Artificial Intelligence. Or, the intelligence of computers. It’s all around us, but I think it’s important to remember that this intelligence is driven by human intelligence. It’s the human innovation behind AI that’s inspiring creation, adaptation and the use of computers to make our lives easier. By letting computers focus on artificially intelligent tasks, we can spend more time focusing on human connections, family, seeing new sites and sharing those adventures with “our village”. AI can also aid in accuracy and precision. The possibilities of having a vast data source to quickly pull from, and analyze in milliseconds, could help streamline diagnosis and treatment plans for medical professionals. The technology that’s been created to simulate human intelligence and problem-solve, can truly help strengthen human lives.
AI is driven by the data collected, often by using embedded vision systems. Data is then processed to adapt to circumstances (machine learning). Think of autonomous vehicles: Extreme amounts of information are “seen” by the vehicle, then stored and processed. This is pushing supercomputer architectures to advance like never before. The amount of data being processed and stored with extreme efficiency and speed today was unimaginable even just a few years ago. Companies are implementing new architectures for managing this extreme amount of data.
Samtec’s AcceleRate® HP Cable System is used in these high-performance, supercomputer architectures as a way to get the high number of transmission lines from the chip, and off the board, without signal degradation or delay. As you can imagine, space is also at a premium. AcceleRate® HP Cable System provides an excellent mix of density and performance.
DENSITY
As the industry’s highest density 112 Gbps PAM4 cable-to-board system, it’s an ideal choice for efficiently managing large amounts of data from the chip, and easily routing it to any location within a system or supercomputer architecture.
Designated signal mapping optimizes performance and reduces crosstalk. Positions are on a 0.635 mm pitch with staggered row-to-row spacing (2.2 mm x 2.4 mm).
The differential pair configuration (92 Ohm) offers 8 or 12 pairs per row; with 4 or 6 rows available (8 in development). A single-ended configuration (50 Ohm) has 12 or 18 micro coax lines per row.
PERFORMANCE
Extremely dense systems need to take special considerations when analyzing electrical and mechanical performance.
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Key design features aiding in optimal performance are the direct attach contacts to the cable and Samtec’s Eye Speed® ultra low skew cable technologies. Eye Speed® Thinax™ (ARP6, -DP option) is used for differential pair signal routing and has a 40% smaller cross-sectional area than our traditional Eye Speed® cable. Eye Speed® ThinSE™ is used for single-ended signal routing and has a small .024″ outer diameter (ARP6, -SE option).
For maximum signal routing flexibility, a combination differential pair and single-ended signaling option is available (ARP6, -DS option).
Two locking options are available: a squeeze latch for quick connect/disconnect (APF6-L) and a locking tool design with tabs for maximum density (APF6-T / requires removal tool).
FLEXIBILITY
The AcceleRate® HP Cable catalog standard solution comes with ARP6 connectors on both end 1 and end 2. However, as with almost any Samtec cabling solution, end 2 connectors can be customized (or swapped) to fit specific customer applications and requirements. Popular alternate end 2 options include FQSFP-D8, FQSFP, NovaRay® (NVAC), NovaRay® I/O (NVACP), AcceleRate® Mini (ARM6)…and many more. Feel free to contact [email protected] to discuss your unique cabling system requirements.
ALL THE INFORMATION
Samtec provides characterization reports, 3d models, prints, catalog pages, product specification sheets, and ordering information on our Series pages.
To easily locate this information, visit the AcceleRate® HP Cable System web page (samtec.com/AcceleRateHP-Cable).
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