March 18, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a configurable digital power management controller with 64 kB of program Flash memory for AC/DC and isolated DC/DC power supplies. Read more

March 4, 2013 ROHM Co., Ltd. has developed a dedicated system power management IC (PMIC) to support Intel's latest Atom-based platform, code name 'Bay Trail'.

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February 26, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced what the company claims are the industry’s first 35-V, single-channel, output stage power management gate drivers for insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and silicon carbide (SiC) FETs. Read more

February 18, 2013 Dialog Semiconductor has announced the DA9210 programmable multiphase DC-to-DC buck converter that can be scaled for use across multiple, high-end smartphone and tablet platforms to help accelerate development cycles. Read more

February 12, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a power management controller with 4- and 6-bit voltage identification (VID) interfaces. Read more

February 11, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a low-voltage power management unit with the fastest start-up time of less than10 ms for demanding instant-on automotive applications, such as graphical cluster, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Read more

February 5, 2013 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced what the company claims is the industry’s first single-chip, front-end power management unit (PMU) for battery-powered applications based on ARM Cortex A9 and A15 processors.

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January 31, 2013 ROHM Semiconductor has released new linear regulators and switching regulators based on innovative low quiescent current technology. The new power management utilizes a proprietary circuit design to reduce current consumption during stand-by. Read more

January 28, 2013 Microchip is claiming the world’s first digitally enhanced power analog controller with the launch of a device that will expand the scope of Microchip’s diverse range of intelligent DC/DC power-conversion solutions.  Read more

January 21, 2013 The digital power market is currently one of the fastest growing segments of the power management industry for power supply and power IC manufacturers. Read more

December 20, 2012 Diodes Incorporated has introduced a pair of ultra low dropout (LDO) linear regulators, capable of delivering a continuous 3.0 A output for a dropout voltage of 0.23 mV. Read more

December 6, 2012 Intersil Corporation has selected Future Electronics to be a strategic global distribution partner to help expand and focus the company’s existing distribution network to support sales of high-performance analog, mixed signal and power management semiconductors. Read more

December 5, 2012 Enpirion has signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation which strengthens Digi-Key’s power management portfolio with Enpirion’s PowerSoCs. Read more

November 26, 2012 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., has released the Si7655DN, the industry’s first - 20 V p-channel MOSFET in a 3.3 mm by 3.3 mm package to offer on-resistance of 4.8 mΩ maximum at a 4.5 V gate drive. Read more

November 19, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a highly-integrated general-purpose power management solution for systems requiring multiple low voltage power supplies. The LTC3375 features eight independent 1 A channels with I2C control, flexible sequencing and fault monitoring in a compact QFN package.

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November 13, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a power management controller with a 700-V start-up switch that achieves less than 10 mW of ‘no-load’ standby power in 5- and 10-watt cube adapters used with smartphones and tablets. Read more

November 12, 2012 Premier Farnell plc has signed a new global franchise agreement with Lattice Semiconductor, the provider of innovative, low cost, low power FPGA and power management design solutions. Read more

November 9, 2012 Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, has signed a global distribution agreement with Fremont Micro Devices USA, Inc., a global leader and supplier of Serial EEPROM and energy efficient power management integrated circuit products. Read more

November 8, 2012 Dialog Semiconductor plc has unveiled what the company claims is the most powerful and most integrated configurable power management IC (PMIC) for ARM quad-core and dual-core application processors.
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October 25, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a synchronous, 28-V, 500-mA step-down DC/DC converter that can operate at less than 5 uA during ‘sleep’ mode.
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October 9, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced two power management integrated circuits that combine a Power over Ethernet powered device (PD) manager with a DC/DC controller.
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October 3, 2012 High-temperature semiconductor solutions specialist, Cissoid, has signed a global distribution agreement with Future Electronics which will enable Future to address the growing market of high-temperature and high-reliability electronics with Cissoid products. Read more

October 2, 2012 Atmel Corporation has introduced a new family of 8-channel LED drivers with an integrated boost controller to deliver a complete power management system with patented Efficiency Optimizer (EO) to enhance power efficiency for LCD backlighting applications. Read more

October 2, 2012 ON Semiconductor has introduced two new power management integrated circuits (PMICs) optimized for battery powered systems such as smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, GPS systems and other portable electronics. Read more

