Fellow Samtec blogger David Pike recently asked the question, "Is Copper Dead?" He eloquently answers the question that copper and optical solutions still have long runways of growth. One group driving interest in optics is the Consortium for … [Read more]
Check Out This Design Upgrade to Our Connectors, Cables, RF, and Optics Pages
The top level of product categories on Samtec.com feature our Connectors, Cables, Optics, and RF pages, which give users a jumpoff point into the four main categories of products that Samtec sells. These pages were first released in 2016 with a … [Read more]
Is Copper Dead?
In 1995, I attended a seminar in which the presenter told us that copper was dead. This sort of statement is not new. The connector market is filled with armchair pundits who predict the demise of everything from D-Subminiature connectors … [Read more]
AI, 5G and Automotive – Dispatches from XDF Silicon Valley
The FPGA (or ACAP) universe gathered at the San Jose Fairmount last week during the Xilinx Developer Forum. Engineers, data scientists, analysts, distributors, alliance partners and more came to learn about the latest hardware, software and system … [Read more]
Samtec Cares Day: Samtec Welcomes Local Non-Profits
Samtec recently held its first annual Samtec Cares Day, where we welcomed dozens of local non-profits to our headquarters in New Albany, Indiana. The Samtec Cares Grant Program was created to positively impact and assist organizations within the … [Read more]
Samtec Joins Open Eye and QSFP-DD800 MSAs
Increasing data demand requires faster data rates across the data center. This is especially true of the transceivers and pluggable cages and modules common to these applications. One company can't do it alone. MSAs continue to proliferate as … [Read more]
A Deep Dive into Severe Environment Testing (Part II)
In the first part of this series on Severe Environment Testing (SET) we covered Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Dielectric Withstanding Voltage (DWV) at an altitude of 70,000 ft. Continuing on the path of "how" we tested, we will be looking at … [Read more]
Here are the September 2019 Website Updates for Samtec.com
In September, we put a bow on the login project until Phase 2 begins later this year, continued to focus on some back-end upgrades to Samtec.com, released a few UX updates, knocked out a few smaller projects that have been on the back burner, and … [Read more]
Trade Shows and Why We Love ‘Em
Most people in the electronics industry have a complicated relationship with trade shows. On one hand, they sound fabulously glamorous – the chance to visit a faraway town, connect with customers and show off your latest products. The … [Read more]
A Deep Dive into Severe Environment Testing
In the last blog on Severe Environment Testing (SET), we covered "why" and "what" Samtec was testing on its connectors. In this one, we are going to look a little bit further into the "how." Electrostatic Discharge and Dielectric Withstanding … [Read more]
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