56. 112. 224. SI/PI! For a lot of Americans, that sounds like the pre-snap play call or audible of a quarterback in North American-style football games. After watching football Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, that's where my brain is as well. However, for those of us in the high-speed connectivity industry, those numbers refer to the speed markers in channel data rates we work with everyday. An embedded engineer implementing a 56 Gbps PAM4 transceiver design. A mechanical engineer … [Read more...]
The Future of High-Speed Interconnections
How fast is too fast? In the world of high-performance computing, data centers, artificial intelligence and related topics, the answer is always the same. How fast can we go? Theoretically, I guess the fastest is the speed of light. In reality, data can travel at about 112 Gbps PAM4 right now with 224 Gbps data rates coming. This topic was all the rage at DesignCon 2023 last week in Santa Clara, CA. A quick search of the technical papers submitted shows at least six technical sessions … [Read more...]
May the 4th Be With You!
"Hello there!" Any Star Wars nerd worth their weight in spice from Kessel knows who said that. Rightfully, Disney+ released a new full-length Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer. If you haven't watched it yet, you should! It would be a lie to say that I am not geeked about this trailer and the upcoming Disney+ series. While this may appear like a shameless blog, Samtec has a long history of appreciating Star Wars geekery. Aside from the fun, sci-fi culture is definitely associated with bleeding edge … [Read more...]
EDI CON Online 2021: Virtual Presentations from Samtec Technical Experts
The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digitization in many industries: travel, entertainment, business meetings and many more. The Samtec blog has disruption virtual tradeshows are having. On the other hand, there were virtual trades shows before COVID-10. EDI CON Online was one of the early pioneers in 2019 (a lifetime ago?). As with many technical events, attendees want access to key thought leaders. Thus, EDI CON Online was born. They came up with the perfect tagline: Where High Frequency … [Read more...]