September 21, 2012 The four major European research centers (CEA (France), CSEM (Switzerland), VTT (Finland) and Fraunhofer (Germany)) that form the Heterogeneous Technology Alliance (HTA) have now launched a research, development and innovation platform for Smart Integrated Solutions. Read more

September 12, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced a new server monitoring, protection and control IC with on-chip PMBus support which is fully compliant to Intel Node Manager 2.0. Read more

September 5, 2012 Mouser Electronics, Inc., has signed a new worldwide distribution agreement with Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog, mixed signal and power management semiconductors. Read more

August 21, 2012 KEMET Corporation has introduced the company’s new line of polymer Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) capacitors. The T543 Series offers more than 300 discrete part numbers not including termination, ESR and surge current options. Read more

August 13, 2012 Dialog Semiconductor has introduced single-chip system power management ICs (PMICs) which are being used to optimise the power requirements of tablets, infotainment systems, media hubs and other smart devices based on Freescale multicore i.MX 6 series applications processors. Read more

July 18, 2012 Mouser Electronics, Inc., signs a new worldwide distribution agreement with Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog, mixed signal and power management semiconductors. Read more

July 3, 2012 Diodes Incorporated has introduced an overvoltage clamp for the protection of power management ICs (PMIC) in portable applications. 
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July 2, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced the first in a family of multi-chemistry, multi-cell battery management gas gauge circuits with TI's proprietary Impedance Track capacity measurement technology.
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July 2, 2012 Diodes Incorporated has introduced a family of low power LNB (low noise block) power management and control ICs for use in set-top boxes, TVs with built-in satellite tuners and PC satellite tuner cards. Read more

June 19, 2012 Qualcomm Incorporated has acquired Summit Microelectronics, a leading developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits based in Sunnyvale, California, USA.
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May 22, 2012 Nufront's NS115 chipset has been integrated with the Cadence configurable DDR3/3L/LPDDR2 Memory Controller and Hard PHY IP core in its dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 based mobile applications processor. Read more

May 8, 2012 Intersil Corporation has unveiled the company's active cable solution specifically designed to support Thunderbolt cables. Read more

May 7, 2012 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has introduced a scalable, in-system upgradable, star topology power management architecture that can be used across a wide range of circuit boards requiring more than 12 power supply rails. Read more

May 1, 2012 Microsemi Corporation has introduced a suite of system and power management design tools for high availability wired and wireless communications infrastructure equipment. Read more

April 25, 2012 Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled th company's first power management products, the UltraCMOS-based Point-of-Load (POL) DC-DC Buck Regulators with integrated switches, are available for sampling. Read more

April 6, 2012 Digi-Key Corporation and Packet Digital LLC have signed an agreement in which the distributor will be a global supplier of Packet Digital's advanced power management solutions for portable electronic devices and embedded systems. Read more

April 4, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced a dual output power supply for automotive applications that ensures stable, uninterrupted output voltages, even in cases where the input voltage drops significantly below the output voltage levels. Read more

March 29, 2012 Dialog Semiconductor plc is working closely with TSMC to develop the company’s next generation of bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically tailored to high-performance power management ICs (PMICs) for portable devices. Read more

March 27, 2012 Acal BFi and Lattice Semiconductor have signed a distribution agreement under the terms of which Acal BFi is authorized to sell Lattice's complete portfolio of low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions across France. Read more

March 6, 2012 Dialog Semiconductor plc is licensing the ARM Cortex-M0 processor for use in future generations of its power management ICs (PMICs) which Dialog claims is the first time a standard 32-bit processor has been integrated into a mixed signal PMIC. Read more

March 2, 2012 Intersil Corporation has unveiled newest version of the company's web-based design tool for power management products. Read more

February 29, 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated has added a duo of new RF DC/DC switching converters to the company's portfolio of RF power management ICs. The new National LM3242 and LM3243 regulators are adaptive power supply ICs that minimize power consumption of the RF power amplifier (PA) across all operating conditions. Read more

February 23, 2012 Summit Microelectronics has expanded the company’s family of programmable DC-DC integrated circuits with the SMB206A and SMB210A. The new products bring cost-effective digital power control to high-volume digital consumer systems as well as general purpose applications. Read more

February 16, 2012 Intersil Corporation has enhanced its power management portfolio with the addition of the ISL75051SRH, a radiation tolerant ultra-low dropout voltage regulator (LDO) that can operate over the full military temperature range of -55 to +125C and is offered in a 18-lead hermetic package. Read more

