Testing is the final step of any manufacturing process, and arguably the most important, and yet it can often be overlooked. Releasing a poorly tested product onto the market has destroyed more than one reputation for quality, and this is even more important in an age when information can be shared globally at the click of a mouse. At the same time, product testing has become hugely more sophisticated as the products themselves have grown more complex. Gone are the days when testing … [Read more...]
A Performance Comparison of Air-Cooled vs. Immersion Cooled Connector Systems
As computing power continues to increase, air cooled systems cannot meet current thermal requirements for HPC hardware systems. Power consumption, space and performance must all be considered during system design. Immersion cooling is a fast-growing solution to economically combat system heat, noise, power consumption and compute density. Samtec’s Brian Niehoff presented “Thermal Management of HPC Hardware Architecture via Immersion Cooling” at the Exhibitor Forum at SC20. Brian’s … [Read more...]
How do Samtec’s Connectors Perform in Outgassing?
If you are involved with ISO 9001 then you probably know that "continuous improvement" is the name of the game. After all Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was Samtec's newly updated Outgassing Guide. Our first version of the Outgassing Flyer was focused on the information that we had at the time, but being Samtec, we didn't stop there, and that is the topic of today's blog. Third Party Testing In the past, industry wide, manufacturers have relied on the outgas testing that NASA … [Read more...]
Is it Uncomfortable at the Cutting Edge?
Innovation can sometimes be an uncomfortable business. The history of invention is filled with examples of ideas that were dismissed at the time, and it is the measure of the inventor whether they can bounce back from rejection. From Alexander Graham Bell with his telephone to Thomas Edison with the electric light bulb, there is a distinguished group of famous names who struggled to be taken seriously. There is something noble, or even romantic, about the idea of the lone … [Read more...]
Keysight Quickens Samtec 112 Gbps PAM4 Test and Development Time
Quicken design cycles. Shorter test times. Faster time to market. System architects, product designers and testing engineers have no doubt heard these mantras with every new project they start. Maybe they have had nightmares about these phrases as well! In any case, shorter design and test times and faster time to market are necessary in today's uber-competitive world. Samtec's product development team lives and breathes these mantras everyday. Thankfully, partners like Keysight help … [Read more...]
Keys to Magnetic Field Testing and Permeability
Each industry has its own standards and requirements that components must meet in order to be considered usable for that industry. There are some tests that are common between industries, such as outgassing, but more often than not there are going to be different requirements that must be met. For instance, manufacturers within the medical field can be interested in magnetic field testing and magnetic permeability, if their products are used in or near a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) … [Read more...]
Going Microscopic to Solve the Problem
Ok, I had a choice to make here with my opening statement; Ant-Man (which is more timely and goes to the quantum level) or go old school with "Honey I Shrunk the Kids." Clearly the choice here was Rick Moranis combing his back yard with a magnifying glass to find his shrunken kids. While a magnifying glass is not a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Rick was scanning his yard with a magnified view much like engineers often have to rely on technology to help us solve problems on a tiny scale. … [Read more...]
Immersion Cooling now on Samtec.com
Immersion Cooling might still seem counter intuitive to most people. After all, we all grew up being told that Grandma doesn't like having the plugged in hairdryer thrown into the tub. Ok, on a serious note, for most people it is still a strange concept to place electronics in any liquid at all, and that is exactly how immersion cooling works. By using a liquid dielectric, we can pull far more heat out of our systems, lower the noise from cooling fans, and save space along the way. We … [Read more...]
What is Outgassing and How is it Tested?
Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products are making their way into industries that wouldn't have considered them previously. This is mainly due to the flexibility, speed of delivery, and cost savings that COTS products offer when compared to a full MIL-SPEC product. However, this doesn't mean that the Military / Aerospace, Space, Industrial, Transportation, Automotive, and Medical industries do not need to know the performance of a COTS product in their application. Knowing the outgassing … [Read more...]
What is Electrostatic Discharge?
Before we talk about electrostatic discharge (ESD), perhaps we should talk about where it comes from. You know what it is, and even young children know what causes it; static electricity. Rub a balloon on your head, and make your hair stand on end, put on socks and drag your feet across the carpet, or slide down a plastic slide on the playground. No matter how you make it, you know what static electricity is when you are "fully charged." The conditions that afford static electricity to … [Read more...]
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