Start with the news release Hermaphrodites simplify interboard mating from Acal Electronics, which we summarised at the time by saying "Acal Electronics has two families of fine-pitch surface-mount board-to-board connectors from Delphi Connection Systems.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Futurebus data connectors from Genalog: "The Harwin Futurebus connector system is based on a modular 2mm grid for high-density high-speed signal board-to-backplane applications at a datarate of 0.622Gbit/s.".
 
In August 2002, we covered the news from Genalog - take a look at Modular basis for Futurebus connector range which says: "Genalog has a new modular 2.00mm grid connector system for use in telecomms, networking and high-end computing applications.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Harwin, Flexible Futurebus connector system, as well as Adaptable IEEE1386 connectors from Flint, and Switched Fabric Interface to gain acceptance from Fairchild Semiconductor.