We first released our new Cart in the summer of 2020. That release replaced a legacy system that we'd been running on since 2011. It was a major upgrade that users are very much enjoying. Since then we've continued to enhance the experience of the new cart. Here is what we've added in the past few months, and a couple of things that are upcoming. Adding End Customer for Certain Customer Types For certain user types such as contract manufacturers (and soon distributors), we have added … [Read more...]
Here are the December 2020 Web Updates to Samtec.com
In December, we rolled out a few content updates, and continued some of the back-end performance tweaks to the architecture of the website. Here are the major web updates to Samtec.com for December 2020. New Concept for Rugged Contact Systems Products Tiger Eye™, Samtec’s most rugged contact system rated to 1,000+ mating cycles, features multiple points of contact for high-reliability in board-to-board, discrete wire and IDC cable assemblies with a variety of ruggedizing … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Influential Connector Blogs Of 2020
I look forward to reading end-of-the-year lists that review significant events that occured in the previous year. I'm a baseball fan so there's the list of six Baseball greats who passed away in 2020. There's also the 20 Most Exciting Tech Products of CES 2020. We posted about 153 connector blogs in 2020. Topics included connector design, connector and PCB processing, testing, high speed-demonstrations, new products, webinars, trends in electronics, history, BattleBots, website updates, and … [Read more...]
Video-over-IP Systems Leverage Samtec Flyover® Technology
Next-gen video broadcast and Pro AV systems are increasingly becoming IP-based systems. Video-over-IP and Video-over-Ethernet both leverage economies of scale of packet-based systems in the data center. Video-over-IP systems typically use FPGAs and SoC as the main processing unit. FPGAs and SoCs solve many problems that legacy CPU-based systems can’t. In general, they are higher-performing, lower-power and more efficient at the system level Video broadcast and Pro AV systems must interface … [Read more...]
COM-HPC® is (Almost) Ready For Prime Time
Anticipation. That word conjures up many emotions. For some, a planned event brings hope and happiness. For others, that same event may cause anxiety and stress. Why isn't it HERE yet?!!!?!? (Maybe that is just this parent's view of their children's daily reactions. Insert "shrug" emoji here.) In any case, many in the embedded computing industry are looking forward to the soon-to-be-released PICMG COM-HPC specification. COM-HPC will soon provide increased density, enhanced … [Read more...]
New Search Options Now Available on Samtec.com
Samtec sells a variety of different products, from Connectors to Cables, to RF, and Optics. One of our ongoing goals it to make these products easy to find for all types of different users. Some users like to search by product characteristics, while others like to see a picture. This is why we offer a variety of different tools on the website to cater to those needs. A new addition to the website makes these search options easier to access than ever before. In addition to our keyword … [Read more...]
Samtec Technologists Present at Virtual Flash Memory Summit
The technical trade show calendar seems busiest in Spring and Fall. This year, due to COVID, more events are virtual. More events have been rescheduled in the Fall this year. So it seems busier than usual. Take, as an example, Flash Memory Summit. FMS usually occurs in the summer during August. This year, it will be virtual from November 10-12, 2020. What is FMS? Each year at FMS, attendees hear keynotes and the latest technology updates, forecasts, and roadmaps for the NVM … [Read more...]
Samtec to Present and Exhibit at Virtual SC20
Surprise! Another virtual tradeshow. Who knew? COVID-19 and "2020" strike again! This time we are off to SC20, which takes place November 17-19, 2020. HPC is the underpinning for many of today’s most exciting new research areas, from machine learning to artificial intelligence to quantum computing. Scientists, researchers, and data analysts from academia, industry and government agencies will be center stage at SC20. Accelerating HPC via Silicon-to-Silicon Solutions “HPC system … [Read more...]
Take a Look at the Updated Design of our Discrete Wire Component Data
Back in January 2020, we rolled out a new experience for component data for our discrete wire products. This update has been very well received. In that blog post, we promised some version 2 updates that would better organize the new data. With this post, we're happy to announce version 2 of this update, which streamlines the experience even further. All of the same information is available but in a much more compact and easily digestible manner. Previously, we listed all of the data in a … [Read more...]
Check Out the Latest Mobile Experience Upgrades on Samtec.com
In 2020, mobile traffic has skyrocketed everywhere as our planet battles a pandemic. Samtec.com saw nearly double the mobile traffic in the first two quarters than it normally sees. While these levels have dropped off from their peaks in the spring, they have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels completely. It appears many mobile users have discovered the increasingly pleasant mobile experience on Samtec.com, and have been using it quite often. Here are a couple of recent updates … [Read more...]
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