In this new video, Samtec's Kevin Burt introduces Samtec Direct Connect™. Direct Connect gives the benefit of exiting a higher number of lanes at low loss from the chip package, which can be very useful in both high performance computing and network switching applications, especially at 56G/112G PAM4. Samtec FireFly is available in both optical and copper connectivity to the same connector Samtec is the only company that offers both optical and copper connectivity to the same … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Consortium Demo at Flash Memory Summit Includes Samtec Flyover® Technology
The Flash Memory Summit (FMS) is up and running this week in Santa Clara, CA. The event gives attendees access to the latest technology updates, forecasts, and roadmaps from NVM industry leaders. FMS 2019 is a great venue for the Gen-Z Consortium to display its latest solutions. Gen-Z technology offers a secure open-systems fabric providing high-speed, low-latency access to all memory types in a system. At FMS, the Gen-Z Consortium will highlight a multi-vendor rack typical of modern … [Read more...]
The Industry’s Slimmest Cable Assembly: Do You Believe?
I want to believe. Not only could Eugene Victor Tooms hibernate for 30-year stints, but he could squeeze and elongate his body to pass through narrow openings. In the supernatural thriller The X-Files, Tooms managed to fit through elevator shafts, air vents, chimneys, and almost a toilet before his demise by an escalator while being investigated by Mulder and Scully. It would seem that only genetic mutants are capable of such incredible feats, but we just released the incredibly slim … [Read more...]
5 Meter, 56 Gbps Long Reach Backplane Cable Assembly For Rack to Rack Applications
Long Reach Backplane Cable This live demonstration from DesignCon 2019 shows how Samtec's ExaMAX® backplane connector, combined with Samtec Flyover® technology, achieves high density and very long reach. Here, the reach is five meters for a rack-to-rack interconnect system. In this video, Samtec's Gustavo Blando walks us through the topology and discusses system performance. Samtec Flyover systems can be used in mid-board applications to achieve next gen speeds with longer reach … [Read more...]
112 Gbps Interconnect Increases Reach Between the ASIC and the Front Panel
In this demonstration at DesignCon 2019, J.R. Bonnefoy (a Systems Engineer at Samtec) explains how Samtec Flyover® offers a 112 Gbps high-density escape from the system ASIC to the front panel. Signal Path A Credo Pelican II SERDES generates 31-bit PRBS data at 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates. Signals travel from the Credo test board, through precision RF cable assemblies, to a Samtec NovaRay cable assembly SI evaluation board. The signals then route through the NovaRay board, to the … [Read more...]
English Guy (Who Thinks He’s James Bond) Demos 56 Gbps System With 5.8 Tbps Throughput
Samtec’s Active Product Demonstrator proves 56 Gbps PAM4 based systems are fully realizable today. It’s a state-of-the-art prototype combining high-performance interconnects from Samtec and bleeding edge Credo silicon. All interconnect and silicon shown are available. The Demonstrator internally generates over 100 independent channels of signal data using Credo mixed-signal 56 Gbps PAM4 SERDES Bald Eagle silicon. Each signal generated is QPRBS 31, 56 Gbps PAM4 data, equivalent to 5.8 Tbps of … [Read more...]
112 Gbps PAM4 Backplane Cable: Higher Performance, Less PCB Complexity
In this video from DesignCon 2019, Scott McMorrow walks us through a live demonstration showing how NovaRay® Cable assemblies offer extreme density while enabling 112 Gbps PAM4 performance. In combination with an ExaMAX® Backplane Cable assembly, the traditional backplane architecture is retained, but with higher performance targets and lower PCB complexity. Samtec Flyover® systems can help extend signal reach and density to achieve next gen speeds by routing signals via Eye Speed® ultra-low … [Read more...]
112 Gbps PAM4 Samtec Flyover™ Live Demonstration
112 Gbps Samtec Flyover™ Demo Samtec’s Ralph Page walks us through a live demonstration of a Samtec Flyover™ system which enables 112 Gbps PAM4 performance. The Credo CDR generates two ports of 31-bit PRBS data at 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates. The signal travels from the Credo Pelican II SERDES test board through precision RF cable assemblies, to a Samtec Flyover™ QSFP-DD SI Evaluation Kit. This cable assembly, approximately 12” (30.5 cm) long, uses Samtec 34 AWG Eye Speed® Ultra-Low … [Read more...]
Rearchitected OCP Wedge Switch Using Samtec Flyover™
In this video from SC18, Jignesh Shah of Samtec’s High Speed Connectivity Group walks us through a demonstration of a rearchitected Open Compute Project (OCP) wedge switch. By rearchitected we mean it utilizes Samtec Flyover™ high-speed cable assemblies to achieve next gen speeds by routing signals via ultra-low skew twinax cable instead of through the PCB, as in conventional architecture. The system has a 12.8 Tb Marvell ASIC with 32x QSFP-DD ports on the front panel, sending signals at … [Read more...]
Samtec and REFLEX CES Demo New FPGA/FireFly™ Platforms
"Another blog about FPGA Development Kits? Again? Come on Samtec! Put something else up on the blog!" Umm . . . not today. Sorry! That quote may, or may not, be a comment Samtec bloggers have heard before. In any case, readers of the Samtec blog know FPGAs are a constant topic, Why? FPGA-based solutions combine flexibility and high-speed performance in small form factors. They are found in any number of unique applications. In both cases, these are common traits of … [Read more...]
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