"High-speed applications" means different things to different people. In automotive infotainment, a high speed may be 5-10 Gbps. For sensing applications, high speed may be one sample a second. In the data center, hosted data rates are 112 Gbps PAM4 with 224 Gbps coming soon. However "high speed" is defined, signal integrity becomes more essential for system optimization. At high frequencies, crosstalk becomes a challenge. High-speed differential pairs routed in close proximity affect each … [Read more...]
Samtec, Mouser and Electronic Design Partner on New 5G Webinar
5G is coming! 5G is coming! Is 5G coming? The first two phrases literally described the global 5G rollout at the beginning of 2020. Handset manufacturers, equipment providers, mobile carriers and industry analysts anticipated a strong year. Is 5G still coming? Well, that depends. Like all parts of life, the 5G rollout has been upended by the unfortunate coronavirus pandemic. Sadly, conspiracy theories linking the virus to mobile towers led to acts of arson. Despite the … [Read more...]
New Automotive and Storage Platforms Include Samtec Interconnect Solutions
Embedded engineers - hardware, software and firmware - are constantly challenged to get products to market quickly. Consequently, electronics components manufacturers and their partners are easing this process. Innumerable references designs, evaluation boards and development kits accomplish this goal. Two new solutions available from Neutron Controls and Crossfield Technology are targeted at specific applications. Similarly, they both feature unique, high-performance interconnect … [Read more...]
2018 IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference
The eighth IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference, whose roots trace back to the original 1990 Workshop on Interconnections within High Speed Digital Systems, seeks to facilitate the collaboration required to drive new interconnect architectures and technologies from concepts in research labs to commercial realities. The conference covers the complete spectrum of high performance interconnect challenges in network systems, architectures, applications, subsystems, and devices. … [Read more...]
NXP SCM Demo Features Samtec Interconnect
Increased functionality in everyday devices continues to drive the innovation in the electronics industry. From the growth in camera drones to smart glasses and robots, consumers today demand more of the purchases they make. Traditional electronic designs are multi-chip solution featuring microprocessors, memory, power, IO and other essential system functionality. Design cycles last from months to years depending on complexity. Legacy design approaches prove inefficient for … [Read more...]