The portion of the power supply market that will employ some form of digital loop control is expected to grow at an average annual rate of about 45% for at least the next five years, according to recent analysis by Darnell Group. Digital power growth will be almost five times faster than the overall market. […]
"Server Power Characterization & Power Modeling" will be the focus of the lead-off paper in the Mission Critical Facilities track during Darnell’s...
The EPA ENERGY STAR Labeled Products program will publicly detail a second-generation power supply efficiency specification for servers and other data processing...
The Darnell Group announced that a half-day post-conference design seminar on "Using the PMBus™ Protocol" has been added to Darnell’s fifth-annual Digital...
Primarion, an Infineon Technologies subsidiary, introduced its PX3560, a digital multi-phase controller for VR11.1 core power regulation for the server and storage markets. With autonomous phase dropping features that are said to provide high efficiency across the entire operating range, Primarion’s Power On Demand PX3560 is said to address key industry and regulatory initiatives to […]
ACS Motion Control announced that it has expanded its configurable machine and motion control product offering to include 9 and 11" enclosures...
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. (MTI Micro) and NeoSolar, a Korean manufacturer of portable digital devices and energy products, announced that they have...
iWatt, Inc., a leader in digital power IC and Systems products and technology, announced the closing of a $12.4 Million Series E financing round, led by a strategic investor. Existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, Sigma Partners and Horizon Ventures, as well as several private investors, also participated in the round. The funding will be used […]
Digital Power Corp. announced the appointment of Amos Kohn to serve as the company’s President and CEO. Kohn has been a director of the Board of Directors since 2003. Kohn is an executive level manager with more than 20 years experience in convergence technology development, business management, corporate operations and product marketing for diverse industries […]
NTT Data Corp. has announced the details of its "Green Data Center," – a data center with a dc power system, which will be available for use in October 2008. NTT Data has offered the Green Data Center service since January 2008. The company will additionally provide various types of power saving technologies such as […]
Intersil Corp. announced the ISL22511 and ISL22512, described as the world’s smallest non-volatile push-button digitally-controlled potentiometers (DCPs). Described as easy-to-use, rugged devices,...
Active Power, Inc. announced that Sun Microsystems has identified and approved its PowerHouse system, a containerized power and cooling infrastructure solution to complement the Sun Modular Datacenter. Anchoring the PowerHouse system is Active Power’s flywheel based CleanSource® uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems that are suitable for containerization due to their rugged design and ability to […]
Zilker Labs, Inc. has introduced what it describes as the industry’s first 6A integrated dc-dc converter with digital power control and monitoring,...
Verizon has established its own energy-consumption standards and an associated measurement process for new telecommunications-related equipment. The standards will be applied to certain broadband, video, data-center, network and customer-premises equipment purchased after Jan. 1, 2009. The target provided to the manufacturers of such equipment is 20% greater efficiency than today’s gear. "This is similar to […]
Fairchild Semiconductor and Zilker Labs announced that they have entered into an agreement to manufacture and sell digital power products, including point-of-load...