Earlier this year, PICMG® announced the release of the new COM-HPC specification. COM-HPC (for “Computer on Module – High Performance Computing”) is an open standard for high performance computer modules targeting the embedded applications The development of COM-HPC exceeds the demand for high-speed performance in embedded computers. COM-HPC coexists with the COM Express® specification, but provides the scalability and enhanced performance for next-gen embedded system design. COM-HPC … [Read more...]
Happy Independence Day
This year sees the 245th birthday of the United States of America, and on behalf of all non-Americans reading this blog, allow me to send birthday greetings! I have been lucky enough to visit the USA on a number of occasions, and I always love being immersed in American culture and history, and meeting loads of wonderful people. It wasn’t always like that. 250 years ago, the British were having a bit of a bad time with the colonists who would soon become the first citizens of … [Read more...]
Practical Ports for Perfect Performance – Pretend or Possible?
Enough of the letter "P" already. Message recieved. In any case, modeling and simulating next-gen 224 Gbps signal channels poses many challenges. Design engineers must optimize the entire signal path, not just a specific component. The signal path includes transceiver and receivers, die-to-packaging transitions, BGA breakout regions, PCB traces, connector breakout regions and interconnect. Any number of design decisions affect multi-gigabit per second channel data rate performance. As a … [Read more...]
Samtec’s Istvan Novak Presents Electronic Systems SI/PI Forum Keynote
Samtec blog readers are used to hearing about high-performance design. However, we see an increase in intertest in power integrity (PI). PI grows more crucial with each design iteration, yet many engineers are just starting to understand PI. That raises an interesting question. How can an engineer learn more about PI? Samtec's Istvan Novak will answer that question in the Electronic Systems SI/PI Forum Keynote. His course is entitled "Is Power Integrity the New Black Magic?" The forum … [Read more...]
Silver Creek Dragons Foundation, Samtec Cares Partner to Deliver PCs to Community
A couple of weeks ago, associates in New Albany probably noticed a wall of PCs and related equipment in the MIS Help-Desk area, and then later in the Break Room. If you were in either room, it was difficult to not see them. Their presence raised a lot of questions, including why are they here, and what are we going to do with them? The Silver Creek Dragons Foundation (SCDF) and Samtec Cares recently partnered to serve our community by providing 54 refurbished computers to ten local … [Read more...]
Microwave and mmWave Technology for Emerging Applications Webinar
As consumers, wireless technology is often taken for granted. How difficult would everyday life be without it? Can I open my garage door today? How do I turn on my Smart TV? Where are my social networks? Most of our daily wireless connections - from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to cellular, SatNav and GPS - use carrier frequencies below ~6 GHz. Typical 50 ohm SMA connectors and cable assemblies (or similar) usually work in these types of applications. What about newer applications like 5G and … [Read more...]
Samtec and Achronix Technologists Detail 112 Gbps PAM4 FPGA Implementation
Readers of the Samtec blog know we are always talking about next-gen speed. Current channels rates are running at 56 Gbps PAM4. However, system designers are starting to look at 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates. Intuition would say that bleeding edge data rates like 112 Gbps PAM4 only occur in the data center. Why might that not be the case? FPGA vendors are releasing any number of new solutions featuring 112 Gbps PAM4 transceivers. FPGAs reside in a number of applications like 5G, AI/ML, … [Read more...]
A British View of Thanksgiving
Autumn is a tough time for us Brits. From the beginning of September when the kids go back to school until Christmas Eve, we have little to get excited about besides the nights closing in and the weather getting worse. For our American cousins, Thanksgiving is a reason for celebration in that long drag towards Christmas, but it is one that many Brits do not fully understand. If you were to ask some of us what Thanksgiving means, we might talk about turkey, family, and the Black … [Read more...]
Samtec and Submer take on Immersion Cooling at OCP
Autumn is shaping up to be a popular time for digital trade shows this year, and OCP Tech Week will be occurring November 9 - 13, 2020. OCP Tech Week 2020 will provide Engineering Workshops, live lectures, and interactive collaboration sessions. During this digital trade show, the OCP community will discuss OCP achievement over 2020, and future trends to expect during 2021. This year, Samtec is supporting Submer with our ExaMAX® High-Speed Backplane Cable. Submer's Scott Noteboom … [Read more...]
Samtec Technical Expert Speaks at PCI-SIG Fall Virtual DevCon
Another event popular in the tech event circuit is PCI-SIG® DevCon. While DevCon events are usually in-person around the globe, this year, like so many others events, PCI-SIG DevCon is going virtual. PCI-SIG DevCons are members-driven events that provide an opportunity to learn directly from the industry’s PCIe® experts. Attendees can participate in technical trainings to gain best practices. The PCI-SIG Fall Virtual DevCon includes technical presentations from PCI-SIG Workgroup Chairs … [Read more...]
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