Samtec and Partners Demonstrate PCIe® 5.0 over Fiber PoCs

Stand C3530

16th July 2025

Samtec’s FireBlade™ FireFly™ CEM AIC Samtec’s PCI Express®-Over-Fiber FireFly™ optical cable solution with key features to enable clear signal transmission with increased reach and cost optimization. By supporting the PCIe® 5.0 protocol, the CEM AIC form factor delivers high data transfer rates with low latency, power management and guaranteed transmission.

The CEM AIC form factor modules support many optical PCI Express® and CXL® use cases and system topologies, especially in AI/ML and disaggregated computing and memory. The card are extremely low power using ~15W when fully populated with all optical transeivers.

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