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The Future of Powering AI: Redefining Power Flow from Grid-to-Core in Data Centers

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Figure 1: Ever-increasing server rack power consumption

­A recent tweet[1] by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, suggested that being polite in your chats to ChatGPT costs the company tens of millions of dollars due to the additional computational load to process unnecessary words such as “please” and “thank you”. While this set off a range of opinions on the
Date:
08/30/2025
Infineon’s New EZ USB™ FX2G3

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Figure 1: EZ-USB™ FX2G3 architecture block diagram

­Embedded designers often face trade-offs between resource-limited microcontrollers and power-hungry application processors. For devices that require sensor data processing and efficient data transmission like cameras, biometric sensors, and portable instruments, a dedicated USB device controller bridges the gap.
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Date:
09/03/2025
Built for Chemistry: Why Advanced Batteries Need Smarter, High-Voltage BMS Solutions

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Figure 1: A robotic lawnmower cuts grass on a green lawn with sunlight shining through the grass blades

­The next wave of battery innovation is unfolding across a broader range of applications, from e-bikes and lawn equipment to solar-powered RVs, marine systems, and autonomous machines. These categories are rapidly adopting electrification, driven by the growing use of advanced battery chemistries such as lithium ir
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Date:
09/01/2025
Integrated E-Drives Redefined - Hollow-Conductor Cooling Meets Scalable SiC Inverter Technology

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Figure 1: CXT-ICM3S Series – a highly integrated combination of 3-phase power module, gate drivers and control logic.)

­Whether accelerating a sports sedan with exhilarating torque or enabling quiet, emission-free flight, motors and their accompanying inverters must deliver hundreds of kilowatts of reliable, compact, and efficient power. However, the markets for these applications face fierce competition, constant cost pressures, an
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Date:
09/01/2025
Rethinking Power Delivery for the AI Era

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Figure 1: LPD moves current through one layer from the board’s edge to its center

­Each generation of accelerators, whether GPUs, AI engines, or XPUs, consumes more power than the last, pushing the limits of what engineers have designed server architectures to support. In fact, a single inference request to a generative model today consumes ten times more energy than a conventional web search. Mu
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Date:
09/01/2025
Setting Up a Single Pair Ethernet System with Power Over Data Lines

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­In industrial applications, Single Pair Ethernet already promises significant simplification in the cabling of factories. If the connected devices are also supplied with power via the same two-wire cable, this is all the true, as a reference design from Würth Elektronik shows. Single-pair Ethernet (SPE) is
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Date:
09/01/2025
Evolving Tools for Motor Drive Development

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Figure 1: NEVB-MTR1-KIT1 modular 2-board structure

­Motor-driven products play an increasingly important role across industries and consumer markets. From electric scooters and forklifts to robotics, power tools, and smart home appliances, electric motors have become foundational components in today’s engineered systems. The evolution of these products has i
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Date:
09/01/2025
The Benefits of LED Lighting in Agriculture

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Figure 1: Comparison of avian and human phototropic response

­LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting is gaining popularity in the field of agriculture, especially in animal husbandry, greenhouses, and indoor farming, where it provides several benefits over traditional lighting methods such as being maintenance-free and having a higher energy efficiency—LEDs convert more th
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Date:
09/01/2025
Basics of TFT LCD, OLED, and Micro-LED Display

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Figure 1: TFT LCD display structure

­To enhance the cabin experience, modern vehicles feature multiple types of displays: the instrument cluster, the center information display (CID), heads-up display (HUD), passenger display, smart e-mirror display, side mirror display, and rear entertainment display. The instrument cluster provides the driver wi
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Date:
09/01/2025
Intelligent RGB LED Platforms for Automotive and Industrial Innovation

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­As embedded systems continue to evolve toward increased intelligence and connectivity, the role of LED technology has grown significantly. No longer just a source of light, LEDs are now integral components in human-machine interfaces, safety systems, and adaptive environments. From the automotive cabin to the
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Date:
09/01/2025
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