Martin Rowe and our friends at EDN recently ran an article entitled "High-Speed Signals Jump Over PCB Traces." Martin begins by explaining that every time serial data rates increase, they expose problems masked at slower speeds. He goes on to summarize, "Many of those problems occur because of decreased signal integrity from losses that occur in PCB traces, vias, and connectors ... Boards used in servers and switches are often quite large and they typically have "out of the box" … [Read more...]
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Super Computing 2017 (SC17)
By way of high powered computing and processing, age-old problems continue to be solved. Developing countries receive clean drinking water, new medicine prevents cancer before it starts, and we are kept safe as a society. Technology is linked to all of these issues and much more. At this year's SC17, all of these aspects are taken into consideration and more. Through gathering scientists, engineers, programmers, and developers, SuperComputing opens the door to new technologies to help face … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New 2017 Full Line Catalog
Every year Samtec releases a new catalog showcasing our full line of products. The latest F-217 Full Line Catalog features new products and technology that enable us to provide overall system optimization from Silicon-to-Silicon. The combination of Samtec’s ultra fast, ultra dense and ultra micro solutions help to streamline the entire signal transmission path from the bare die to an interface 100 meters away and all interconnect points in between. The 2017 Catalog details products … [Read more...]
OFC 2017 – New Products, Announcements, and Demos from Samtec
OFC 2017, The Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition, is a global forum and exhibition for optical communications and networking possibilities. Samtec will showcase the latest FireFly™ Optical Cable Systems, including new PCIe® Over Fiber, extended temperature, and low-profile designs. We will also discuss how the Samtec FireFly™ connector was adopted by the Consortium for On Board Optics, and we will run four product demonstrations, among others. OFC … [Read more...]
Samtec Updates Silicon-to-Silicon Web Experience
Samtec released Silicon-to-Silicon™ System Optimization Microsite in early 2016. This one-stop shop summarizes all of Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon™ System Optimization capabilities. It provides engineers the service, products, tools and resources to optimize the entire signal chain of a system, from bare die to IC package and assembly, to PCB, connectors and cable assemblies, and back again. The updated and streamlined Silicon-to-Silicon™ System Optimization web experience is now … [Read more...]
Samtec Demos Flyover QSFP In Xilinx VCU118 Demonstration Board At DesignCon 2017
One of several demonstrations at DesignCon 2017 shows the variety of Samtec interconnects supporting the Xilinx® Virtex® UltraScale+ FPGA VCU118 Development Kit. Included in the kit is an FMC+ Active Loopback Card, which carries Samtec's direct attach Flyover™ QSFP28. In the Flyover QSFP28 demonstration, four GT 28 Gbps transceiver signals are generated by the FPGA and launched mid-board from the FireFly™ connector system. These 28 Gbps signals “flyover” the board … [Read more...]
Samtec Demonstrates PCIe® Over Fiber in Disaggregated Computing Applications
In this video, Kevin Burt of Samtec’s Optical Group explains one of Samtec’s product demonstrations at DesignCon 2017. The demo features a disaggregated computing platform with PCIe® Gen 3 fabric enabled by the patented FireFly™ mid-board optical technology. PCIe® Over Fiber PCIe® over Fiber technologies enable new and emerging HPC and Data Center architectures. Traditional systems place GPUs and system storage as close to the server and CPU as possible … [Read more...]
Flyover QSFP28 For 56+ Gbps Applications
At DesignCon 2017, Jim Nadolny, Samtec's Principle SI and EMI Engineer, presented(1) a technical paper entitled “Design of Flyover QSFP28 (FQSFP Series) for 56+ Gbps Applications.” This white paper discusses the Flyover QSFP (FQSFP) approach for 56+ Gbps applications to overcome the limitations from the large loss on typical QSFP ports with surface mount to PCB traces. By replacing the PCB traces to twinax cables, they achieved 7 dB lower insertion loss at 40 GHz -- compared to … [Read more...]
Samtec Web Updates for January 2017
In our previous web update post, we rolled out a new streamlined sampling feature for our Solutionator® parametric search tool, which gave users the capability to place a sample request very quickly by filling out all required sampling information on a single screen. This month, we've made that even easier, and have also just released a new design guide for FireFly™. Here are the major updates for January 2017. Global Address Auto-Completion in Solutionator® As you type in the … [Read more...]
7 Reasons To Visit Samtec At DesignCon (Number 5 Will Blow Your Mind)
DesignCon 2017 is next week in San Jose, California. If you're going to be there, here are 7 reasons to visit us at booth 717. They're all good reasons, and #5 is really cool, but it may not actually blow your mind. Sorry. Like me, you've probably seen the "sponsored articles" at the bottom of other websites. I read some research that people like to read lists, and making some kind of outlandish prediction about one of the items further improves SEO. So I … [Read more...]
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