It’s the best time of the year – the holidays are coming and Samtec’s new 2024 catalog is here! It features over 50 new product series, so get out your pens and start circling what’s going on your Christmas list! The catalog is categorized by six Solution Blocks – High-Speed Board-to-Board, High-Speed Cable, Optics, RF, Rugged/Power and Flexible Stacking. Rugged/Power received the largest overhaul from the previous catalog with the addition of Ultra Rugged products. Ideal for … [Read more...]
Designing the Oxide Rack
“Teamwork makes the dream work,” may be cliché, but in the case of the technology partnership that developed between Oxide Computer and Samtec, it applies. In an Oxide and Friends podcast , Bryan Cantrill, Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company, sums the experience up this way: “a perfect partnership, a model partnership—innovating together.” This is the story of designing the Oxide Rack. But what does it mean to be a great partner in tech, and how did Samtec and Oxide Computer create … [Read more...]
New High-Speed Cable Guide
Who doesn’t love a care package? Open a box from someone you know and find a surprise inside. In college, my aunt used to send me the best sugar cookies – very helpful for enticing friends to study with you. Similar to a care package from someone you know, Samtec just released a new High-Speed Cable Design Guide full of new products, technologies and roadmap items (sorry, no cookies this time). The Guide highlights Samtec’s innovation for next generation architectures – Flyover®, HDR, … [Read more...]
New Rugged/Power Guide
I recently stumbled upon the story of Stephanie Kwolek, a DuPont chemist who discovered the technology behind Kevlar® almost 60 years ago. This lightweight fiber is five times stronger than an equal weight of steel, withstands high heat and is resistant to harsh chemicals (kind of like Superman except for that whole kryptonite thing). Most notably, Kevlar is found in body armor and bulletproof vests used by police and the military. One could argue that the level of something’s ruggedness is … [Read more...]