This video, from the AI Hardware Summit, shows a prototypical Gen-Z PECFF demonstration based on PCIe 6.0, at 64 GT/s. It shows PCB connectors and twinax cable systems, with performance capabilities eminently suitable for AI hardware applications. It’s a Gen-Z backplane with Gen-Z Add-In-Cards (AIC) with top card connectivity. This emulates industry standard AI Acceleration hardware platforms. It’s a configurable, scalable system featuring high-speed cable assemblies, high-speed edge … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Enables Heterogeneous Computing Networks
Digitization! Everyday, more of our daily life - work, play, sleep, food, entertainment and more - seems to have an online component. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization trend - "Zoom me!" However, digitization has been ongoing for decades. A foundation of daily digitization goes back to Moore's law. CPUs are denser and faster than ever before. Computing networks based on x86 system architectures live on in laptops, workstations, servers and any number of embedded … [Read more...]
Samtec Discusses PECFF Applications in Gen-Z Consortium Webinar
HPC. FinTech. Machine Learning. Network Acceleration. These and many other emerging applications are stressing data center networks. Data center architectures evolve to ensure optimal resource utilization and allocation. PECFF (PCIe® Enclosure Compatible Form Factor) was developed to optimize next-gen system design and to reduce solution cost and complexity. PECFF is but one tool available for improved data center optimization. PECFF leverages PCIe CEM AIC mechanical infrastructure. … [Read more...]
Gen-Z (Consortium) Solutions from Samtec
"Oof. Can't even!"As a Gen-X parent of two lovely Gen-Z children, I have become what I swore I wouldn't: Dated.My kids constantly use new terms that I struggle to understand. My hipper-than-me wife blends right in, where as I . . . you get the idea. Goals.I bring this up because Google thinks "Gen-Z" only refers to the latest demographic group. However, what I, as a geek, am really interested in is the "Gen-Z Consortium". What is the Gen-Z Consortium? Is the Gen-Z Consortium a collection … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Consortium Demo at Flash Memory Summit Includes Samtec Flyover ®
The Flash Memory Summit (FMS) is up and running this week in Santa Clara, CA. The event gives attendees access to the latest technology updates, forecasts, and roadmaps from NVM industry leaders. FMS 2019 is a great venue for the Gen-Z Consortium to display its latest solutions. Gen-Z technology offers a secure open-systems fabric providing high-speed, low-latency access to all memory types in a system. At FMS, the Gen-Z Consortium will highlight a multi-vendor rack typical of modern … [Read more...]