In October, we shifted our focus to working on a few small and medium-sized projects that had been on the back-burner, and also chipped away at some technical debt that had been piling up, which is nerd speak for "picking up our toys." This type of work isn't always glamorous, but it is necessary to keep a website up-to-date from a technical standpoint, and functioning as efficiently as possible for its users (that's you!). Here are the October 2019 web updates for Samtec.com Filter by … [Read more...]
New 112 Gbps PAM4 NovaRay™ SI Eval Kit Featured at Keysight Event
"112 Gbps PAM4 data rates will save the world!" A reader of the Samtec blog may think that. Why? The demand for data never ceases. A recent report says that US teenagers spend seven hours a day in front of screens. But how real are 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates? Test silicon is available from a few SerDes and FPGA vendors. Production silicon is at least 18 months away. However, 112 Gbps PAM4 data rate system design and testing are already underway. The SI requirements for next-gen … [Read more...]
It’s Now Easier Than Ever to Find Product Availability on Samtec.com
One of the major reasons people love Samtec is because of our lighting fast lead times and product availability. While competitor lead-times are measured in multiple weeks or months, ours are often measured in days. Since the early 2000s, website users have always been able to go to our Pricing and Delivery page and run a lookup for a part, but we've now made this information even easier to find and have spread it around in more places throughout the website. We wrote over the summer … [Read more...]
COBO Drives Interest in On-Board Optical Modules
Fellow Samtec blogger David Pike recently asked the question, "Is Copper Dead?" He eloquently answers the question that copper and optical solutions still have long runways of growth. One group driving interest in optics is the Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO). They are focused on developing standardized specifications for on-board or embedded optics. Samtec has been a part of COBO since its launch in 2015. COBO and its members have developed new tools to further the adoption of … [Read more...]
Check Out This Design Upgrade to Our Connectors, Cables, RF, and Optics Pages
The top level of product categories on Samtec.com feature our Connectors, Cables, Optics, and RF pages, which give users a jumpoff point into the four main categories of products that Samtec sells. These pages were first released in 2016 with a very simple approach, to get the user to the next step in the process. With this update, these pages were given a much needed design update and several new features: All new product imagery and more neutral background colorsSide navigation to … [Read more...]
Is Copper Dead?
In 1995, I attended a seminar in which the presenter told us that copper was dead. This sort of statement is not new. The connector market is filled with armchair pundits who predict the demise of everything from D-Subminiature connectors (which are very much alive and kicking) to the V.35 telecommunications connector (which is as dead as the Dodo). This just goes to prove that it is almost impossible to predict the future trends of this industry with any certainty. Making … [Read more...]
AI, 5G and Automotive – Dispatches from XDF Silicon Valley
The FPGA (or ACAP) universe gathered at the San Jose Fairmount last week during the Xilinx Developer Forum. Engineers, data scientists, analysts, distributors, alliance partners and more came to learn about the latest hardware, software and system level solutions from Xilinx. Xilinx CEO Victor Peng set the theme of the event with his keynote. Xilinx (and thier partner's) business strategies revolve around three key growth drivers: Data Center, 5G and Automotive. The Samtec team … [Read more...]
Samtec Cares Day: Samtec Welcomes Local Non-Profits
Samtec recently held its first annual Samtec Cares Day, where we welcomed dozens of local non-profits to our headquarters in New Albany, Indiana. The Samtec Cares Grant Program was created to positively impact and assist organizations within the communities in which Samtec associates live, work, go to school and play. Grants are awarded in two semi-annual grants cycles to applying and qualified 501(c )(3) non-profits, up to $50,000 per grant. Samtec Cares has revolving “Areas of Focus” for … [Read more...]
Samtec Joins Open Eye and QSFP-DD800 MSAs
Increasing data demand requires faster data rates across the data center. This is especially true of the transceivers and pluggable cages and modules common to these applications. One company can't do it alone. MSAs continue to proliferate as component manufacturers, equipment providers and interested third parties collaborate to speed industry adoption. Samtec has recently joined two new MSAs: QSFP-DD800 and Open Eye. Both efforts will contribute to next-gen, high-speed copper and … [Read more...]
Here are the September 2019 Website Updates for Samtec.com
In September, we put a bow on the login project until Phase 2 begins later this year, continued to focus on some back-end upgrades to Samtec.com, released a few UX updates, knocked out a few smaller projects that have been on the back burner, and added a few new pieces of content. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for September 2019. Design Upgrade for Connectors, Cable, RF, and Optics Pages The top level of Samtec.com past the homepage features our Connectors, Cables, Optics, … [Read more...]
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