January 31, 2012 Evatronix has announced a synthesizable USB high speed hub that supports the high speed mode requirements of the USB 3.0 Hub specification, and features an aggressive power management function provided by Link Power Management (LPM) mode for all supported speed rates. The synthesizable IP offers single or multiple transaction translators and a configurable number of downstream ports (up to 15). Read more

January 6, 2012 STMicroelectronics has introduced what the company claims is the market's first dual-core gyroscope capable of handling both user-motion recognition and camera image stabilization. With the innovative system architecture of the ST device, equipment manufacturers only need to use a single gyroscope for the two different functions, reducing the size, system complexity, and cost in mobile phones, tablets, and other smart consumer devices. Read more

January 5, 2012 Linear Technology Corporation has acquired Dust Networks, Inc., a leading provider of low power wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. The acquisition of Dust Networks, based in Hayward, California, will enable Linear to offer a complete high performance wireless sensor networking solution. Read more

December 14, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a family of tiny, single-chip, power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for powering all the supply rails in solid state drives (SSDs), hybrid drives and other Flash memory management applications. The new LM10504, LM10503 and LM10506 PMICs improve reliability and reduce system cost and development time. Read more

December 13, 2011 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released version 6.2 of its PAC-Designer mixed signal design software, with updated support for Lattice’s Platform Manager, Power Manager II and ispClock devices. Users designing with Platform Manager devices now have more integrated access to the Lattice Diamond 1.4 software design environment, also announced today. Read more

December 8, 2011 Pandaboard.org, which is an online resource for the growing, active community supporting PandaBoard, the low-cost, open OMAP 4 processor-based mobile software development platform, has announced the general availability of PandaBoard ES, the next-generation open mobile software development platform based on OMAP 4 technology from Texas Instruments Incorporated. Read more

December 7, 2011 Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited is deploying Apache Design, Inc’s Totem software to analyze and optimize all their custom integrated circuit (IC) designs which includes analog, memory, high-speed I/O, PMIC (power management IC) and RF ICs that are used in wide variety of consumer, mobile and communications electronic products. Read more

December 1, 2011 Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance analog integrated circuit solutions, has unveiled the TS1100 family of 1 μA current-sense amplifiers that cut offset to 30 µV, which is more than 3X tighter than the closest competitor. Read more

December 1, 2011 Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has launched its next generation of medium power MOSFETs for power management applications in mobile devices. The ultra-compact SSM3J13xTU MOSFETs meet the low-power, high-speed, high-current switching requirements of power peripheral circuits in applications such as mobile phones, digital cameras and other battery operated equipment. Read more

November 23, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a complete power management solution for TI’s C2000 real-time control, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and other DSP and FPGA processors. The TPS75005 highly integrated power circuit comes in a thermally enhanced 5-mm x 5-mm QFN package, combining two low-noise, 500-mA low-dropout linear regulators (LDOs) and three supply voltage supervisors to provide +/-5 percent power-rail accuracy for TI’s F2833x, F2823x, F281x, F2801x and F280x microcontroller series. Read more

November 14, 2011 Netezza, an IBM Company and the leader in data warehouse appliances, is using the Lattice Semiconductor's innovative programmable Lattice Power Manager device, the PAC POWR 1220AT8, to integrate and simplify multiple power management functions in a board design. Read more

November 9, 2011 ZMD AG has unveiled a new Intelligent Battery Sensor IC for fuel saving start/stop systems and other solutions for measuring State-of-health (SOH), State-of-charge (SOC) or State-of-function (SOF) of a vehicle’s battery. The first member of a new Battery Power Management product line from ZMDI, the ZSSC1856 comes in a QFN32 5x5 package of only 0.85 mm height. Read more

November 1, 2011 Wolfson Microelectronics plc has unveiled WM8861 and WM8862, two new high definition audio devices targeting PCs and laptops. The new devices claim to offer up to 5x better audio quality than other solutions available in the market today, with a DAC signal-to-noise ratio of 105 dB and true 2 Vrms capless output capability. Used in conjunction with the advanced power management features of Wolfson's Clarity Audio Studio PC software the WM8861 and WM8862 can also extend the battery life of a typical notebook PC by up to 30 minutes. Read more

October 25, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has unveiled the company's next generation of power management integrated circuits (ICs) for energy harvesting. The highly efficient boost charger for nano (ultra low) power energy harvesting manages the microwatts to milliwatts of power generated from a number of sources, such as solar, thermoelectric, electromagnetic and vibration, and stores the extracted energy in various storage elements, including Li-ion batteries and super capacitors. Read more

