ColdWatt Extends Flexible Power Conversion Platforms With Industry-Standard PMBus(TM) Interface.Highly Efficient Power Conversion Portfolio Will Be Compliant With Open Communications Standard for Power-Supply Systems AUSTIN Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum , Texas -- ColdWatt Inc., a manufacturer of high efficiency power conversion solutions, has joined the Power Management Bus[TM] (PMBus The Power Management Bus (PMBus) is a variant of the System Management Bus (SMBus) which is targeted at digital management of power supplies. Like SMBus, it is a relatively slow speed two wire communication protocol based on I2C. [TM]) Implementers Forum, declaring its commitment to the industry-standard power control protocol. ColdWatt's modular digital architecture will be easily enhanced to be compliant with the PMBus open communications standard providing system designers with a portfolio of innovative and energy efficient digital power solutions. The PMBus protocol provides a standard way to communicate with power converters over a digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. bus. Implemented over the industry-standard SMBus serial interface, the PMBus protocol facilitates programming, digital control and real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. monitoring of compliant power conversion products without the need to burden the host system with multiple protocols. "As we continue to develop power conversion platforms to address our customers' power efficiency and density challenges, we want designers to have the right system interface options and be assured that our devices are future proofed for new systems," said Dan Artusi, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ColdWatt. "As a PMBus adopter, ColdWatt expects to introduce its first products in early 2007 targeted at the server, storage and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. environments." "We are delighted that an innovative company such as ColdWatt is adopting the PMBus standard," said Dave Heacock, board director of PMBus Special Interest Group. "The broad adoption of the PMBus standard allows for a vibrant eco-system that benefits system designers and industry vendors." Pioneered by leading power supply and semiconductor companies, the PMBus protocol initiative is a collaborative venture by the industry to establish the first truly open communications standard for the digital control of power systems. More information on the PMBus Implementers Forum is available at www.pmbus.org. About ColdWatt ColdWatt's focus on innovative power conversion technologies delivers market-leading energy efficient and power density solutions for the computing computing - computer , networking, storage and telecommunications markets. System design engineers rely on ColdWatt to answer the challenge for reliable power conversion solutions that minimize heat dissipation Noun 1. heat dissipation - dissipation of heat chilling, cooling, temperature reduction - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature and reduce space requirements. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ColdWatt has technology centers in Dallas and Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.coldwatt.com. |
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