Power Systems Design (PSD) Information to Power Your Designs

Navitas Presents World's First 8.5kW AI Data Center Power Supply Powered by GaN and SiC

Navitas Semiconductor, the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs and silicon carbide (SiC) technology, has announced the world’s first 8.5 kW power supply unit (PSU), powered by GaN and SiC technologies to achieve 98% efficiency, fo

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Date:

11/07/2024

SEGGER SystemView Now Free for Select Ultra Low Power Microcontrollers from Analog Devices

SEGGER announces that Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has made SEGGER’s SystemView software analysis tool available for their customers for select Ultra Low Power (ULP) microcontrollers, free of charge, enabling a powerful out-of-the box development experience. Included are the MAX78000, MAX78002, MAX32561, MA

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Date:

11/05/2024

Web-Based Tool from STMicroelectronics Accelerates AIoT Projects with Smart Sensors

ST AIoT Craft, a new web-based tool from STMicroelectronics, simplifies developing and provisioning node-to-cloud AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) projects that use the machine-learning core (MLC) of ST’s smart MEMS sensors. The MLC is unique to the ST MEMS portfolio and enables decision-tree learning

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Date:

11/05/2024

Next-Gen IBC Series Delivers High Power Density and Efficiency for AI Data Centers

Flex Power Modules introduces the BMR316, a high-performance non-isolated, unregulated DC/DC intermediate bus converter (IBC) specifically designed for AI and ML data center applications that demand intensive computational power. The compact BMR316 is ideal for other high-power IBC applications where board spa

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Date:

11/04/2024

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Figure 1: HPC devices for AI application demand a significant amount of power

Power Delivery Considerations for HPC/AI Devices

Simondavide Tritto, WW Performance Digital COE Manager, Advantest

With the insatiable need for more power, high-performance computing (HPC) products create challenges for test cells in delivering and managing high power during manufacturing test. According to data from Market.us, the global computing power market is forecasted to grow from $45.7 billion in 2023 to $8

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Date:

11/01/2024

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

The Power Semiconductor Market

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America

In August, Frost & Sullivan reported: “Power Semiconductors are experiencing transformational growth due to rapid electrification across industries, the AI boom, growing renewable energy demand, and focus on sustainability.” From 2023 to 2033 the forecasted cumulative growth opportunity for power semiconductors is

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Date:

11/01/2024

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Is AI a Job Killer or Merely the Next Disruptive Technology?

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Artificial Intelligence, AI, has the potential to transform our world in a way that few disruptive technologies have. While other tech innovations have made our lives easier, we’re potentially planting the seeds of our own obsolescence with AI. But is AI a true tech singularity, upon which we’ll have “passed th

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Date:

11/01/2024

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