Charlie walks us through a set of options designers now have as two new PICMG draft specifications affecting high-speed I/O in CompactPCI-based systems near completion.
This article focuses on the Ultra Hard Metric (UHM) socket connector from 3M. For more on this connector and the new draft specifications, see Pairing CompactPCI compatibility with high-speed serial data transfer, also in this issue.
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8/28/2009