One Up Studio is a hardware design engineering provider with a focus on signal integrity, and not coincidentally, a Samtec customer. I caught up with Paul Monar, the owner, to pick his brain about some interesting design challenges he faces at One Up and his connector system selection criteria. DANNY: What type of customers use One Up Studio? Why? PAUL: Most of our customers are newer IoT companies with products including smart home devices, wearables, industrial control, and … [Read more...]
Samtec and Molex Share High Speed Product IP
Our friends at Signal Integrity Journal recently reported Samtec's and Molex's collaboration on high speed, next-generation data centers. The complete article is worth the read, but here's the Cliff's Notes version: SIJ referred to the Licensed Source Agreement for the Samtec Twinax Flyover™ and Molex BiPass™ systems fo high-speed data (56 Gbps and 112 Gbps) speeds. According to a Molex spokesperson, both product lines approach their customers’ design challenges in the same … [Read more...]
Samtec Twinax Flyover QSFP-DD Cable Maintains SI Performance in Rugged Environments
Samtec recently completed an arduous flex and bend test on our Eye Speed® Ultra-Low Skew Twinax cable. This is used in our high speed cable assemblies, including the Samtec Flyover™ FQSFP-DD cable assembly. Besides achieving outstanding electrical performance, the testing has proved the cable to be rugged and provide stable electrical performance after repeated cycles. QSFP-DD 101 QSFP-DD Double Density Pinout QSFP-DD is a new module and cage/connector system similar to … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New Protocol Capabilities for High Performance Interconnect
"Which Samtec connectors and cable assemblies support (pick a protocol)?" That is one of the most common questions asked of Samtec sales and support teams. That is natural because many engineers know what protocols and data rates need supporting in their designs. Sometimes the answer is straightforward. Samtec's PCI Express® Edge Card Connector (PCIE series) supports the latest PCIe data rates. In other cases, the answer is more nuanced. Protocol support depends on any number … [Read more...]
Samtec and IEEE-P370 Partners Win A DesignCon Best Paper Award
A key component of any high-speed signal path is the interconnect. Design engineers must identify the right connector (or connectors) and the best performance for the application. At 56 Gbps PAM4 data rates (and higher), connector selection becomes more challenging. Interconnect manufacturers like Samtec make connector performance data readily available to support the connector selection process. Measured data in the form of S-parameters are often the most trusted, but just how … [Read more...]
Connector Designs To Address Data Rate and Density Challenges
Demand For High Data Rate As the need for bandwidth continues to increase, so does the need for higher data rates within a system. What was once one to three Gbps, then moved to 4 to 8 Gbps, and now we are approaching 28 Gbps and looking forward to 56 G. This trend was recently driven home at DesignCon 2018, where many exhibitors were demonstrating interconnects running at 112 Gbps PAM 4. Although the Datacom and Telecom industries are abuzz pushing these cutting-edge data rates, … [Read more...]
Samtec Demonstrates 56 Gbps PAM4 QSFP-DD Cable Solution
56 Gbps, PAM4 System A new breed of cable solution is benefitting designers by reducing board size and improving signal performance -- either across the board, between boards, or from board-to-front panel. In this video, Ralph Page walks us through a combined Xilinx and Samtec 56 Gbps PAM4 FQSFP-DD to AcceleRate® cable demonstration. The QSFP-DD pluggable form factor, which supports 400 Gbps throughput – that is, 8 X 50 Gbps – is going to define front panel I/O on next generation … [Read more...]
Samtec Demonstrates Next Gen SiPho COBO Platform
COBO, Silicon Photonics Kevin Burt, Application Engineer at the Samtec Optical Group, walks us through a demonstration using silicon photonics and the COBO (Consortium of Onboard Optics) form factor. This was displayed at OFC 2018 in San Diego, California. Samtec is a fabless integrator for optics. This means we have the choice of the right technology for engineers and designers, and their applications. We can accomplish this with several different protocols, including … [Read more...]
112 Gbps PAM4 Micro Twinax Cable Demonstration
Credo, Samtec 112 Gpbs PAM4 Long Reach Over Cable Demonstration from Samtec on Vimeo. 112 Gbps PAM4 Keith Guetig, Samtec's High Speed Product Manager, walks us through a Credo + Samtec 112 Gbps PAM4 high-speed cable demonstration. This demo, showcasing Samtec's Flyover™ cable technology, was presented at OFC 2018 in San Diego, California. Signal Path and Equipment Two ports of 112 Gbps PAM4 data are sourced from the Credo CDRs. The signals route through RF jumpers to … [Read more...]
56/112 Gbps PAM4 Modular System Architecture With Samtec Flyover
Modular System Architecture Traditional communication and switch architecture leverages integrated designs in a single high-speed PCB, but this architecture is beginning to face signal integrity and thermal challenges at 56 and 112 Gbps PAM4. Samtec Flyover™ QSFP-DD solutions offer improved signal integrity and enable new modular system architectures, which also improve thermal efficiencies and lower costs. These next generation modular system architectures also enable greater design … [Read more...]
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