Digitization! Everyday, more of our daily life - work, play, sleep, food, entertainment and more - seems to have an online component. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization trend - "Zoom me!" However, digitization has been ongoing for decades. A foundation of daily digitization goes back to Moore's law. CPUs are denser and faster than ever before. Computing networks based on x86 system architectures live on in laptops, workstations, servers and any number of embedded … [Read more...]
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Samtec Technologists Present at Virtual Flash Memory Summit
The technical trade show calendar seems busiest in Spring and Fall. This year, due to COVID, more events are virtual. More events have been rescheduled in the Fall this year. So it seems busier than usual. Take, as an example, Flash Memory Summit. FMS usually occurs in the summer during August. This year, it will be virtual from November 10-12, 2020. What is FMS? Each year at FMS, attendees hear keynotes and the latest technology updates, forecasts, and roadmaps for the NVM … [Read more...]
Gen-Z (Consortium) Solutions from Samtec
"Oof. Can't even!"As a Gen-X parent of two lovely Gen-Z children, I have become what I swore I wouldn't: Dated.My kids constantly use new terms that I struggle to understand. My hipper-than-me wife blends right in, where as I . . . you get the idea. Goals.I bring this up because Google thinks "Gen-Z" only refers to the latest demographic group. However, what I, as a geek, am really interested in is the "Gen-Z Consortium". What is the Gen-Z Consortium? Is the Gen-Z Consortium a collection … [Read more...]
AI Connectors and Solutions for AI Systems
2001: A Space Odyssey. The Terminator. The Matrix. Avengers: Age of Ultron. These and many other Hollywood blockbusters foreshadow the worst fears of some: humankind being cast aside into the ash heap of history by AI-based machine overlords. Is that reality? Not likely, but some AI researchers feel it COULD happen in the decades or centuries to come. It all sounds a bit cataclysmic, but there is no doubt AI is influencing many facets of everyday life. AI-based systems like … [Read more...]
DesignCon 2020: A Technical Renaissance
Samtec loves DesignCon. It’s an opportunity to present our new signal integrity optimized, high-performance interconnect and technology solutions, along with the highest level of support and expertise in the industry. To learn more about these products and solutions, stop by the Samtec Booth, #737. I’m trying to be objective here, but if you’re in California the last week of January (or if you're in any of the other 50 states (or Canada or Mexico)), you need to stop by booth #737 at … [Read more...]
Parting Thoughts from SC19
SC19 has come and gone. Anticipation for SC20 in Atlanta is already building. Before we look ahead, what were some highlights from SC19? AI is Everywhere AI is affecting all aspects of life. At SC19, technical presentations showed how AI and HPC are helping researchers cure heart disease, predict weather patterns more accurately and make the best stock trades on Wall Street. From Samtec's perspective, the high-speed physical layer connectivity must perform as expected for AI … [Read more...]
DesignCon 2020
Samtec's Istvan Novak has been named DesignCon Engineer of the Year. Congratulations, Istvan! Istvan is a Principle Signal and Power Integrity Engineer at Samtec, working on advanced signal and power integrity designs. He introduced the industry's first 25 um power-ground laminates for large rigid computer boards and worked with component vendors to create a series of low-inductance and controlled-ESR bypass capacitors. DesignCon 2020 Best Paper Award Samtec proudly … [Read more...]
SC19 – Supercomputing Denver, CO
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis Next-generation high-performance copper and optical interconnects must solve multiple technical challenges including higher data rates, increased system and chassis density and improved signal integrity. Samtec’s diverse product and technology portfolio provides system designers architectural solutions to the challenges faced by the industry. Several key solutions will be featured at … [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 level solutions from Xilinx. Xilinx CEO Victor Peng set the theme of the event with his keynote. Xilinx (and thier partner's) business strategies revolve around three key growth drivers: Data Center, 5G and Automotive. The Samtec team … [Read more...]
Samtec to Demonstrate Next-Gen Architectures at AI Hardware Summit
"Artificial Intelligence" and "AI" are all the rage. From high frequency trading on Wall Street to improved drug development, AI affects more aspects of human lives daily. Many AI solutions harness the computing power of cloud connectivity, edge computing, data centers and HPC. There are any number of resources that discuss the best frameworks and learning algorithms. But what about the hardware? That is the goal of the AI Hardware Summit, being held September 17-18, 2019 at the Computer … [Read more...]