Editor Blogs

May 2023

China's General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. China recently banned Micron Technology from "key information infrastructure".

China Bans Micron from its Key Information Infrastructure

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Turnabout, I suppose, is fair play. Amidst a U.S. push to purge all Chinese products from their networks, China has responded in kind, barring domestic firms that provide “key information infrastructure” from patronizing the 7th-largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, U.S.-based Micron Technology.

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05/29/2023

800V EVs Predicted to Drive Power Electronics to 15% CAGR Rise

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Porsche Taycan

800V EVs Predicted to Drive Power Electronics to 15% CAGR Rise

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Moving to an 800V architecture makes a lot of sense for electric vehicles. One of the major drawbacks to EV adoption is the charging time, which is normally measured in hours. Increasing the voltage of the architecture means that time can be reduced considerably, often to around the time needed to go buy and dri

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05/24/2023

FCC's "Rip and Replace" Program for Huawei Products is Chronically Behind Schedule

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The U.S. has tried multiple times to censure, marginalize, and remove any and all traces of Huawei from American networks. At one point, they even tried a “rip and replace” program, buoyed by nearly $2 billion in reimbursement funds. But for various reasons, implementation has been sorely lacking, meaning

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05/22/2023

Helion Energy

Helion's plasma accelerator raises fusion fuel up to 100 million degrees celsius and directly extracts electricity with a high-efficiency pulsed approach

Microsoft to Utilize Fusion Energy

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

In the world of alternate energy, there’s nothing quite like fusion. It’s both costly and quite possibly the most efficient form of renewable energy. And now Microsoft is dipping its toes into that particular pool. Helion Energy, which announced its $0.5 billion Series E a couple years ago, has revealed that it’ll pro

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05/15/2023

The 2023 Cayenne S

Porsche Hybrid SUV Receives Larger Battery and Electric Drive

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Porsche’s electric ambitions could generously be called…humble, but give them credit – they’re trying. Amongst its myriad initiatives, the luxury automaker recently gave its hybrid Cayenne SUV a larger battery and electric drive. For the uninitiated, Porsche wants 80% of its sales to be electric (hybrid or EV) b

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05/08/2023

Black and Decker Installs Huge Solar Farm in Kentucky

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

To reach our goal of a decarbonized energy sector by 2050, we’ve seen huge public and private investments in renewable energy, and Stanley Black & Decker has leaped into the fray with Kentucky’s largest privately funded on-site solar project that’s 100% renewable energy sourced. The 4.3 MW solar

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05/01/2023