FCI Introduces Its New ExaMAX® IO Cable Solutions
SINGAPORE (January 30, 2014) — FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect
systems, today introduced its new ExaMAX® IO cable solutions. These latest IO cable
assemblies utilize FCI’s proprietary ExaMAX® connector technology that has the bandwidth
capability to facilitate signal transmission speeds of up to 40 Gb/s. These cable solutions also
leverage ExaMAX® IO connector’s terminal design technology which significantly decreases
terminal stub and ground-mode resonances. ExaMAX® IO cabling solutions combine this
technology with an optimized cable termination to achieve minimized impedance mismatch,
skew, and signal loss.
ExaMAX® cable assemblies feature a highly controlled cable termination process that ensures
minimal impact to the signal transmission path and overall signal integrity performance.
Crosstalk, skew and impedance mis-match are significantly reduced throughout wire
management, wire termination and wire strain relief areas to safeguard the high bandwidth
capability of these new connector solutions. ExaMAX® cable assemblies have full electrical
performance that is compliant to the OIF-CEI-25G-LR industry standard’s specifications.
“ExaMAX® IO cable solution is another high performance addition to FCI’s ExaMAX® family.
The signal integrity performance, simplicity and cost effectiveness of the ExaMAX® connector
interface makes it an ideal choice for 25G+ high performance cable assemblies. System
hardware designers with high speed 25G+ packaging applications will find ExaMAX® IO cable
assembly to be a versatile solution that can effectively address their concerns for signal loss,”
says Roy Muscarella, VP and General Manager of the HSIO business unit at FCI.
“System hardware designers with high speed 25G+ packaging applications like internal pointto-
point, rack-to-rack, backplane pass-through or cabled backplane applications, where signal
loss is a major concern, will find the ExaMax cables to be a flexible and welcome option.”
Besides ExaMAX® IO cables’ excellent signal integrity, these solutions are also flexible and
scalable. They can accommodate either individual differential pair or ribbonized twin-axial cable
constructions at different AWG wire sizes. In addition, as these cables utilize multiple wafer
counts as the foundation for cable construction and configuration, accommodating various
differential pair counts, either within a column or column-to-column, can be easily
accomplished.
ExaMAX® IO cable solutions’ wafer-to-wafer characteristic also results in cable bulk that is
smaller and capable of superior cable bend radius and cable routing capability compared to
other conventional jacketed cables.
FCI offers ExaMAX® cable solutions for both internal and external system applications. The
ExaMAX® IO cable solutions were officially released at the 2014 DesignCon trade show in
Santa Clara, CA. Samples of the cable solutions are available for immediate release.
About FCI Electronics
FCI Electronics is an international connector and cable assembly solutions manufacturer of Backplane Connectors, Power Solutions, Board/Wire to Board Connectors, Input/Output Connectors, Optical Interconnect, Cable Assemblies, Terminal Blocks and Flex Connectors. Our interconnect solutions are designed and manufactured for various market applications such as automotive motorized vehicles, telecommunications, data storage, consumer electronics, medical, industrial & instrumentation as well as renewable energy.
FCI Electronics employs over 6,500 employees worldwide and attained a sales revenue of 555 million USD in 2012. With a global footprint comprising of the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, we are well renowned and respected for our technological leadership, as well as innovative connector and cable assembly solutions.
For more information, please visit us at www.fci.com.
