The full PCIe® 6.0 specification in nearing completion. The latest 0.9 version provides details on increased system data rate to 64 GT/s, doubling the throughput from PCIe 5.0. Additionally, the latest version further explains PAM4 encoding, FLIT-based encoding, and low-latency FEC to improve bandwidth efficiency. In this video, Ralph Page, System Architect at Samtec, walks us through a demonstration of a prototypical PCIe 6.0 AI hardware design based on the GenZ-PECFF form factor. Working … [Read more...]
New NovaRay Front Panel I/O Outperforms QSFP-DD
A new demonstration platform combines 112 Gbps PAM4 silicon from our partner Alphawave, with Samtec’s extreme performance, extreme density NovaRay® I/O front panel interconnect system. In this video from SC21 (Super Computing 2021), Samtec's Matt Burns walks us through the demonstration and explains that while they have essentially the same channel loss, the Samtec NovaRay I/O system provides twice the cable length and twice the density of QSFP-DD. Alphawave’s latest SerDes silicon … [Read more...]
Samtec and Synopsys Talk PCIe 6.0® Solutions for HPC Applications
PCI Express® (PCIe) is the backbone interface for connecting high-speed components in modern computing. Desktop PC motherboards connect to graphics cards, RAID cards, Wi-Fi cards or SSD add-on cards via any number of PCIe expansion slots. Current desktop, laptop, server and gaming computing platforms leverage PCIe 4.0 (8 GT/s) infrastructure. Looking forward, chipsets solutions from Intel, AMD, Nvidia and others feature native PCIe 5.0 (16 GT/s) support. Also, PCIe 5.0 capable motherboards, … [Read more...]
Samtec Features Latest Interconnect Options for HPC Applications at SC21
The global high-performance computing (HPC) ecosystem comes together each year at SuperComputing. SC21 offers data analysts and scientists, system architects, and design engineers the opportunity to learn, network and explore the latest in HPC solutions. In 2020, the vent was fully virtual due to the global coronavirus pandemic. This year, the event will be hybrid. There will be an active online component. Additionally, representatives from industry, academia and governmental agencies will … [Read more...]
OCP: New 112 Gbps PAM4 Products, Technologies
We're looking forward to the OCP Global Summit! The Keynote speakers, workshops, exhibitions, and other Summit features are back and in-person (as well as virtually), all with Covid-19 safeguards, of course. As data rate requirements approach and surpass the 112 Gbps threshold, developers are challenged with balancing increasing throughput, scalability and density demands with concerns such as power consumption, signal integrity, cost and time-to-market. Samtec helps address these … [Read more...]
New High Speed Cable System Delivers 112 Gbps PAM4 Performance
This video shows how Samtec Flyover® twinax high speed cable assemblies extend signal reach and density, allowing designers to achieve 112 Gbps PAM4 performance in AI system hardware architectures. Matt Burns, Technical Marketing Manager at Samtec, recorded this video during the AI Hardware Summit, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The Signal Path The demo is driven by a Xilinx® Versal™ Premium GTM transceiver, which allows vendors to position their network systems … [Read more...]
New PCIe® 6.0 PECFF Emulation Platform Hardware Demonstration
This video, from the AI Hardware Summit, shows a prototypical Gen-Z PECFF demonstration based on PCIe 6.0, at 64 GT/s. It shows PCB connectors and twinax cable systems, with performance capabilities eminently suitable for AI hardware applications. It’s a Gen-Z backplane with Gen-Z Add-In-Cards (AIC) with top card connectivity. This emulates industry standard AI Acceleration hardware platforms. It’s a configurable, scalable system featuring high-speed cable assemblies, high-speed edge … [Read more...]
High Speed Cable System Tested At 67 GHz
Designers are well-aware that as data rate requirements approach and surpass 112 Gbps PAM4, they face challenges of balancing increasing throughput, scalability and density demands with concerns such as power consumption, signal integrity, cost and time-to-market, to name a few. A live demonstration, from DesignCon 2021, shows how Samtec Eye Speed® Ultra Low Skew Twinax cable can help designers overcome some of these challenges by using Samtec Flyover® high-speed cable systems. Rohde … [Read more...]
New High Speed Cable System Enables 112 Gbps PAM4
A new high speed cable system, which enables 112 Gbps PAM4 signaling, can be used in mid-board, mid-board-to-front-panel, and panel-to-panel applications. This video from DesignCon 2021 shows a live product demonstration with a Samtec NovaRay®, Flyover® Cable system operating at 112 Gbps PAM4, as well as a Bulls Eye® high-performance test cable system. It’s all driven by a Xilinx ® Versal™ Premium GTM transceiver. The Versal Premium ACAP allows vendors to position their … [Read more...]
Samtec Sponsors AI Hardware Summit 2021
High-demand, standard IC supply chains continue to face bottlenecks. Additionally, new and emerging compute applications demand application-specific architectures with increased performance, low latency and less power. As a result, many Silicon Valley heavyweights are bringing chip-design in-house. The AI chipset and hardware industry seems ahead of this curve! AI system architects and IC designers have championed any number of original AI hardware solutions. For the past few years, the AI … [Read more...]
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