October 18, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced the industry’s first automotive power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to support 14 power voltage rails. As the industry’s first automotive PMIC with more than 10 rails, the TPS658629-Q1 provides all the power supply functions and reduces board space for infotainment, navigation and LCD/TFT cluster applications by integrating multiple regulated power supplies, system power management and display functions in one small package. Read more

October 11, 2011 austriamicrosystems is introducing two new members of its Power Management IC (PMIC) family which feature essential power management building blocks and flexibility to provide a complete power solution for the next generation of tablets, media players and portable gaming consoles. The versatile start-up configuration programming capability allows the AS3710/11 to be adapted to various processors. Read more

September 22, 2011 Armadeus Systems, which develops and produces low-cost embedded Linux systems, has selected Wolfson's WM8311 integrated power management subsystem to support the company's latest processor board, the APF51. Read more

September 12, 2011 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation plans to launch the worldwide Power 2 You Seminar Series in October 2011.  The seminar will include comprehensive practical and technical presentations that combine basic design principles, advanced programmable power and platform management concepts, and real-world power and platform management application examples. Read more

August 29, 2011 Dialog Semiconductor plc’s DA6011 companion IC for the Intel Atom processor E6xx series has been adopted by Taiwan-based ADLINK Technology for its mini size COM Express type 10 module, the nanoX-TC. Measuring 84 x 55 mm the nanoX-TC is among the smallest computer-on-modules available. Read more

August 23, 2011 STMicroelectronics has expanded its motion-sensor portfolio with a new high-performance three-axis digital-output gyroscope. Housed in a 4x4x1 mm package, ST’s L3GD20 combines high sensing resolution with outstanding immunity to audio noise and vibrations, making motion-sensing user interfaces more realistic in mobile phones, tablets, game consoles, and other smart consumer devices. Read more

August 11, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has unveiled its PowerLab library, which the company claims is the industry's most extensive collection of tested power management reference designs. Read more

July 26, 2011 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. has developed a power savings and performance enhancement architecture for high frequency voltage regulator designs targeted at computing applications. The new patent pending “HyperGear” technology dynamically adjusts the CPU voltage, peripheral bias voltage, and CPU clocking frequency based on the CPU usage demand and can provide more than 10% efficiency improvement while simultaneously boosting CPU performance. Read more

July 20, 2011 Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced the ADP5034 regulator/LDO, a highly integrated power management IC that combines two 3-MHz, high efficiency, 1.2-A step down regulators with two 300-mA LDO regulators in a small LFCSP package. The company is also introducing the ADP5024 regulator/LDO, which is identical to the ADP5034 but features a single 300-mA LDO regulator. Read more

June 29, 2011 Akros Silicon Inc., has unveiled the company’s new Energy$ense family of multi-output, digital DC/DC power management unit (DPMU) ICs. Energy$ense technology features include real-time power measurements and power-subsystem health monitoring, high efficiency (94% peak) and ultra-low standby current (<10 uA), digital power control (via I²C) for selectable power operating modes, fast transient-handling capability for implementing adaptive power profiles, built-in spread-spectrum clocking for EMI management, and built-in sophisticated PWM-dimming for battery-draining LED-backlight displays. Read more

June 29, 2011 National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced two new high-voltage system power management and protection integrated circuits (ICs) with on-chip power management bus (PMBus) support. The 48 V input voltage LM5066 and -48 V input voltage LM5064 integrate high-performance system protection and management blocks that precisely measure, control and manage the electrical operating conditions in systems such as routers, switches and base stations. Read more

June 16, 2011 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the industry's first IC to integrate all of the power-management functions for ambient energy harvesting, as well as for charging and protecting micro-energy cells (MECs), a form of solid-state battery. Operating at an ultra-low current level, the MAX17710 accepts energy from a variety of poorly regulated energy harvesting sources with output levels ranging from 1 uW to 100 mW. Read more

June 14, 2011 Dialog Semiconductor plc has launched two third generation advanced system level power management ICs (PMICs) for tablet PCs, smartphones, embedded computers and multimedia players. Delivering class-leading energy efficiency and power-up flexibility the new DA9053 and DA9021 devices support major mobile graphics and application processor families. Read more

June 7, 2011 Dialog Semiconductor plc's DA9052 configurable power management IC has been adopted by Panasonic to maximise the battery life in two of the company's latest feature rich portable media players. Read more

