Yahoo Mail users will spend $110 more this year on electricity compared to Gmail users according to Opower, a specialist in energy information software for the utility industry. Based on the company’s cutting-edge behavioral science and patent-pending data analytics, Opower found that, on average, Yahoo Mail users consume 939 kilowatt-hours (kWh) more than Gmail users, […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) expanded its WEBENCH® suite of tools by introducing WEBENCH System Power Architect, the industry’s first online tool to speed design of multi-output, high-performance dc-dc power supply systems. WEBENCH System Power Architect enables the user to build and optimize a complete power system from the edge of the card to the smallest […]
The New Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a program that seeks to cool chips and chip stacks from within. The...
An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the Fourth-Annual DC Building Power Asia conference (DCBPA ’12) to be held...
Freescale Semiconductor named Gregg A. Lowe president and CEO of the company, effective immediately. Lowe comes to Freescale from Texas Instruments where...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced a 200mA, 60V SWIFT high-density, synchronous step-down regulator with 90-percent high efficiency and low noise performance. With a solution size of only 125mm2, the TPS54061 integrates both high side and low side power MOSFETs, and improves efficiency in industrial automation and 4 to 20mA sensor control applications, as well as […]
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS) announced it has successfully demonstrated a new battery technology to replace conventional lithium-ion batteries and redefine the design of smart phones, tablets and other consumer devices by enabling thinner form factors and better performance. IPS demonstrated record-breaking energy storage capacity for an organic-free, all-solid-state, thin-film battery. Using single-sided deposition, a […]
Continued pressure for higher-performance mobile devices is causing the industry to consider alternative methods for battery charging. Freescale Semiconductor announced three reference designs for wireless charging that could change the way consumers power their energy-hungry devices. "Wireless charging frequently tops the lists of ’hot’ features for future smart phones," said Geoff Lees, vice president and […]
TDK Corp. announces that the TDK-Lambda Model HFE2500-48 power supply has now been certified to the 80 PLUS® Platinum level for redundant,...
Ericsson describes its ’Digital Power Compendium’ as the most complete and authoritative collection of technical papers on advanced digital dc-dc power technologies...
Delta Electronics’ consumer brand Innergie has unveiled its PocketCell rechargeable battery bank. The Innergie PocketCell is described as an innovative and compact...
Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K. announced that New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. has adopted Tanaka Denshi Kogyo’s "CHA" thick copper wire for wiring on aluminum electrodes of semiconductor chips manufactured by New Japan Radio. This has led to the establishment of what the companies say is the world’s first power semiconductor mass production technology using copper […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of winners for the "Apps for Energy" competition, with app developers submitting more than 50 innovative mobile and web applications that will help utility consumers save money by making the most of their "Green Button" electricity usage data. The winners were selected by a panel […]
National Instruments (NI) announced the LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite, a new toolkit specific to the power industry. With this toolkit, engineers can combine an NI CompactRIO system for power measurement with over 50 signal and sensor modules. "In the rapidly changing landscape of electrical power, traditional measurement hardware either offers limited functionality or requires a […]
Efficient Power Conversion Corp. (EPC) introduced the EPC9102, a fully functional eighth brick converter. This board is a 36 60V input to...