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PMBus Media Coverage
PMBus version 1.1 debuts, with perfect timing by Margery Conner EDN (March 2, 2007) PMBus Revision Expands Spec To AC-DC Power Supplies by David Morrison, Editor, Power Electronics Technology, PETech Times (February 28, 2007) ColdWatt’s energy-efficient power conversion platforms help reduce IT equipment overall power consumption 650 W power sub-system and AC–DC 1 U 1200 W power supply support PMBus (February 26, 2007) Panelists discuss emerging dc/dc-conversion challenges by Paul Rako, Technical Editor
EDN (January 31, 2007)
“...in a panel Tuesday at DesignCon...Shaun Harris, power system architect at Hewlett-Packard...came down firmly in favor of digital power techniques such as PMBus...” Cherokee International Introduces First-To-Market 1U, 2500 Watt Front End/Rectifier [with PMBus support] (January 4, 2007) ColdWatt extends flexible power conversion platforms with industry-standard PMBus™ interface (November 27, 2006) TI Introduces GUI-Configurable Digital Power Controllers for Point-of-Load Systems: Single- and Dual-Phase Digital PWM Buck Controllers Expand TI’s Digital Power Portfolio [with PMBus support] (September 8, 2006) STMicroelectronics Confirms Commitment to Industry-Standard Power-Control Protocol as PMBus Adopter (September 8, 2006) Intersil Deploys Impinj’s AEON®/MTP Nonvolatile Memory in Digital Power Management Chips [with PMBus support] (August 30, 2006) Zilker Labs Introduces Industry’s Most Integrated 3 Amp Power Management and Conversion IC [with PMBus support] (July 31, 2006) Digital power ICs take different approaches: All digital vs. digital/analog hybrid by Margery Conner
EDN (June 20, 2006) Industry’s First Dual-Phase, Programmable Digital Power Conversion and Power Management IC Primarion (June 19, 2006) On-board communication [read: power] buses see flurry of activity by Margery Conner
EDN (June 16, 2006) Digital Power-Supply Controller/Monitor with PMBus Communication Maxim (June 15, 2006) Striving for the universal programmable switching regulator by David Lee
ECN Asia (June 2, 2006) Digital Control Enhances Power Supply Designs by Chikashi Horikiri
Nikkei Electronics Asia (May 26, 2006) Digital power lures system architects, power-supply vendors by Margery Conner
EDN (May 25, 2006) Embedded NVM adds flexibility to power management designs
by Larry Morrell, John Schroeter, Impinj; and Deepak Savadatti, Primarion
Power Management DesignLine (May 10, 2006)
“While the history of PMBus is relatively short, the initiative has already gained overwhelming support.” Linear Technology and Primarion Announce Digital Power Alliance (April 3, 2006) Protocols, PoE, and the Less-Is-More Objective by Paul Whytock
Electronic Design Online (February 28, 2006) New Power Technologies Will Reduce IT Operating Costs Significantly by Gene Sheridan
Electronic Design Online (February 28, 2006)  Digital Power on the Move (.PDF, 1241 KB) by Robert V. White and Dave Freeman
Power Electronics Europe (2006 issue 1)
Data Communications Issues for Power System Management (.PDF, 1178 KB)
Power Electronics Europe (2006 issue 1) How PMBus offers open-standard digital power management by Bob White
Power Management DesignLine (February 5, 2006) Digital Power
EE Product News (EEPN) (February 2, 2006) Presenting the 2005 EDN Innovation Awards finalists
EDN (February 2, 2006)
Finalists in the “Power Systems and Modules” category include Artesyn Technologies’ DPL20C PMBus-compliant POL converter and Emerson Network Power — Astec Power’s PMBus-compliant iMP digital AC/DC switching power supplies An intelligent end to power struggles by Stuart Lester
ElectronicsWeekly.com (February 2, 2006) Electronic Products Product of the Year Awards
Includes awards for Artesyn Technologies’ DPL20C PMBus-compliant POL converter and Astec Power’s PMBus-compliant iMP digital AC/DC switching power supplies
Electronic Products (January 2006) PMBus: The New Power-Management Paradigm by Sam Davis
“PMBus Rocks The System-Power-Management World”
Electronic Design Online (January 11, 2006) PMBus Trends by Sam Davis
Electronic Design Online (January 11, 2006) Digital power controller is fast and software-configurable by Margery Conner
EDN (December 22, 2005) Ericsson joins PMBus to contribute to digital power management platform (December 15, 2005) PMBus: Digital Power Control Protocol by Sam Davis
Electronic Design Online (December 1, 2005) Di-POLTM PX7510 Configurable Digital Power Management with Library of PMBus Commands (November 29, 2005) PMBus Gains Development Tool And Front-End Converters by Don Tuite
Electronic Design Online (November 7, 2005) Digital Conversion Invigorates the Power Supply World by Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director, Power Electronics Technology, 30th Anniversary Issue (November 1, 2005) Digitally programmable DC/DC converter complies with PMBus
EDN (October 27, 2005) Digital power IC combines power conversion and management by Margery Conner
EDN (October 11, 2005) DC/DC conversion goes digital by Margery Conner
EDN (October 11, 2005) Emerson Network Power Previews Astec Digital Initiative To Assist Designers With Move To Digital Power And PMBus Communications (October 3, 2005) Zilker Labs Introduces First Digital Power IC that Exceeds the Efficiency of Analog Solutions (October 3, 2005) Artesyn Announces Industry’s First PMBus-Compliant Digitally Programmable DC/DC Converter (September 13, 2005) Silicon Laboratories Development Kit Delivers on the Promise of Digital Power (September 6, 2005) PMBus Offers Open-Standard Digital Power Management by Bob White
Power Electronics Technology (September 1, 2005)
1720 KB PDF version Get the message: Power-management protocol rides on industry bus by Margery Conner
EDN (September 1, 2005) PMBus — panacea or hype? by Bob White
Electronic Products (August 2005)
1082 KB PDF version from EDN Europe
Chinese version from Electronic Products (China) Power-industry coalition announces PMBus standard, forms SIG
EDN (April 28, 2005) Silicon Laboratories Debuts Si8250 Digital Power Controller
PowerPulse.net (April 18, 2005) PMBus digital power management protocol specification released
Control Engineering (April 7, 2005) New bus protocol crystallizes digital power
EEProductCenter (April 6, 2005) PMBus, MCUs and You
EETimes online (April 4, 2005) Power-industry coalition announces PMBus standard, forms SIG
EDN (April 1, 2005) Power-industry coalition announces PMBus standard, forms SIG
Test & Measurement World (April 1, 2005) Digital power management protocol released
Electronicstalk (April 1, 2005) Digital Power Management Bus Specification Released with Support from Special Interest Group
PETech Times (March 30, 2005) The Evolution of Power Management and Conversion (.PDF, 2351 KB)
Power Systems Design Europe: Power Player (March 2005) Special-Interest Group Aims to Define PMBus Power Electronics Technology (February 16, 2005)
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