May 31, 2011 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation which authorizes Digi-Key to sell Lattice's complete portfolio of innovative low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions. Read more

May 26, 2011 Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has added a new n-channel device to its family of low voltage MOSFETs - which is a member of the company's continuously expanding SSM series of small signal MOSFETs – has low loss characteristics that make it ideal for power management in a variety of portable, battery-powered applications. Read more

May 11, 2011 Market analyst, IMS Research has released preliminary results which reveal that Texas Instruments (TI) remained the largest supplier in the power management and driver IC market in 2010, a year in which most suppliers experienced an exploding market but struggled at times to have the capacity to meet demand. Read more

May 9, 2011 austriamicrosystems has introduced a highly integrated power management integrated circuit (PMIC) designed specifically for portable devices powered by a single-cell Li-Ion battery. The AS3605 integrates seven low dropout regulators (LDOs), a DC/DC converter, a complete battery charger, LED backlight driver and an audio power amplifier on one die. Read more

April 19, 2011 Cambridge-based power management ICs developer, CamSemi is strengthening the company’s commitment to customers and manufacturing partners in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) by opening a dedicated operations hub in Hong Kong. The new offices on Hong Kong Science Park are close to CamSemi’s Shenzhen, China office - where the company’s main sales and application design/support activities are based – as well as being within easy reach of sub-contractor suppliers in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and China. Read more

April 14, 2011 Lattice Semiconductor and Arrow Electronics EMEA have a distribution agreement for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, Lattice is a supplier of innovative low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions. With development, manufacturing and sales offices worldwide, Lattice primarily addresses customers in communications, computing, consumer and industrial end markets. Read more

April 12, 2011 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX8958, a highly integrated power-management (PMIC) solution validated with the Intel Atom processor Z6xx series and Intel SM35 Express chipset for embedded products. Maxim's solution contains all of the necessary components to power both the central processing unit (CPU) and system controller unit (SCU), as well as other peripherals in embedded applications. Read more

April 8, 2011 Texas Instruments has expanded its industry-leading power management portfolio with two new step-down regulators with wide input voltages and high-voltage protection. Read more

April 6, 2011 Latest data from market anaysts, IMS Research suggests that Texas Instruments' acquisition of National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion will create a giant that will dominate the power IC arena. Read more

March 30, 2011 Diodes Incorporated has released a dedicated protection interface designed to protect the latest generation of power management ICs (PMIC) against overvoltages. Comprising an LDO regulator and an n-channel power FET, the AP9050 device controls supply current delivery to the PMIC, switching it on in the presence of a valid wall adapter or USB supply voltage and immediately off in the event of any overvoltage detection. Read more

March 25, 2011 STMicroelectronics has extended its motion-sensor portfolio with what the company claims is the market's smallest 3-axis analog-output gyroscope. Housed inside an ultra-small 4x4x1 mm3 package, ST's newest gyroscope claims superior performance and reliability with smart power management and design flexibility, advancing adoption of high-precision gesture control and intuitive user interfaces in mobile phones, tablets, game controllers and other consumer devices. Read more

March 7, 2011 In recent weeks one of Europe's leading power management distributors, Avnet Abacus, has unveiled a series of initiatives to offer its 13,000 customers sustained support for 'green' power design applications. EE Times Europe talks with the distributor's senior management to discover what it means for design engineers. Read more

February 28, 2011 International Rectifier Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held CHiL Semiconductor Corporation (CHiL) for $75 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments. Read more

February 23, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced two power management development kits, which help designers generate the cleanest possible positive and negative voltage rails to power today's analog circuits. The new TPS54060 and TPS7A30/49 development kits remove switching noise and increase the performance of data converters, operational amplifiers, clocks and other signal chain devices. Read more

February 14, 2011 Attendees at the 4th Entwicklerforum Akkutechnologien (Developer Forum Battery Technologies), hosted by the batteryuniversity.eu, will see more than 30 presentations by leading experts on battery technology topics. The event will take place on March 23 and 24, 2011 in the "Stadthalle Aschaffenburg", Germany. Read more

February 11, 2011 Quantance has developed the Q1005 IC that combines power conversion with closed-loop feedback and is intended to boost the efficiency of power amplifiers in wireless devices. Read more

February 10, 2011 Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of power management semiconductor solutions for portable devices, has completed a transaction to acquire SiTel Semiconductor B.V. , a leader in short-range wireless, digital cordless and VoIP technology. Read more

