Samtec Razor Beam™ products are micro pitch, high density, high speed interconnect systems. Razor Beam products save space on the X, Y, and Z axes. In other words they are very fine pitch, they have slim body designs, and they are low profile. RAZOR BEAM While Samtec Razor Beam interconnects are micro pitch – on 0.50, 0.635, and 0.80 mm pitch – they are rugged. Mating contacts feature undercut retention notches that produce an audible click when the contacts engage. … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New FMC+ Connector Set
Samtec proudly announces the release of a high-speed board-to-board connector family compliant to the ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016 standard. Samtec’s family of FMC+ connectors helps support the expanded interface and faster speeds of the latest FMC+ applications. The new ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016 standard extends the capabilities of ANSI/VITA 57.1-2010 in support of the increased number and data rates of multi-gigabit interfaces found in advanced FPGA architectures. Highlights of the new standard … [Read more...]
GPU Scalable Array Server Features SEARAY™
A number of embedded applications leverage the brute-force serial processing of x86 CPUs. Higher speed CPUs lead to higher performance embedded computers. This model works in general computing applications, but parallel computing solutions offer another option for high efficiency and performance. Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) differ from CPUs in basic architecture. GPUs contains a larger number of smaller and efficient cores designed for parallel processing. GPUs … [Read more...]
JSOM Standoffs Ease PCI/104-Express™ PCB Stacking
The term “interchangeable parts” became popular towards the mid to late 19th century. As the Industrial Revolution began in the United States, a man named Eli Whitney demonstrated this concept by disassembling and reassembling a pile of the exact same firearms in front of Congress. The idea rapidly caught on leading to weapons, farming equipment, machines etc. all using the same parts. Fast-forward to our day; interchangeable parts contribute especially with computers. … [Read more...]
Samtec Expands Channelyzer™ to Support Backplane Applications
Samtec continues to expand its capabilities in support of backplane connector applications. In addition to our recent announcement with Amphenol, we continue to augment the ecosystem of support required for these high-speed, high-performance products. When we announced the initial release of Channelyzer™ - Samtec's Online Full Channel Simulation and Analysis tool - earlier this year, the tool initially supported only high-speed board-to-board applications. We … [Read more...]
Samtec SEARAY™ High Density Arrays Continue to Expand
Samtec has a long history of developing mezzanine interconnect solutions that meet and exceed our customer’s expectations. Our legacy revolves around standard board-to-board connectors used in applications ranging from TV remotes to MRI machines. Our depth of solutions has grown as time has passed, but one family of products offers the density, performance and flexibility to support many high-speed board-to-board applications. SEARAY™ High-Density Open Pin Field Array's many features and … [Read more...]
Gaining an Edge in PCB Design: The Evolution of the Edge Card
1944. America was in the heat of World War II and continually seeking new and more advanced options against her enemies. One such device was the proximity sensor used to disable and destroy enemy aircraft from a distance. However, a significant problem arose; the electrical signal had to be small yet rugged enough to be able to be placed inside and fired from a gun to enable the sensor from miles away. This engineering challenge sparked the development of microelectronics and PCBs. Over … [Read more...]
Samtec Expands Support of PCI/104-Express™ Systems
In the mobile world we live in, many view products based on the X86 microprocessor architecture as technology from a bygone era. However, X86 solutions abound in many everyday applications from our desktop and laptop computers to the servers and network solutions found in modern data centers. Another area where X86 solutions abound is embedded computing applications. More than 20 years ago, the computing industry established a common vision of adapting desktop computer technology for … [Read more...]
Samtec Launches Silicon-to-Silicon™ System Optimization Microsite
Increasing data rates, denser systems and shrinking product footprints challenge designers to meet their system signal integrity needs. Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon™ System Optimization capabilities provide engineers the service, products, tools and resources to optimize the entire signal chain of a system, from bare die to IC package and assembly, to PCB, to connectors and cable assemblies, and back again. Gaining access to all of these capabilities can be daunting for those not familiar … [Read more...]
Xilinx and Samtec Deepen Technical Collaboration
Higher data rates in today’s bleeding edge ICs require constant innovation in interconnect to route signals on PCBS and between them. Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon System Optimization provides engineers the service, products, tools and resources to optimize the entire signal path from bare die to IC package and assembly to PCB to connectors and cable assemblies and back again. A practical case study in our Silicon to Silicon System Optimization capabilities is leading FPGA vendor Xilinx. … [Read more...]