Networking - Switching to a New Power Route

By some estimates, as many as 14 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2010. A sizable portion involves the sophisticated servers that drive the electronic transactions for government and commercial institutions from data centers across the world. Power consumption in the centers—the backbone of the global high-tech economy—is voracious and growing. Improving power efficiency in servers is all about tighter voltage control.

With up to 50 different voltages on a single system, and many systems in a networking cabinet, energy management has become extraordinarily complex. And the relentless migration from 65 nm to 45 nm and now 32 nm processes is driving voltage supply rails steadily lower. This means that voltage-control tolerance becomes progressively tighter and increasingly difficult to achieve with conventional design approaches. Because we’re a digital solution, we scale easily to conform to smaller process geometries which gives designers a new tool to assert tighter voltage control—a key plus for advanced communications applications.

The PV3002: Ideal for NetComms Applications

Application Highlights

• Customers use power management “Glue” already
• Reliability is paramount (Auto-control/monitoring)
• Design spins are high (Auto-control/config)
• Digital can reduce control suppliers.
• Control expertise is low (Auto-control)
• Efficiency is of high importance
• Digital improves test-ability