Baron Fung joined Dell’Oro Group in 2017. Since joining the firm, Mr. Fung has significantly expanded our coverage on data center infrastructure, with an emphasis on cloud service provider capex, server technology, and vendor trends. In addition, Mr. Fung built and launched coverage of Smart NICs and is responsible for the Data Center IT Capex, Data Center IT Semiconductors & Components, Ethernet Adapter & Smart NIC, and Telecom Server market research programs.
Prior to joining Dell’Oro Group, Mr. Fung spent five years as Product Manager at Microlease, a global supplier of Test and Measurement solutions in the Wireless and Data Center markets. Prior to that, he held various applications and product engineering roles at Kyocera and Motorola related to semiconductor design, packaging, and testing.
Mr. Fung’s research and analysis has been widely cited in leading business publications including Barron’s, Data Center Dynamic, Data Economy, EN Digest, EE Times, eWeek, Lightwave Online, Markets Insider, FierceTelecom, Investor’s Business Daily, SDx Central, Wolcott Daily, The Register, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Fung has appeared as an invited speaker at various investor conferences and industry conferences such as Data Center Connect, Smart NICs, ONUG and NetEvents.
Mr. Fung has a B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA, a M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University focusing on semiconductors, and an M.B.A. in Marketing Strategy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Accomplishments
In 2017, Mr. Fung predicted that Cloud SPs would drive port shipments of the next generation 25 Gbps and 50 Gbps network adapters and significant growth in the Controller and Adapter market. The next year, he has been consistently tracking the Data Center Capex spend of the top 10 (hyperscale) Cloud SPs. His research anticipated that Data Center Capex growth will slow in aggregate in 2019 as the major Cloud Service Providers digested capacity.
Every day I strive to make sense of all the seemingly insignificant bits of information that I come across and turn them into tangible insights.
Press Releases
- AI Accelerator Revenues Soar 130 Percent in 3Q 2024, According to Dell’Oro Group
- Hyperscale Capex Surges 82 Percent in 3Q 2024, Fueled by AI Infrastructure Spending, According to Dell’Oro Group
- Accelerated Servers Propelled Data Center Capex to 46 Percent Growth in 2Q 2024, According to Dell’Oro Group
Articles
Blogs
- Data Center Capex and IT Component Markets in 1H24: A Surge Driven by Generative AI
- 2023 Data Center Infrastructure Recap: Navigating AI-Accelerated Growth Paths
- Data Center Infrastructure—a Look into 2024
Videos
- Data Center Technologies and Trends
- Next-Gen Infrastructure Acceleration: Analyzing the SmartNIC Opportunity
- COVID-19’s Impact on Data Center Infrastructure Capex
