Ralph Page, Systems Architect at Samtec, walks us through a live product demonstration combining Microchip’s META-DX1 family of Ethernet PHYs with Samtec ExaMAX® backplane cable systems. Samtec ExaMAX backplane cable systems improve signal integrity and routability using Samtec Flyover® high-speed cable technology, which routes signals above a lossy PCB using Eye Speed® co-extruded, ultra-low skew twinax for improved bandwidth and reach. The Microchip® META-DX1 is a 1.2 Terabit … [Read more...]
Outstanding Performance: Microchip META-DX1 Ethernet PHY, Front Panel QSFP-DD
Industry leading ICs, like the Microchip® META-DX1, combined with products like Samtec’s FQSFP-DD cable solutions, provide an ideal proof-of-concept for front panel QSFP-DD data center communication system architectures. META-DX1 is a 1.2 Terabit Ethernet PHY with long reach 56G PAM4 SerDes, and features such as MACsec encryption, FlexE, and nanosecond-level PTP timestamping accuracy. With support for Ethernet rates from 1 to 400 GE, 48 Serdes, and integrated crosspoint, META-DX1 enables a … [Read more...]
OFC 2022: New Products, Technologies, Demonstrations
OFC 2022 is back and in-person (and online). Primarily for data center and telecom professionals, it's a showcase of solutions in network equipment and software, active and passive components, test and manufacturing equipment, data center/IT products, cable and fibre. This year OFC boasts over 100 technical sessions, 120 invited speakers, and 500+ technical peer-reviewed presentations. And the epicenter of OFC 2022 is booth 2309, the Samtec booth. If you only have time for one … [Read more...]
Samtec Engineers Finalists For DesignCon Engineer Of The Year Award
DesignCon, the largest event for chip, board, and systems design engineers, announced the four finalists of their 2022 “Engineer of the Year” Award." This award, which seeks to recognize the best of the best in engineering and new product advancements, is given out each year during the DesignCon event. The award winner will be selected based on his or her leadership, creativity, and out-of-the-box thinking brought to design/test of chips, boards, or systems, with particular … [Read more...]
Samtec Aquarium: It’s Cool, And We Couldn’t Get A Live Tiger
Samtec’s corporate headquarters, in New Albany, Indiana, in the heart of Silicon Prairie, underwent a major expansion in 2017. This included a total renovation of the lobby. The original lobby was small with a few chairs that reflected the mindset of the company in its earlier days: hard-working, functional, and definitely not extravagant. The new lobby was reimagined into a spacious, modern, two-story welcome center that reflects the innovative, leading-edge technology … [Read more...]
New Connector Search: A High-Speed Mated Set In Seconds
What do these movie series have in common: Toy Story, the Bourne Series, Mission Impossible, the original Spiderman, and The Godfather? They are all movies where, in many peoples’ opinions, the sequel was just as good as or better than the original. What does that have to do with Samtec? Glad you asked! A Historic September OK, that's a bit of hyperbole. But last Fall Samtec introduced the Solutionator® Flex Stacking tool, an online connector search tool that provides you the mated … [Read more...]
The Most Popular Connector Products: Samtec’s Top 10
I love most "Top 10" lists. This morning I came across an article in Rolling Stone that lists the highest paid musicians of 2021. The list surprised me because over half of the musicians were from previous generations, and they earned big money in 2021 because they sold the rights to their songs. Here's the list of the 10 Highest-Paid Musicians. Those with a double asterisk (**) earned most of the money by selling the rights to their songs: 1. Bruce Springsteen ($590 million) ** 2. … [Read more...]
New PCIe® Gen 4.0 With Surprise Hot Add Capability
One of Samtec's key demonstrations at SC21 featured Samtec's new PCIe® 4.0 over fiber solutions. The demo highlighted Samtec’s PCIe®-Over-Fiber FireFly™ Adapter Card (PCOA Series), developed by our partner Dolphin. The PCOA series utilizes Samtec’s PCI Express®-Over-Fiber FireFly™ Optical Cable Assemblies (PCUO series). Samtec is the only company in the world offering reset functionality and cable present sidebands in this form factor. In HPC and data centers system architectures, common … [Read more...]
Bishop Customer Service Survey: Samtec Ranked #1 For 18th Time
According to the AKC, the #1 (best) dog breed for families is the Labrador Retriever. That’s a matter of opinion, but Labs are great dogs. What was the #1 sports play of last year? Of course, it’s debatable, but many consider it to be Jalen Suggs’ long shot with time expiring in OT to lift Gonzaga over UCLA in the semifinals of the 2021 NCAA tournament. As a volleyball coach, this is still one of my favorite plays of all time. But I’m a little biased because Kenzie, the … [Read more...]
The Most Important Connector Blogs of 2021
This week marks a historical milestone. In 1987 the first female artist was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Granted, this milestone isn't of lasting significance to mankind like a revloutionary technology or a treatment for a dangerous medical condition, but it is newsworthy to some of us. By the way, the honor goes to Aretha Franklin. Some of my favorite Aretha songs include "I Never Loved A Man The Way That I Love You" and "Think," the latter being my personal favorite. Her … [Read more...]
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