As a global leader in signal integrity, Samtec’s in-house engineering team utilizes EDA tools across the industry via our global 24/7 support of customer SI designs and applications. Our experience with these tools enables unique collaborations with EDA suppliers and industry leading technical events. Throughout spring and summer of 2016, we will be presenting our capabilities at technology events sponsored by Mentor Graphics. We invite you to stop by to learn more about … [Read more...]
Samtec and One Stop Systems Help Detect Gravity Waves
The scientific community recently was abuzz as the existence of gravitational waves has been confirmed. Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitation waves 100 years ago with his general theory of relativity. Do you still remember E=mc2? You better! Gravitation waves are ripples in the spacetime continuum that provide scientists with details about this history of the cosmos. They are produced by cosmic events such as the combining of two black holes. While … [Read more...]
Samtec Expands Optical Product Portfolio
Readers of the Samtec blog know how excited we get talking about our FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™ and the optical engine technology included in FireFly. Sometimes we forget to talk about our other optical products. In recent weeks, Samtec has added to our repertoire of optical product offerings via some product line extensions and new releases. These include the following three product families: PCIEO-4G3, FOPC and OPA. PCIEO-4G3 Option for Active Optical Cable … [Read more...]
Samtec Exhibits at OFC ’16 in Anaheim, CA
One of the biggest tradeshows in the optical world is OFC. At this year’s event in Anaheim, Samtec will be exhibiting a variety of mid-board and panel-mount optical systems. Samtec’s optical and signal integrity expertise enables systems designs with maximum density, minimal cost and performance optimization, while offering a path to 56 Gbps and beyond. Of several products being featured at OFC this year, the FireFly™ Micro FlyOver System™, which enables chip-to-chip, … [Read more...]
Samtec Enables Channel Confidence with Channelyzer™
As data rates continually increase in many applications, signal integrity simulation and analysis are required to optimize the high-speed serial channel. Several design considerations are driven by signal integrity concerns. Connector selection drives performance.PCB design decisions (placement, routing, material selection, trace lengths, impedance matching, etc.) can enhance or adversely affect the performance of the high-speed serial channel.Routing breakout from the connector is often … [Read more...]
FireFly Enhances High Performance Computing In The Data Center
In the world of high performance computing (HPC), the growing trend of hardware accelerations enables higher system performance. This is accomplished by offloading non-core processing functions and system I/O management to a secondary CPU or FPGA. While co-located HPC acceleration develops a growing acceptance in high-end servers, a number of systems leverage hardware acceleration via high speed serial busses like PCIe. In some systems, the PCIe-enabled hardware accelerators are found … [Read more...]
Samtec: Not Just Connectors Anymore, Design Solutions From Silicon-to-Silicon
Our blog readers quickly realize that we at Samtec do not view ourselves as another connector company. We are extremely proud of our humble beginnings as we enter our 40th year of business. Our legacy in Flexible Stacking and Micro/Rugged components and cables forms the basis of who we are. Our customers depend on our Sudden Service® to minimize risk in prototype and production supply chains. Additionally, our Free Sample Programs support OEMs, ODMs, academia, makers and hobbyists … [Read more...]
VITA 42 XMC Keeps on Truckin’
Data. Data. Data. It seems like we can’t get enough. 28 Gbps, 56 Gbps, and 112 Gbps serial channel data rates are standard or roadmap options for semiconductor, connector and optical module manufacturers. It’s almost like you need a Bugatti Veyron or Lamborghini Murcielago to get to the drug store in under 3.0 seconds for some cold medicine. Unless you are some rich Italian playboy, you probably have a sedan, a SUV, or a regular pick-up truck to run your errands. Likewise, typical … [Read more...]
BBC R+D Leverages FMC for Audio Codec Replacement
Our friends at Xilinx recently blogged about how the BBC R+D department replaced a 32-year old small rack-mount audio codec with low-cost off-the-shelf solutions customized to fit the BBC's needs. According to Justin Mitchell, principal engineer at BBC R+D, this project occurred since the original audio codec could no longer be supported due to component aging and a lack of parts. The heart of the new system is the Xilinx Zynq SoC found on the low-cost ZedBoard development kit available from … [Read more...]
Chip-to-Chip at 25 Gbps+ . . . Over Fiber?
As another year dawns, the demand for data remains insatiable. The number crunching of Big Data requires larger and faster supercomputers to analyze immeasurable data sets. New server architectures leverage hardware accelerators – in FPGAs or via expansion cards – to offload system processing. The growth of the IoT gives rise to data acquisition systems aggregating GBs of data. High-speed test and measurement equipment emulate signal traffic found in next generation routers, switches and … [Read more...]