Eaton Corp. announced the Eaton Power Distribution Rack (PDR) to offer data center managers flexible, high-density power distribution for rack environments with a highly-compact footprint. The PDR offers a space-saving way to distribute power throughout the data center with up to 168 factory-installed branch breakers. Its flexible design for high-density racks offers the traditional 225A […]
Fairchild Semiconductor announced that it is offering designers of energy-sensitive systems a 300mA low-dropout (LDO) solution balancing efficiency, transient response, and footprint size. The FAN2564 is a low VIN LDO offering the efficiency of a switcher-based solution but in the footprint of an LDO. According to the company, traditional LDO regulators create low voltage supplies […]
TDK-Lambda announced its new EFE series of embedded front-end power supplies which the company claims delivers industry leading power density, high efficiency,...
Linear Technology Corp. introduced the LTC4099, an autonomous I²C controlled, high efficiency power manager, diode controller and Li-Ion/Polymer battery charger for portable...
Pulse introduced the PA2143NL surface mount coupled power bead inductor. This dual-phase coupled inductor is designed to support Volterra’s VT1300 multi-phase voltage regulator which implements Volterra’s patented inductor topology. The dual-staple inductor design lowers direct current resistance (DCR), and the low-loss ferrite core reduces inductor switching losses. The result is described as a highly efficient […]
Digital Power Corp. announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Net income was $362,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of 8.8 times the net income of $41,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2007, and net income of $215,000 for the three months ended […]
Linear Technology Corp. and Power-One, Inc. announced their agreement to enter into a non-exclusive Field of Use license for Linear Technology under...
Eaton Corp. announced the availability of the Eaton Energy Management System (EMS) Upgrade Kit for data center and facilities managers to extend sophisticated branch circuit monitoring capabilities to legacy and third-party power distribution equipment. The EMS Upgrade Kit allows for power conditions to be monitored on individual breakers, breaker panels or at the equipment level, […]
Eltek Valere announced that Liquid Computing, described as a pioneer in blade-based computing for data centers, has standardized on Eltek Valere’s Flatpack2 HE rectifier for fabric computing applications involving its LiquidIQ blade server system. The Flatpack2HE is the first in a line of dc power rectifiers from Eltek Valere with what is described as an […]
Ericsson Power Modules announced its BMR450 which, according to the company, compared to traditional voltage regulators based on analogue control, uses a...
ON Semiconductor has introduced what it describes as the industry’s first six-phase Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controllers. The ADP4000 and ADP4100 are...
APC by Schneider Electric announced launch of its new Symmetra® MW II uninterruptible power system (UPS), the second generation of APC’s modular UPS to provide power in the range of 400 to 1600kW, with paralleling capabilities for increased capacity or redundancy. With what the company describes as the industry’s highest operating efficiency, the Symmetra MW […]
APC by Schneider Electric, together with Carnegie Mellon University announced the establishment of the APC Fellowships for Data Center Efficiency Research. The APC Research Fellowships support Ph.D. students at Carnegie Mellon with research foci in the broad area of data center efficiency. APC Research Fellowships are part of an ongoing collaboration between APC and Carnegie […]
International Rectifier, (IR)® introduced the IR3720 output power monitor IC with digital I²C interface for low-voltage dc-dc converters used in notebook, desktop...
Emerson Network Power announced a number of changes to its infrastructure management and assessment services to improve data center modeling and management. Specifically, Emerson Network Power is collaborating with Future Facilities to advance virtual prototyping of data centers and is integrating the company’s 6SigmaDC computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools with the Aperture VISTA infrastructure management […]