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Table of Contents Departments News Productronica 2005 attendance confirms upbeat electronics industry Productronica 2005 lived up to its reputation as the world’s largest trade show for electronics production by attracting more attendees than expected, including more international visitors than ever before. Molex expands flex-circuit assembly capabilities Molex Incorporated has announced an expanded ability to develop and deliver high-performance flex-circuitry assemblies and now can provide assemblies with up to 18 layer conductive flex. Plastic product changes name from DSM to Fiberfil Fiberfil Engineered Plastics and DSM Engineering Plastics-Americas have reached a definitive agreement allowing Fiberfil Engineered Plastics to acquire the North American custom compounding polypropylene business of DSM and its manufacturing site in Stoney Creek, ON, Canada, as of December 7, 2005. Newsmakers News briefs Amax Information Technologies and Supermicro join forces Amax Information Technologies, a top-tier server integrator and solution provider, and Supermicro Computer, a manufacturer of motherboard, chassis, and server solutions, have joined forces to deliver Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) solutions for the server market. 12.5-Gbit/s ATCA reference design exhibits low crosstalk Huawei and FCI, supported by Sanmina-SCI, have successfully demonstrated 12.5-Gbit/s differential signal transmission on a backplane system designed around the AdvancedTCA (ATCA) standard network platform using FCI’s AirMax VS connectors in Zone 2. Editor's View Support your industry association Need a New Year’s Resolution you can feel good about? Industry Insight Industry group is the solution to lack of basics Gold thickness on connectors is currently a topic of much interest in the industry. Products New Products WHAT’S NEW CONNECTORS CABLING & CONNECTOR SUPPORT Focus On Manufacturing Equipment & Tools Medical Connectors Features COTS harsh-environment fiberoptic connectors fill the gap A variety of commercial off-the-shelf options exist for extreme fiber applications such as military, avionics, shipboard, and space. ‘Designer’ interconnects call for ‘standard’ solutions In new or custom applications, high-speed interconnects require industry-defined parameters on details like impedance, signal latency, propagation delay, and attenuation. How to design with flex circuits in mind Specifying connectors for flexible circuits requires understanding of robust termination solutions.

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