Last week’s blog detailed how a group of four men who restore historically significant, vintage computers – Carl Claunch, Ken Shirriff, Mike Stewart, and Marc Verdiell -- connected with Jimmie Loocke. Loocke, a former technician at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center), had purchased two tons of scrap Apollo hardware at a recycler’s warehouse in 1975. Included in this purchase was a rare Lunar Module Apollo Guidance Computer, or AGC. The AGC is the computer that … [Read more...]
Restoring The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) For The 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11 (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part article outlining the restoration of the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), and Samtec’s participation in the process, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. (Here is the link to part 2) NASA Photo If you’re like me, you’re watching and reading about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The achievement is all the more remarkable considering the archaic (by today's standards) technology that got us there and … [Read more...]
Check Out the June 2019 Website Updates for Samtec.com
In June of 2019, we rolled out a new web experience to help users better navigate our products, added real-time availability to our product pages, improved the user experience on our Pricing and Delivery page, and our Material Declaration and RoHS tools. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for June 2019. Solution Blocks Page Samtec has grown immensely since being founded in 1976 with just a few products of standard board-to-board connectors. Now, with nearly 1,000 unique … [Read more...]
11th Heaven: Samtec #1 in Bishop Europe Customer Service Survey
Samtec has once again won the Bishop and Associates "European Customer Survey of the Electronic Connector Industry." This is the 11th time that Samtec is ranked #1 in Europe. By the way, we have been ranked #1 in North America 17 times. That’s not because we’re better in North America; it’s simply because Bishop has run the survey more times in the U.S. than Europe. One other comment before I get to the results. I'm not trying to brag about being #1. But we work hard to make … [Read more...]
Samtec.com Wins Two Manufacturing Leadership Awards
The 15th annual Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala, by the National Association of Manufacturers, took place on June 12, 2019. The Manufacturing Leadership Awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing. Judges look for leaders that have demonstrated achievement across a wide variety of domains including sustainability, operational excellence, innovation, supply chain management, and more. Samtec Wins … [Read more...]
Explore Samtec Solution Blocks with New Web Experience
During a recent visit to Seattle, I learned about the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. In less than 24 hours the entire business district, about 25 city blocks, its railway stations and several wharves were destroyed. Instead of moving the city to start over, they decided to rebuild, but this time with brick and stone instead of wood. What we build with matters. The same is true at Samtec. Our wide breadth of products is built on six “Solution Blocks.” From standard cataloged products to unique … [Read more...]
Samtec Partners with eSilicon and Wild River Technology on High-Performance Communications Webinar
Data, data, data is everywhere. From streaming video to edge computing, system designers are challenged to meet the needs of the networks (and consumers). From servers and switches to networking equipment, OEMs developing next-gen devices with high performance communications face two common challenges. First, available silicon must support 56 Gbps PAM4 data rates. Second, test fixtures must support performance verification. Developing high-performance communications solutions requires … [Read more...]
Check Out the May 2019 Website Updates for Samtec.com
In May of 2019, we spent the majority of our time working on a few larger applications that are due to release soon, several minor maintenance tasks, and a few front-end enhancements. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for May 2019. User Experience Updates to Family Pages We have released several updates to our product family pages in the last few months. In May, we completed the updates for a new way to get in touch with our product experts on these pages, as well as more … [Read more...]
New Samtec Chalk Talk Details Next-Gen Apps for On-Board Optics
One topic resonates across the Samtec blog: optics. Why? The Samtec FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™ is such a cool solution. The foundation is a simple but high-performing SMT two-piece connector set. It connects to both copper and optical cable assemblies. It can support 56 Gbps PAM4 data rates over long ranges. Need more information? Just scan the Samtec blog. Additionally, a past Chalk Talk discussed the benefits of on-board optics as alternative to pluggable MSA … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New High-Speed Backplane Connector Chalk Talk
Everybody loves webcasts, right? While some may view webcasts as these kids in Ferris Bueller's class, others love the on-demand technical education available via this popular medium. In an attempt to appeal to the second group, Samtec is pleased to announce a new Chalk Talk On-Demand Webcast focused on our expanding high-performance backplane connector portfolio. Enabling Next-Gen System Design: Samtec High-Speed Backplane Systems In this new webcast, Jonathan Sprigler, Samtec … [Read more...]
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