You can do a lot in three minutes. From counting to 180 to making toast, the possibilities are endless. However, our good friend Steve Leibson at Xilinx, encourages you to use your three minutes to take a look at our new video featuring Samtec's FQSFP cable on Xilinx VCU118 FPGA. We couldn't agree more. 28Gbps FireFly Loopback in Action Steve goes on to state in his blog: "Samtec recently posted a 3-minute video demonstrating its FireFly Micro Flyover Cable … [Read more...]
Mentor®, A Siemens Business 2017 (User Group Meeting MARLUG Laurel, MD)
The PCB Forum has been successful bringing customers and Mentor specialists together, delivering tips and tricks to enable our customers to be more productive, use the tools more efficiently and see the benefits of the latest release. This year MARLUG will be even more exciting: We will bring the VX release of Xpedition (the most significant release of Mentor Graphics PCB technology in many years), close to you. Throughout the day we will demonstrate ground-breaking and easy-to-use innovations … [Read more...]
A Look Inside Samtec’s High Speed Cable Tech Center
Check out the new Samtec Cable Group Tech Center video. It’s an overview of the Samtec Cable Group, our R&D and manufacturing Technology Center focusing on precision extruded micro coax and twinax cable used for high speed / high density cable assemblies, including 26-38 AWG, 50/75/85/100 ohm impedance, and systems rated at 28+ Gbps. Cable Options Samtec Cable Group offers a variety of center conductor, dielectric, shielding, and jacket options. Center conductor options include … [Read more...]
Strike Up The Bandwidth Beyond 28 Gbps
Here is a link to an EDN article you need to read. Scott McMorrow, R&D Consultant for Teraspeed® Consulting (a division of Samtec), discusses the migration of high-speed data transfer rates to 28 Gbps and beyond. Here's a quick synopsis. We Can Barely Get To 56 Gbps With Today's Materials It’s hard to give an overview to such an insightful article, but I’ll try to give a quick recap: First, although many in the industry are successfully achieving information transfer rates … [Read more...]