter, covering the latest developments in telecom silicon and subsystems.

Prior to founding Earlswood Marketing, Simon spent more than 15 years in product marketing and business management. He has held senior positions with Fujitsu, National Semiconductor and U.K. startup ClearSpeed, covering networking, personal systems and graphics in Europe, North America and Japan.

Simon has spent more than 30 years in the electronics industry, including several years designing systems for leading aerospace and mass-transit manufacturers, before moving into semiconductor marketing. In 1983, Simon earned a Bachelor's in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, London. He can be contacted at simon@earlswoodmarketing.com.