Technologies and design considerations are presented for the design of very high bandwidth oscilloscopes. These include chip, DSP and microwave technologies employed in some of the fastest waveform digitizers in the world.

The oscilloscope has been a primary tool for electronic design engineers since the invention of that instrument, many years ago. The first decades of oscilloscopes were “analog” in nature.

Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs) are increasingly being deployed in large datacenters to off-load networking services from the Server CPUs. This enables better scalability and security for organizations running large datacenters. In contrast to traditional NICs, SmartNICs offer programmable packet processing, storage, and networking functionality. Furthermore, SmartNICs are designed to monitor key network performance parameters like latency, speed, throughput, and packet loss. SmartNIC interface speeds are typically 100Gbps and above.  A Chinese high-tech startup focused on cloud datacenter ASIC product development is developing network interconnect ASICs for SmartNICs used in large scale datacenters and cloud computing. The company uses Teledyne LeCroy Xena’s E100q Chimera network emulator to verify the performance of their new ASIC.

Networking devices supporting 800Gbps Ethernet are now being developed, with some industry analysts predicting the next tech cycle of 1.6Tbps (Terabits per second) could arrive as early as 2024. But the devil's in the details - and there are a lot of details. Xena's new White Paper examines the technical options and challenges of bringing terabit Ethernet to life. Learn how faster electrical lane speeds, new modulation schemes and the need for better Forward Error Correction (FEC) mechanisms are playing a key role, as well as why you'll need to test changes to the Ethernet physical layer and transceiver form factors.

Companies manufacturing all sorts of products use Quality assurance (QA) to prevent errors and mistakes in their products and ensure flawless product deliveries to their customers. This willimprovecustomer satisfaction and reducethe need for after-salestroubleshooting and support. QA give companies get a systematic process to find outif their products meet what is required. QA defines requirements for developing and manufacturing reliable products.A driving force behind QA is the ISO(International Organization for Standardization). ISOhas developed the ISO 9000international standard, on which many companies base their QA system. QA testing is done during and after development andprovidesinformationtodevelopers if changes or improvements are required.During product development the development team will do thorough testing of the product, covering e.g. functional and stress testing of the basic functionality of the product. QA testing of physical products normally includes stress testing of a number of environmental conditions.QA tests that may be conducted include: EMC Tests •Mechanical Tests Thermal/Humidity Tests Hi-Pot Tests Sand and Dust Tests Salt Spray Tests