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SynQor, Inc. announced the release of its military Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) EXA Series of isolated and fully-regulated dc-dc converters. This new EXA Series offers up to 300W of power in a quarter-brick package. These highly efficient (95% at full load), high power density dc-dc converters have a 28V nominal input voltage (16-40Vin range with a 50V transient for 1 second). They

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Analog Devices has added the ADSP-BF70x to the Blackfin processor family. The new offerings incorporate the new Blackfin+ core. It can handle 2 by 16-bit, 32-bit and complex math operations in a single cycle. It is backwards compatible and delivers 800 MMACS for 16-bit operations and half that for 32-bit operations. Versions are available with up to 1 Mbyte of

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Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have recently introduced the highest performing III-V metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs) at the 2014 Symposium on VLSI Technology. The UCSB research promises to help deliver higher semiconductor performance at lower power consumption levels for next-generation, high-performance servers. The research is supported by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s

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STMicroelectronics has revealed an advanced new product family enabling power supply designers to drive up energy efficiency in applications such as solar inverters and electric vehicles, enterprise computing and industrial motor drives. ST is among the first companies to produce this type of device, a high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFET, and has achieved the industry’s highest temperature rating of

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Natcore Technology, Inc. has engaged the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) to augment what Natcore has accomplished in its own R&D Center and in the Chinese factory of one of the world’s largest photovoltaic manufacturers. “We’ve been building a head of steam,” says Provini. “We want to capitalize on it. We want to accelerate the delivery of black

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Robert Wilson takes a very hard-headed look at the state of the global energy system, in particular at the US and China. He comes up with some stunning conclusions. America’s per-capita energy consumption, he argues, is excessive and could easily be halved without any negative impact on the standard of living. But no matter what the US does, China is

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The proposal made by the US Environmental Protection Agency to reduce CO2 emissions from power stations in the US by 30% has been hailed by many as a historic breakthrough in US climate policy. Others, however, argue that the proposal is quite moderate. Some even say the plan will do nothing for the climate at all. Supporters say the main

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With his Clean Power Proposal, President Obama has entered on a drive to put a ceiling on carbon emissions in the US – for the first time. The question  is now whether China will follow this example. Nicholas Cunningham of Oilprice.com believes China may be about to turn a corner – with huge consequences for global energy markets.  City-dwelling Chinese

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International Rectifier Corp. (IR) today announced the introduction of a family of Large Can DirectFET® MOSFETs for industrial applications requiring ultra-low on-state resistance (Rds(on)) including high-power dc motors, dc-ac inverters, and high-current switching applications such as active ORing hot swap, and eFuse. The new 7mm x 9mm x 0.7mm Large Can devices provide superior Rds(on) performance leading to lower conduction

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STRATEGIC Energy Resources subsidiary Graphitech has signed an agreement with Monash University to commercialise graphene-based energy storage materials. The 5-year rolling collaboration agreement with Monash University will give SER/Graphitech the first right to fund any related research. This new agreement follows the a previous 3-year agreement which covered research on graphene nanotechnology and super capacitors, under the Australian Government’s ARC

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