PCI Express® (PCIe) is the backbone interface for connecting high-speed components in modern computing. Desktop PC motherboards connect to graphics cards, RAID cards, Wi-Fi cards or SSD add-on cards via any number of PCIe expansion slots. Current desktop, laptop, server and gaming computing platforms leverage PCIe 4.0 (8 GT/s) infrastructure. Looking forward, chipsets solutions from Intel, AMD, Nvidia and others feature native PCIe 5.0 (16 GT/s) support. Also, PCIe 5.0 capable motherboards, … [Read more...]
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An Array of High-Performance Front Panel and Backplane Solutions
224 Gbps PAM4; CXL over optics; 112 Gbps PAM4 cable with excellent performance while subjected to dynamic flexing; 800 G; 90 GHz test and validation solutions. Samtec showcased a variety of live product demonstrations -- both copper and optical -- at DesignCon 2024. This included a boatload of Samtec Flyover® cable systems rated at 224 and 112 Gbps PAM4, which are used in mid-board, mid-board to front-panel, and mid-board to backplane applications. In this video from DesignCon 2024, … [Read more...]
New Rugged, High-Speed Twinax Cable Solutions
High-Speed Twinax Cable Solutions To 224 and 112 Gbps PAM4 At DesignCon 2024, Samtec had several live product demonstrations showing a wide variety of Samtec Flyover® cable solutions, all with excellent performance at 224 and 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates. One thing they have in common is Samtec’s Eye Speed®, ultra-low skew twinax cable. Eye Speed is Samtec’s proprietary, co-extruded twinax cable that optimizes signal integrity, bandwidth, and reach. Because of our unique manufacturing process, … [Read more...]
New 224 Gbps PAM4 Interconnect Solutions With Impressive Performance
Samtec next-generation connector solutions are designed to meet the challenges of 224 Gbps PAM4 architectures. At DesignCon 2024, Samtec had five product demonstrations and displays showcasing our 224 Gbps products. Many incorporated Si-Fly HD™, our new chip adjacent (or on-package) Samtec Flyover® Cable system. In the video above, Jonathan Sprigler, High-Speed Product Manager at Samtec, walks you through some of the 224 Gbps demos and displays in the Samtec booth. First, Jonathan … [Read more...]
New Front Panel, 112 Gbps PAM4 Cable Solution
Samtec has 10 connector systems – both cable-to-board and board-to-board -- that achieve outstanding performance at 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates. The 112 G cable systems are Samtec Flyover® solutions that are designed for mid-board, mid-board to front-panel, mid-board to back-panel, and panel-to-panel configurations. (Here's a link if you want to learn more about the benefits of Samtec Flyover) In this video, Matt Burns, Director of Technical Marketing, walks us through a live demonstration of a … [Read more...]
Samtec Supports 224 Gbps at DesignCon 2024
Are you headed to DesignCon 2024? If yes, be sure to stop by the Samtec Booth (#939) to see demonstrations of products that address interconnect needs all the way up to 224 Gbps. New and established Samtec products on display will include those used in front-panel, mid-board, and backplane applications, including our new backplane solutions, optical mid-board options, and test point system. Look for our green shirts at the Welcome Reception on Tuesday and say hello! Try to make some time to … [Read more...]
New 224 G Interconnect Family In A Live Product Demonstration
Emerging system requirements are driven by industry advancements in areas such as data centers, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing, among others. Samtec 224 Gbps PAM4 interconnect systems are carefully designed to satisfy these high-performance requirements, as you’ll see in the video. Ralph Page, Systems Architect at Samtec, gives an overview of what is possibly the world’s first public demonstration of an asynchronous 224 G system. This 224 G demo is from … [Read more...]
Samtec Technical Experts and Panelists Participate in Upcoming Webinars
Summer is here. The kids are out of school. Families are taking well-deserved holidays and vacations or even enjoying local staycations. Even though it's summer, design engineers still need to move their new projects along. Additionally, designers need to keep their skills sharp and learn about the latest tools. Some upcoming webinars will no doubt help the engineering community stay updated on FPGA SoMs, expansion buses and associated interconnects, and the latest on PCI Express® … [Read more...]
Samtec’s First 224 Gbps PAM4 Live Product Demonstration
There’s no end to the demand for bandwidth. Everything from 5G networks, streaming video, social media, augmented and virtual reality, and artificial intelligence and machine learning, are all pushing current-bandwidth limits. The next level is 224 Gbps PAM4. Visitors at DesignCon 23 saw promises and glimpses of 224 Gbps equipment and components. We are excited that we debuted our first 224 Gbps PAM4 live product demonstration. In this video, Ralph Page, Systems Architect at … [Read more...]
Why Did PCIe 6.0 Adopt PAM4? There Are Many Reasons.
Samtec is a proud member of the PCI-SIG® community, and we have been for many years. In conjunction with our friends at PCI-SIG, Jignesh Shah, Senior System Architect at Samtec, discusses PAM4 encoding, which is a new feature of the PCIe® 6.0 specification. New: The PCIe® 6.0 Specification In early 2022, PCI-SIG® released the full version of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification. As with previous versions, the latest version doubles the data rate of the PCIe 5.0 specification and … [Read more...]