February 9, 2011 ST-Ericsson is launching a power management solution that significantly reduces the charging time for mobile devices from a wall socket. This innovation is part of ST-Ericsson's latest PowerHUB family of products that will also harvest energy from a wide range of sources, making it quicker for people to charge their mobile devices, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

February 9, 2011 Intersil Corporation has introduced the ZL9101M, an encapsulated, highly-integrated digital DC/DC power module designed for point-of-load (POL) power management in applications such as servers, telecommunications, networking and storage equipment. Read more

February 8, 2011 TDI has developed a new power management technology that employs liquid cooling in a modular and scalable architecture. Read more

February 4, 2011 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced power-management ICs (PMICs) for LTE/WCDMA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE data cards based on Icera's E400/E450 platform. The MAX8982A/MAX8982X devices integrate four high-efficiency step-down converters and nine low-dropout linear regulators (LDOs) to power all RF and baseband circuitry. Read more

February 1, 2011 Summit Microelectronics has unveiled a new programmable DC-DC power manager solution that brings functional and feature integration with easy-to-use flexibility to wide range of applications. Summit’s SMB109 simplifies increasingly complex power design challenges by integrating multiple DC-DC outputs with digital power management/monitoring and non-volatile system configuration, reducing component count, cost, size and time-to-market. Read more

January 26, 2011 Docea Power has joined the Synopsys System-Level Catalyst program to ensure the interoperability of its Aceplorer tool with Synopsys System-Level solutions. The Synopsys System-Level Catalyst program accelerates adoption of system-level design and verification by advancing tool and model interoperability as well as availability of system-level models and services. Read more

January 12, 2011 TDI has developed its LiquaCore (patent pending) power management technology to allow the electronics package to remain sealed, while enabling efficient management of waste heat at high power densities. The cooling liquid employed is either water or a mixture of water and ethylene glycol (anti-freeze). Read more

January 4, 2011 Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the i.MX 6 series of quad-, dual- and single-core applications processors designed to deliver high performance and scalability to manufacturers targeting the smart mobile, automotive infotainment and embedded device categories. Read more

December 7, 2010 National Semiconductor Corp. has released the company’s SolarMagic MYPVDATA Solar Operations Center (SOC) which is software as a service (SaaS) developed to help users analyse data collected from the array by delivering meaningful information through an easy-to-use web-interface, so maximum energy can be harvested. Read more

November 22, 2010 austriamicrosystems' Full Service Foundry business unit is expanding the company's fast and cost-efficient ASIC prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, with a more extensive schedule in 2011. The service, which combines several designs from different customers onto one wafer offers cost benefits for foundry customers becuase the costs for wafer and masks are shared among a number of different shuttle participants. Read more

November 8, 2010 CamSemi, the Cambridge-based developer and supplier of power management integrated circuits (ICs) has appointed Howard Ford as new chairman and Martin Stephenson as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Read more

November 4, 2010 NXP Semiconductors N.V., has released of a new generation of non-dimmable CFL driver ICs for 230 V and 110 V fluorescent lamps based on GreenChip technology. The UBA2211 offers a fully integrated CFL driver along with a current controlled preheat function, enabling more compact fluorescent lamp designs, highly efficient power conversion, and extended CFL lifetimes in the range of 12,000 to 15,000 hours. Read more

October 26, 2010 Silicon Laboratories Inc., has introduced the Si348x family of power management ICs, enabling reduced system cost and improved efficiency in power over Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE). Read more

October 25, 2010 TDI has developed power management technology which employs liquid cooling from a modular and scalable architecture. The LiquaCore technology uses a cold plate to wrap the electronics with cooling liquid in a sealed package that enables efficient management of waste heat at very high power densities. Read more

October 19, 2010 New market analysis from IMS Research forecasts that the world market for power management and driver ICs will fully recover in 2010, growing by 20% to more than $12 billion. In 2009 the market declined by more than 14%. Read more

October 19, 2010 NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled new microcontrollers, which the company claims set new benchmarks in 32-bit active power consumption. The LPC1100L and LPC1300L series introduce a new low-power platform which combines ultra-low leakage design techniques with NXP's optimised power-efficient libraries. Read more

