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    April 2024
    Combining GaN and Liquid Cooling for Greater Energy Efficiency in AI Data Centers

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    Figure 1: Projected electricity consumption of data centers (2015 – 2030) [6]

    The data center industry is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented transformation due to the surge in generative AI and other emerging technologies. This surge has massively increased the power consumption on servers, putting a strain on data centers around the world. Data centers already account for about 2 perce
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    Date:
    04/30/2024
    Signal Hound Introduces the RFS44 4-Port Antenna Switch

    Signal Hound Introduces the RFS44 4-Port Antenna Switch

    Signal Hound – manufacturer of accessible, versatile, precision test equipment – announced the addition of the RFS44 to its expanding product line. This powerful, ultra-fast antenna switch is in stock and available to order now. The RFS44 is a single pole four throw (SP4T) absorptive solid-state sw
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    Date:
    04/30/2024
    PSDcast – Plastic Optical Fiber Transceivers Feature High EMI Immunity

    Firecomms' chief engineer, Michael O’Gorman

    ­We’ve been dealing with the aftermath of APEC and one of the greatest showings for applied power in recent memory, and last but certainly not least, I wanted to highlight a pretty cool product from Firecomms, a series of plastic optical fiber transceivers with high EMI immunity and robust RF signal isolation. An
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    Date:
    04/24/2024
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