MEPs have backed legislative plans to safeguard the supply of EU chips through boosting production and innovation and adopting emergency measures that will prevent future shortages.

Vitesco Technologies presented the next stage of development of the hybrid concept, which enables motorcycles to start up electrically without clutch actuation and reverse electrically. An additional 48-volt electric drive significantly increases performance, agility and safety and yet it can save up to 75 % CO2 in the current WMTC.

Datacenters consume close to one percent of global electricity, a number that is only expected to grow. While increasing renewable energy contribution is a step in the right direction, global standards for energy efficiency is another area of focus that targets nearly 40 % of datacenter operational costs due to energy consumption by servers and their cooling systems. Wolfspeed’s new 3.6 kW totem-pole PFC reference design is aimed at solving the datacenter and server power supply challenge by offering flexibility with high efficiency, lower cost, while meeting global efficiency standards.

The power factoring correcting (PFC) converter does not often get a lot of love or attention. For low and medium power levels (let’s say up to 1000W or so), a suitable reference design is often copied and then little time is budgeted for testing and proving it. Yet this part of an AC-DC power supply unit (PSU), is the base for the rest of the design.

LEDs are increasingly becoming the lighting technology of choice, because of their low energy consumption, long life, and other advantages. However, unlike incandescent luminaires which plug directly into the AC mains, they need an AC-DC power supply.This article looks at the factors to be considered in choosing power supplies suitable for lighting LEDs.

A team at MIT has developed a lithium metal anode that could be used to improve the capacity and life of future batteries.

At PCIM Europe 2023, Professor Holger Borcherding, Scientific Director, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ostwestfalen-Lippe, presented his keynote, On the Way to the DC Factory - The Open Industrial DC Grid for Sustainable Production Sites is Entering the Dissemination Phase, which focused on DC grids for industrial applications and the rapid progress that is being made in this space. Here is the summary!

Energy supply with direct current offers enormous savings potential, especially in industry. But can AC cables also be used without problems? We take a look at current research projects.

ams OSRAM has revealed the development of its ALIYOS™ LED-on-foil technology, which opens up all-new possibilities for design freedom and creativity in automotive lighting.

ASML is predicting rapid growth for itself and the wider chip industry throughout the rest of the decade. While its outlook doesn’t directly imply straight-line growth, analysts are hopeful that ASML’s high visibility into the chip industry hints at an upcoming recovery.