Apple iPhone 6 Rumors Apple’s iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, depending on which name the firm chooses, is arguably the most hotly anticipated smartphone of the year, and will signal Apple looking to steal back marketshare from the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy S4. Since the launch of the iPhone 5, rumors about its successor haveRead More
Samtec’s Edge Rate Contact System Optimizes Signal Integrity Samtec’s Edge Rate contact system is optimized for signal integrity performance in high-speed and multi-cycle applications. This system offers many advantages over stamped contacts and is available in various interconnects and cable assemblies with a choice of pitch, orientation, and ruggedizing options. The smooth, broad, milled matingRead More
June 2013 – Pasternack’s new line of SMA and N-Type test cables are ideal for test applications requiring low insertion loss and operating frequencies up to 26.5 GHz.
Temp-Flex MediSpec High-Density Micro-Ribbon Cables are ideal for invasive and implantable medical applications. With precise electrical length-matching capability in a compact size, they achieve high-density, long-length, precise signal transmission, and reduce costs on invasive and implantable medical equipment by replacing individual primary wires and flexible circuits with ribbonized parallel wires. The adjacent, parallel wires areRead More
June 2013 – B&B Electronics iMcV-Giga FiberLinX-III securely transmits data from end to end over fiber (up to 100Km), well beyond copper’s distance limitation (328 ft. or 100m).
June 2013 – Hitachi assemblies utilize SMPTE 304m-compliant connectors and have a rugged construction.
June 11, 2013 – The name Weller has long stood for innovative solutions in soldering. Recently, it published this list of suggestions for the care and use of soldering tips, to prolong the tips’ lives and maintain superior performance.
It is important that network designers and operators fully understand the fiber types and technologies available in order to make informed choices and select the correct fiber and interconnect technology.
To address the challenges of cabling and system power, many data centers are considering copper cable assemblies, as recent advances make them viable options for high-speed applications. How far the bandwidth can be pushed is unknown, but 25 Gb/s channels offer potential game-changing solutions.
The cellular infrastructure business struggling to meet demand. Bishop tracks 13 market sectors for electronic interconnects sales trends. The combined annual revenue of all the market sectors was $4.3 trillion in 2012 and grew 4.9% over 2011. Of the 13 market sectors, telecom/datacom was the sixth-fastest growing market sector in 2012 at 2.4% year-over-year andRead More
June 11, 2013—Flamboyant owner rapidly leads Xiaomi to more than $1 billion in revenue.
May 20, 2013–Corning has been selected as the optical cable supplier for the 754-mile Miami-to-Atlanta route, to be completed by the end of 2013.
