Shielded Input/output Connector

Shielded Input/Output Connector and Cable Assembly Solutions for Higher Density and Increased Speeds

The iPass Interconnect System offers both connectors and cable assemblies that enable flexible speed compatibility for applications ranging from 1.5G up through 10G, and is an ideal interconnect solution for the growing server storage market.

The 84-circuit iPass+a c connector is a derivative of the x16 iPass PCIe External Cable Standard Input/Output (I/O) connector. This 84-circuit connector enables protocols such as InfiniBand to port up to 12 channels of 2.5, 5.0 or 10 Gbps, enabling 120 Gbps of data from box-to-box. Fibre Channel can port up to 12 channels of 8.5 or 10 Gbps of data and Ethernet can port 10 Channels of 10 Gbps, enabling data rates to 100 Gbps. iPass products are frequently renamed within the standard where it has been incorporated ie: "Mini SAS"

The iPass products support these industry standards for high-speed, multi-lane internal and external systems:

* SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), also termed Mini-SAS,
* SATA (Serial ATA), also termed Mini-SATA,
* SFF (Small Form Factor), for Compact MultiLane/CML.
* External PCI Express (PCIe), also termed PCIe x4, x8, x16
* InfiniBand