October 18, 2010 austriamicrosystems has unveiled a smart power management System Basis Chip (SBC) which claims to be the first to combine a DC-DC converter and a high-speed transceiver on one high-performance analog device. The AS8650 features high efficiency of 85% minimum over all operation use-cases and high integration reduces cost, space and development time for engine control units (ECU) with a high-speed CAN interface. Read more

October 18, 2010 CHiL Semiconductor Corporation, a developer of high-performance, mixed-signal power management integrated circuits for the server, personal computer and high-volume computing market segments, has recorded a podcast that discusses how the company’s noise reduction utilities reduce environmental noise coupling that can corrupt digital transmission in power management buses. Read more

October 12, 2010 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled its third-generation mixed-signal devices, the Platform Manager family. The programmable Platform Manager devices aim to simplify board management design by integrating programmable analog and logic to support many common functions, such as power management, digital housekeeping and glue logic. Read more

September 24, 2010 ED-V Gesellschaft für Elektronik + Design In mbH in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is introducing Powervation's PV3012 digital power management controller. The device is the first of Powervation's second generation of digital power ICs featuring a real-time auto-compensation (Auto-control) for the automatically adaptive DC/DC conversion. Read more

September 24, 2010 Microsemi's ASIC design services group has developed a device for smart metering applications that integrates all power-management functions into one application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The device is the first of a planned family of both custom and standard products for advanced metering and other Smart Grid applications. Read more

September 20, 2010 In modern cars, fuel consumption reduction features such as start/stop function frequently challenge the vehicles electronics: When they switch off the engine, the supply voltage in the car can be reduced significantly. STMicroelectronics brings an audio power amplifier to market that operates unaffected by these voltage variations. Read more

September 17, 2010 IBM has announced a 180-nm chip-making process technology for power-management applications that can combine wireless communications and sensors. The process, labeled CMOS-7HV, will be run primarily at IBM's wafer fab in Burlington, Vermont and the company is rolling out the process to manufacturers in the consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, digital media and alternative-energy segments. Read more

September 16, 2010 Analog Devices and Silica, a division of Avnet, Inc., plan to host a series of ‘free to attend’ Power Management seminars across Europe. Read more

September 8, 2010 austriamicrosystems and electronic components distributor, Digi-Key Corporation have entered into an agreement in which Digi-Key will distribute austriamicrosystems products to customers worldwide. Read more

August 31, 2010 Dialog Semiconductor's DA9052 system level power management (PMIC) and DA7210 Class G audio ICs have been incorporated in the Renesas Electronics' SH7724 reference platform, which is now shipping and generally available. Read more

August 26, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation releases a highly integrated general-purpose power management solution for high power single cell Lithium-Ion/Polymer cell systems. The device features seven independent rails, with I2C control, flexible sequencing and fault monitoring in a compact 28 mm2 QFN package. Read more

August 9, 2010 Irish power management company, Powervation has signed a distribution agreement for Germany, Austria and Switzerland with ED-V Gesellschaft fur Elektronik + Design In mbH. Read more

August 3, 2010 Linear Technology Corporation has introduced a complete power management solution for portable processors such as i.MX, PXA, ARM, OMAP and other advanced portable microprocessor systems. Read more

August 2, 2010 Market research analyst, IMS Research of Wellingborough, UK, has published its latest rankings for the power management and driver IC market which reveals that Texas Instruments has extended its lead in the market during the downturn in 2009 and held a share of 10.5 percent. Read more

July 26, 2010 Integrated Device Technology, Inc., has unveiled an integrated microcontroller-based Intelligent System Power Management Solution targeted for portable consumer products, such as Smartphones, portable navigation devices, mobile Internet devices and eBooks. Read more

July 20, 2010 Nextreme Thermal Solutions is expanding its services to include materials evaluation and characterization services. Read more

July 19, 2010 Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced a 1500-mA white LED driver which is the latest addition to ADI's power management portfolio and its inductive-based flash driver class of devices. Read more

July 14, 2010 Plessey Semiconductors Limited has successfully transferred its first bipolar process, the W-series process, onto the company’s 8-inch line in Plymouth, England. The W-series bipolar process is a critical process for a number of new product releases as well as part of the ongoing support Plessey is providing to its existing foundry customers. Read more

July 13, 2010 Ericsson Power Modules' BMR453 SI version is adding the company’s innovative Floating Inserted Pins (FIP) technology to offer a surface mount version of the DC/DC converter that enables higher density boards to be designed and used. Read more

