No matter where we go on the Internet, the blockchain craze seems to follow us. With terms like “cryptocurrency” and “hashing”, it can be difficult to understand whether one is making digital currency or making breakfast. So just what is blockchain, why should you care, and how are connectors involved in something that’s completely digital? […]
Samtec and Sound Techniques – Connecting Rock and Roll
So what do The Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Samtec all have in common? A) Heavy drug use B) Associated with people with long police records C) Worked with a company called Sound Techniques D) All of the above Hopefully, you guessed C […]
Samtec and Xilinx 56 Gbps PAM4 Backplane Demonstration
56 Gbps PAM4 At DesignCon 2018, Matt Burns (Technical Marketing Manager of Samtec) and Ivan Madrigal (SerDes Systems Application Engineer at Xilinx®), walk us through a combined Xilinx-Samtec 56 Gbps PAM4 backplane demonstration. One port of 56Gbps PAM4 PBRS31 data is sourced from the transmitter of the Xilinx test chip containing GTM transceivers. The data […]
Analog Devices Expands the FMC and FMC+ Ecosystem
Regular readers of the Samtec blog are keenly aware of VITA 57 FMC and FMC+ solutions Samtec offers. For more than 10 years, this standard has defined the interface between FPGAs and various expansion modules in a growing number of applications. As FMC/FMC+ leverages open platforms and standards, developers are working to further the adaptation […]
Samtec + Credo 112 Gbps PAM4 Long Reach Cable Demonstration
Credo and Samtec teamed-up to to show an impressive 112 Gbps PAM4 long-reach cable demonstration at DesignCon 2018. In this video, Samtec’s Ralph Page and Credo’s Alex Narazi walk us through the demo and the results achieved. Signal Path Three ports of 112 Gbps PAM4 data are sources from the Credo 112 Gbps PAM4 CDRs. […]
DesignCon 2018 Parting Thoughts – How real is 112 Gbps PAM4?
DesignCon 2018 has passed. For those involved from the high-speed communications and semiconductor communities, everyone needs time to catch their breath a bit before planning for the rest of 2018. Why? DesignCon always offers exposure to the latest state-of-the-art design methodologies, applications, technologies, and unparalleled networking opportunities. One question was on the minds of many: How […]
56 Gbps PAM4 Product Demonstrations At DesignCon 2018
56 Gbps PAM4, 112 Gbps PAM4, and 28 Gbps DesignCon is where Samtec showcases new products and product demonstrations that display high-speed technologies for Silicon-to-Silicon optimization. Our demos this year show interconnect systems in 56 Gbps PAM4, 112 Gbps PAM4, and 28 Gbps applications. Here’s a list of the demos scheduled for DesignCon 2018: 56 […]
Smile! You’re On (High Speed) Cameras!
We often take for granted the dual 12-megapixel camera collecting dust on the back of our smartphones or the fact that almost any building we enter has a sign reading “Smile, you’re on camera!”. Cameras have gone from a mysterious “stealer of souls” to a technology we can’t seem to live without. Although they are commonly […]
Samtec’s DesignCon 2018 Conference Schedule
DesignCon 2018, which is a big deal for Samtec, is a few weeks away. Our high-speed technologies for Silicon-to-Silicon optimization will be on full display and our product experts will show new products that are just released, or will be released in 2018. Our application engineers will demonstrate new system-level solutions, and our SI experts will […]
How Samtec Uses A Scanning Electron Microscope To Ensure Quality Connectors
Samtec is one of the fortunate connector companies to own a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). We recently upgraded our SEM to a new Jeol, JSM-IT500, which has a 100,000 X magnification power. I spoke with Dave Scopelliti, our Test, Measurement, and Processing Guru, about this new equipment and how Samtec uses the SEM to improve […]
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