No matter where we look the amount of devices connected to the Internet continues to grow. It seems but only a few years ago that a PC with a dial-up 56 kbps modem was bleeding edge. Households with internet connectivity measured in the millions. According to one source, only 1% of the world’s population had Internet connectivity in 1995. Obviously, times haves changed with smart phones, wearable fitness devices, media players and other commonplace Internet-connected consumer … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases Twinax Flyover Application Design Guide
The march to faster data rates never seems to stop. Communications protocols used in the data center provide the proof. Fiber Channel signals can run up to 32 Gbps. 25G Ethernet 802.3bj and Ethernet 100G signals can run up to 25Gbps. InfiniBand EDR 104G serial channels support 26 Gbps data rates. This presents engineers of high-speed serial channels with a number of PCB design challenges. Some of the key limitations of PCBs running at 28+ Gbps include trace … [Read more...]
Samtec Updates Broadcast Video Solution Guide
Streaming HD video and 4K/8K UHDTV are just two examples of a continuing evolution in video signaling. Video has transformed from being an analog 6 MHz bandwidth signal to a 12 Gbps digital data stream. As signaling has transitioned into the digital domain, first in SD and HD formats, and recently at 6 Gbps and 12 Gbps 4K UHD-SDI standards, the demand for meeting stringent return loss requirements up to 12 GHz has emerged. Samtec offers a full line of high-speed board-to-board and RF … [Read more...]
Samtec Exhibits at 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas
One of the biggest tradeshows in entertainment and media is NAB Show. It is the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage, and distribute entertainment across all platforms At this year’s event in Las Vegas, Samtec will feature a variety of interconnect solutions targeted at the broadcast video market. These include mid-board and panel mount optical systems based on FireFly™ , True75TM 75Ω RF Systems, full turnkey RF cable assemblies, and … [Read more...]
Samtec to Present at Mentor Graphics Events
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...]