Sliver Connectors

TE Connectivity's (TE) sliver connectors have been adopted as the standard into SFF-TA-1002. They are one of the highest-performing card edge connectors in the standard. The SFF-TA-1002 pinout supports EDSFF, PCIe, and OCP NIC standards, enabling easy design-in by consolidating fragmented pinouts and speeds. This technology simplifies design and helps lower overall costs by eliminating the need for re-timers and more costly lower-loss PCB materials while reaching speeds up to 56 Gbps with the use of TE high-speed cable. TE provides a highly robust metal housing design on the cable connector with an active latch in the plug, providing additional connection security.

Features

• Supports high speeds through PCIe Gen 5, with a roadmap to 112 G
• Supports next-gen silicon PCIe lane counts where current products in the market begin to max out
• Power connectors enable transmission of high power to riser cards and hardware accelerators
• Reduced cables increase airflow throughout the enclosure
• Competitively priced compared to cables and other power card edge products