July 6, 2010 Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced the ADP2119 and ADP2120 dc-to-dc switching regulators, which are the latest in ADI's portfolio of integrated power management switching regulators. Read more

July 1, 2010 Wolfson Microelectronics' WM831x customisable power management IC family has been selected to support the EMMA Mobile 1 multimedia processor from Renesas Electronics. Read more

June 22, 2010 Actel is offering a power management solution for its newly introduced SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. Read more

June 22, 2010 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced a highly integrated power-management IC (PMIC) for cell phone displays which integrates a white LED (WLED) driver, passive-matrix organic LED (PMOLED) driver, and a linear drop-out regulator (LDO) in a 10mm2 package. Read more

June 17, 2010 Diodes Incorporated is delivering increased power density and efficiency of power management circuits with the introduction of its 20 V NPN and PNP bipolar transistors packed in a DFN1411-3 surface mount package. Read more

June 17, 2010 Semtech Corp., has introduced the company’s first digitally controlled DC-DC converter. Read more

June 14, 2010 Linear Technology has unveiled a highly integrated step-up DC/DC converter and power management IC designed to start up and run from millivolt input voltage sources such as thermoelectric generators (TEGs) and thermopiles. Read more

June 1, 2010 Freescale Semiconductor has developed a high-performance audio and power management solution for Intel's new Atom processor-based platforms (formerly codenamed "Moorestown"). Read more

June 1, 2010 National Semiconductor Corp, is hailing the advent of a new category of solar systems - “smart panels” – following the introduction of the solar industry's first in-panel SolarMagic chipset. Read more

May 25, 2010 Analog Devices has introduced a precision 16-bit digital-to-analog converter with on-board power management circuitry designed for loop-powered, smart transmitter applications used in industrial equipment. Read more

May 24, 2010 High-performance mixed-signal semiconductor solutions provider for the consumer electronics market, Wolfson Microelectronics plc, has selected SiliconGate a specialist supplier of power management IP for ASIC/SoC, to provide high-performance power management IP in a four-year contract. Read more

May 20, 2010 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is re-entering the merchant power management chip market, according to iSuppli Corp. Read more

May 19, 2010 Micrel, Inc., is launching a highly integrated Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) to address 4G wireless applications. Read more

May 12, 2010 China-based telecoms company Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd has selected Wolfson Microelectronics plc’s customisable power management solution, the WM8310, and its high quality, low power mono codec, the WM8974, for inclusion in Leadcore’s latest LC1708A reference platform. Read more

April 22, 2010 Maxim Integrated Products has introduced a 2.2 MHz, high-voltage, four-channel power-management IC (PMIC) optimized for automotive applications that require up to four power rails at medium power levels. Read more

April 22, 2010 Micrel has introduced an efficient power management IC that integrates a high efficiency DC/DC converter with the company's HyperLight Load technology and a post regulating, low voltage capable LDO. Read more

April 20, 2010 Maxim Integrated Products has expanded its portfolio of industry-leading, high-side current-sense amplifiers (CSAs) with the MAX9934. Read more

April 8, 2010 Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., is to distribute the full range of Lattice Semiconductor products on a global basis. Read more

April 6, 2010 STMicroelectronics is extending its motion-sensor portfolio with a high-performance 3-axis digital-output gyroscope that embeds a FIFO (first-in first-out) memory block for smarter power management. Read more

March 30, 2010 ZiiLABS, the media processor and platforms company, has selected Wolfson Microelectronics’ WM8352, a power management IC with integrated stereo codec, for inclusion on its ZMS-08 System Module and Zii Development Kit. Read more

March 24, 2010 Energy-efficient power conversion company, CamSemi (Cambridge, UK) has opened a new application design center and business development office in Shenzhen, China, that will be instrumental in growing the company’s customer base and sales of its off-line power management ICs within China. Read more

March 16, 2010 Analog Devices, Inc., has added the ADP2300 and ADP2301 dc-to-dc switching regulators to the company’s portfolio of integrated power management switching regulators. Read more

March 5, 2010 The BMR450 and BMR451 point-of-load voltage regulators available from Ericsson Power Modules are now able to write as well as read data via the PMBus power management bus. Read more

February 26, 2010 Central Semiconductor Corp. has released the CMLM8205 Multi Discrete Module in the SOT-563 surface mount package. Read more

February 24, 2010 National Semiconductor has introduced what the company claims is the industry's first system monitoring, protection and control integrated circuit (IC) with on-chip power management bus (PMBus) support. Read more