Interconnects

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The Critical Connection

The Critical Connection Podcast Ep. #5: Empowering Communication Infrastructures with Optical Transceivers

The explosive growth in mobile solutions and cloud computing puts a great deal of pressure on communication infrastructures, which must handle the large amounts of data being ...
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The Critical Connection Podcast Ep. #4: Considerations in Using “Ruggedized” I/O Connectors

Modern electronics are being deployed in more and more harsh environments, where they must work optimally. The cables and connectors used need to be as rugged as the package they...
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High-Density Board-to-Board Connectors Fit in Tight Spaces

A series of quad-row board-to-board connectors use staggered pins to save 30% more space compared to existing solutions.
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"The Critical Connection" Podcast, Ep. 3: Empowering Automation with Advanced Interconnects

Automation in factories and other facilities is evolving with smart-system integration, but no matter how sophisticated the technology in any automation solution, it cannot work...
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Embedded

How CXL Fits into the Future of Memory

Microchip's new SMC 2000 series helps open the door to CXL-attached memory in the data center.
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Embedded

Is It Finally Time for Silicon Photonics to Shine?

A new silicon-photonics process developed by GlobalFoundries has the backing of Ayar Labs, Broadcom, Cisco, Marvell, and NVIDIA.
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Analog

Molex to Acquire Keyssa’s 60 GHz Wireless Connector Technology

Molex is trying to take advantage of the rising demand for high-speed, board-to-board contactless connectivity in mobile and consumer devices.
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Automation

Optimize USB 3 by Understanding How it Works

Though it offers simple interconnectivity and interoperability, USB’s internal functions are quite complex. With USB 3 now upon us, it’s more important than ever to get a good...
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Power

Raising the Protection Bar for USB Type-C and USB PD

Sponsored by: Texas Instruments The USB Type-C connector combined with the recently released USB PD 3.0 specification ushers in a new design paradigm for power distribution in...
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Boards

Specifying Mid-Board Copper Solutions

Mid-board copper solutions overcome PCB layout restrictions and add design flexibility.