Family of connectors expanded to meet OCP specification

13th April 2017

Lanna Deamer

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TE Connectivity has announced a U.2 SFF-8639 right angle SAS connector with the highest reliability to meet the Open Compute Project (OCP) Lightning Hardware System Specification for Facebook’s PCIe-based storage unit design.

This right angle configuration complements TE’s existing portfolio of U.2 SFF-8639 connectors, providing more design options to support both SAS and PCIe based devices.

The U.2 SFF-8639 connector is rated up to 12Gbps and is backwards compatible with SFF-8482, SFF-8630 and SFF-8680 products, allowing for quick and easy system upgrades.

It is well suited for use in servers, external storage systems, HDDs/HD carriers, processor blades, and mezzanine cards.

“TE’s high-quality manufacturing processes have enabled us to deliver a right angle U.2 connector with the critical reliability needed to meet the OCP Lightning Hardware System Specification,” said Melissa Knox, I/O Product Manager of Data and Devices at TE Connectivity. “This new product expands our portfolio of U.2 connectors for a variety of applications.”