PCI Express continues to grow as the de facto I/O expansion bus in a number of embedded computing applications. The flexibility of the PCIe interface and the data rates it supports have spawned a number of standard PCB form factors adopted in many different applications. A common functionality added to many PCIe form factor expansion…
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…
Where do engineers turn when they need unbiased, truthful and updated information to solve their problem of the day? An internet search? Social media? A video? While those are all popular and have their merits, engineers often trust friends and colleagues the latest technology trends. One of Samtec’s “friends” is Avnet Abacus , one of our pan-European distributors….
Steve Groothuis, CTO of Samtec Microelectronics, in one of many panelists presenting at the Advanced Packaging Forum during SEMICON West next week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The Advanced Packaging Forum gathers executives, university researchers, engineers, R+D personnel, program managers and other technology experts across the IC packaging and assembly industry. Attendees you…
Traveling to a far-away destination usually involves a choice: do I drive or do I fly? Driving entails a slower pace and traffic while flying allows a direct connection to your final destination for around the same price. This simple analogy illustrates choices electronics designers face in getting data from point A to point B….
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…
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,…
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…
Signal Integrity expert Eric Bogatin recently shared three predictions on the state of signal integrity. Based on his discussions at DesignCon 2016 and thereafter, Eric has three predictions about major changes ahead for high speed serial link systems. The first is the rollout of 28 Gbps systems will be slower than expected. Eric explains that…
The march to faster data rates never seems to stop. Communications protocols used in the data center provide the proof. Fiber Channel signals can run up to 32 Gbps. 25G Ethernet 802.3bj and Ethernet 100G signals can run up to 25Gbps. InfiniBand EDR 104G serial channels support 26 Gbps data rates. This presents engineers of…
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