“The good news is, Samtec has more ways to stack two or more PC boards than anybody else in the connector industry,” I told a Designer when asked about our two-piece, pin-and-socket board stacking connector sets. Usually, the "bad news" follows the "good news." But the second sentence was, “The good news is, Samtec has the industry's best online tool to select the best board stacking connector set for your application. Not just one product series, but the complete part numbers to the … [Read more...]
Here’s Your Preview of the New Samtec.com Navigation
As I write this post, we're in the final stages of completing a massive project to upgrade all of the main product navigation pages on Samtec.com. The current navigation structure has been around for nearly a decade, and has been replaced in all of our literature with our new Solution Block approach. While the Solution Blocks exist in several places across Samtec.com, we have yet to fully replace the old structure. It won't be much longer until you'll see the old navigation go away, and be … [Read more...]
AMD XRF4 RF Accessory Kit Features Samtec Analog Over Array™ Technology
Samtec open-pin-field arrays like SEARAY™ provide designers the ability to simultaneously run differential pairs, single-ended signals, and power through the same board-to-board interconnect. This design approach allows maximum pin-selection, routing, and grounding flexibility. Additionally, Samtec open-pin-field solutions can be used to route differential or single-ended analog or RF signaling in addition to digital differential pairs, single-ended signals, and power in the same connector. … [Read more...]
Good Optics: High-Performance, High-Density Active Optical Connector Systems
Samtec showcased several high-performance, high-density active optical connector systems at DesignCon 2024. These were in addition to a booth full of Samtec Flyover® copper cable solutions rated at 224 and 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates, as well as RF test and measurement systems. New CXL Over Fiber CXL is based on the PCI Express specification physical and electrical interface. CXL enables cache coherency between the CPU and attached devices, such as accelerators, GPUs, or memory … [Read more...]
New Samtec RF Test and Measurement Solutions At DesignCon 2024
Samtec demonstrated many high-performance RF test and measurement solutions at DesignCon 2024. In this video, David Beraun, Samtec's RF Product Manager, takes a quick look at some of those high-performance RF test and precision RF products. This first demonstration incorporates Samtec Bulls Eye®, a proven test and measurement cabling solution. A Keysight N5247B PNA-X network analyzer, with extension heads, evaluates the performance of the DUT up to 110 GHz. The DUT is the Bulls Eye system, … [Read more...]
Samtec Exhibits at OFC 2024 in San Diego
Samtec will be demonstrating next-gen, high-performance optical and copper interconnect solutions at the upcoming OFC 2024 Exhibition at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA March 26-28, 2024. OFC will also host the OIF Interoperability Demo. Samtec is one of 47 member company participants in the OIF booth, which will spotlight groundbreaking interoperable solutions in 800ZR, 400ZR and OpenZR+ optics; Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) & Co-Packaging; 112G and 224G Common … [Read more...]
Connectors for Semiconductor Manufacturing
We have come to expect unprecedented reliability from our electronic devices, whether in the consumer market or in the industrial world. Ensuring the highest performance of semiconductors requires manufacturers to conduct extensive testing. The latest automatic test equipment (ATE) for semiconductor manufacturing demand high-speed interconnect solutions. ATE systems automate the testing process in semiconductor manufacturing, enabling rapid and reliable assessment of device performance. … [Read more...]
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...]
Samtec’s Five New Solution Videos for Industrial Applications
I am a big fan of the TV show Modern Marvels and I recently watched an episode on the evolution of the Assembly Line. The clip focused on the basic principles of the assembly line techniques, and how they have not changed in over 100 years, but the people and the products that exploit the assembly line have. Technological advancements like the assembly line has revolutionized the collaboration efforts of man and machine, ushering in a new era of automation, digitization, and connectivity. … [Read more...]
Here are the February 2024 Samtec Website Updates
In the short-ish month of February, we made an update to the Samtec.com homepage, released a few new family content pages, continued updates to our new Industrial product section, began updating our website APIs, and launched a brand new domain for China users. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for February 2024. API Version Updates Samtec.com uses several APIs to access various data to run all of the useful software applications and functionality you see across the website. … [Read more...]