I like to start out every morning with a good cup of tea. Others like coffee. In either case, water is nearly always available at the tap when needed. As we are drinking our tea or coffee, we usually listen to the news or check our e-mail on our laptop or smartphone. Like water at…
It’s the unoffical start of summer 2025. Students are getting out of school. Families are planning vacations and holidays. Full-time workers are looking for a break from their day-to-day jobs. Some are looking for new experiences. What does that have to do with AI/ML system topologies, you may wonder? Well, there is a lot of…
As data rates climb beyond 200 Gbps, minimizing signal loss and preserving signal integrity become more difficult to manage. Samtec’s offerings, from mid-board pluggable (FireFly™, Halo®) to co-packaged pluggable interconnects (SiFly® HD CPX), provide options and a flexible roadmap to 224 Gbps per lane. Here’s some history of Samtec’s optical innovations: Co-Packaged Interconnects: One Unified Architecture What…
The future of data center architecture is open, and we’re building right on top of it. In one of our latest demos, Samtec partnered with Sanmina to build out an OCP-style mechanical rack system. The system was designed to showcase real-world applications of our high-performance Flyover® copper cable systems. This isn’t just a proof-of-concept. It’s…
Engineers have spent centuries achieving more with less. From the ironclad ships of the Industrial Revolution to the latest lithium-ion batteries, engineers understand there is value in trying to be efficient. In the electrical world, this is a familiar challenge. However, in the words of a famous Scottish engineer, “We canna’ change the laws of…
Samtec recently presented a ground-breaking next-gen 100T network switching topology at OFC 2025, incorporating Samtec co-packaged connectivity at the substrate level. This was presented in conjunction with our network switching partners at Marvell. In the video above, Samtec’s Jignesh Shah walks you through the demo and explains the capabilities and technologies. We are showing a…
As I type (and yes, I am typing; this is not an AI-generated blog), PCIe 7.0, version 0.9, is now available to PCI-SIG members. PCIe 7.0® offers a 2x bandwidth boost over PCIe 6.0, reaching 128 GT/s raw bit rates. PCIe 7.0 addresses the growing demand for faster data transfer rates and lower latency, particularly…
Smaller. Denser. Faster. Samtec uses that brief phrase to describe the de-facto trend in interconnect design. It applies in the data center, medical devices, AI/ML, HPC, military/aerospace, and in rugged and embedded computing industries. The concept is also driven by Moore’s Law. Some may say that rugged and embedded computing applications don’t require the smallest,…
Samtec’s booth at OFC 2025 featured seven fantastic live product demonstrations and displays, both optical and copper. These included several new mid-board optical transceiver solutions. This video, hosted by Samtec’s J.R. Bonnefoy, gives you a quick overview of the optical transceiver demos. PCIe® 5.0 Over Fiber First is PCIe 5.0 over fiber. We showed two…
Samtec showcased two PCIe® 5.0 optical solution live product demonstrations at OFC 2025. The demos transmitted PCIe 5.0 data rates — 32 GT/s — with excellent performance. In the first demonstration, a Multilane BERT generated 32 Gbps PRBS 31 data, which traveled through high-speed coax cables to a Samtec FireFly™ Evaluation Card with a 100-meter…
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