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Cables on Demand is an Amphenol-Owned Cable Manufacturer and Online Retailer Offering 1000’s of Factory-Direct, In-Stock, Ready-to-Ship, Industry-Standard Cables for Computer I/O, Networking, Communications, A/V, Datacenter & Electronics Test Applications.

Category-8 (Cat-8) Ethernet Cable Guide: Frequently Asked Questions [CAT8 Cable FAQ] by Amphenol Cables on Demand

What is Category-8 and when did it debut on the market? Category-8, also known as CAT-8, represents the most up-to-date and best-performing of the “Cat Cable” family of Ethernet Patch Cable standards.  Category-8 was fully ratified by the ANSI TIA/EIA standards committee TR43 working group under 568-C.2-1 in 2016.  It is therefore a fully published...

Category-8 (Cat-8) Cable Guide: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part #2 by Amphenol Cables on Demand

Can Category-8 (CAT-8) Cables substitute for SFP28 Cables and QSFP28 Cables? Absolutely, the aforementioned server/switch OEM’s are designing their hardware to use Category-8 Network Patch Cords in lieu of far more costly High-Speed Direct Attach (DAC) Cables, Optical Transceiver Modules and Active Optical Cable (AOC) assemblies.  A 25Gbps or 40Gbps CAT8-based link can substitute for...

Category-8 (Cat-8) Cable Guide: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part #1 by Amphenol Cables on Demand

What is Category-8 and when did it debut on the market? Category-8, also known as CAT-8, represents the most up-to-date and best-performing of the “Cat Cable” family of Ethernet Patch Cable standards.  Category-8 was fully ratified by the ANSI TIA/EIA standards committee TR43 working group under 568-C.2-1 in 2016.  It is therefore a fully published...

View Our Leading Selection of Test & Instrumentation Cables, Modules & Adapters — Amphenol Cables on Demand (CablesOnDemand.com)

Engineers, Technicians and IT specialists alike have long utilized genuine Amphenol-brand interconnect products in their test equipment and lab facilities due to their world-renowned reputation for quality and reliability.  Amphenol Cables on Demand offers hundreds of products that are optimized for use with both test equipment instrumentation I/O applications – All In-Stock and Ready-to-Ship Same-Day...

Amphenol Cables on Demand Partners with Amphenol Business Units High-Speed I/O, XGIGA and Interconnect Products Corp. to Offer Factory-Direct Off-the-Shelf Cable Assemblies and Optical Transceivers at Factory-Direct Prices.

Amphenol High-Speed I/O is an interconnect industry innovator with a diverse cable line-up of both Passive Direct Attach Copper (DAC) Cable and Active Optical Cable (AOC) assemblies. Amphenol’s best-in-class High-Speed interconnect solutions are capable of supporting network server I/O backbone link speeds ranging from 10-Gigabits-per-second (10G SFP+) to 800-Gigabits-per-second (OSFP/QSFP-DD 112G). Amphenol XGIGA designs and...

Buy Coaxial Cables Direct from the Inventor of the World’s Most Renowned Coax Cable Connector Designs at Amphenol Cables on Demand (CablesOnDemand.com)

Amphenol has been the world leader in RF interconnect design and manufacturing since before World-War-2, with its legendary BNC, TNC and UHF connector designs likely used over a billion times since their inception. RG58 50 OHM COAX CABLE Our RG58C/U coaxial cable assemblies provide an affordable link for low-power RF applications over short runs. Common...

D-Subminiature (D-Sub) Cables & Connectors: The Best PC I/O Interconnect Design In History? Learn Why the Nimble and Simple D-Sub Design Still Matters Decades After Its 1952 Debut!

Amphenol Cables on Demand (CablesOnDemand.com) is the web’s leading provider of D-Subminiature (D-Sub) interconnects — Available in all form-factors from DB9 to HD78 in Standard Shielded, Deluxe Shielded and Premium Double Shielded varients. The D-Subminiature (D-Sub) interconnect system made its debut over 70-years ago in 1952 and while many technologies of the era have long...

High-Speed QSFP Loopback Adapter Modules De-Mystified (Pt. 1) — The Definitive Guide to Selecting the Right QSFP+ or QSFP28 Loopback Adapter Module for Your IT System Needs

Upon joining the Amphenol Cables on Demand team in 2007 as Product Manager, shortly after the company’s launch, it didn’t take long to realize that despite having just worked in the same interconnect manufacturing industry for nearly three years (albeit on the defense/aerospace side for a competing firm), I still had a sizeable amount of...

Questions About 10GbE-CX4 Cables? Read Our CX4 Cable Guide.

10GbE-CX4 Cable Frequently Asked Questions Network Engineers have a plethora of cabling options when it comes to installing a 10-Gigabit Ethernet compliant backbone, but which solution is truly optimal under the circumstances?  10-Gigabit Ethernet CX4, aka 10GbE-CX4 or 10GBASE-CX4, combines low cost, low latency, and low power consumption for the ultimate short-distance link.  Although CX4’s...

Cables on Demand Network Cable Guide (CAT5e/6/6a)

Download our complete Network Cable Guide to CAT5e/6/6a Cables at the Download icon above. Sincerely, “The Cable Guy“ Product Marketing Manager Amphenol Cables on Demand https://CablesOnDemand.com