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  • Blog Post: APEC 2013: Mac and Cheese

    Wednesday was the APEC night social event at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Most people consider it only a social event and stayed in the large lobby area and skipped the best ocean displays in the Aquarium. I have to admit there was a very impressive three-foot, giant crab that I would not want to meet...
  • Blog Post: APEC - inside and outside

    Tuesday night was one of the few free nights to go out around the town, as last night was the official APEC dinner event at the Aquarium of the Pacific, within walking distant of the Long Beach convention center. So on Tuesday night a group of TIer’s and guests hopped on the local Orange Passport...
  • Blog Post: APEC - hot and cool

    It’s been at cool but sunny day here at APEC 2013 in Long Beach with good weather. I wish I could get outside more to enjoy it. But duty calls. Steve Ott of TI (left) and guests from Powerlab Ltd. (Joe Liu and Dr. F. Poon) at TI booth There was a bit of heat in the Extreme Devices session...
  • Blog Post: APEC - yesterday and today

    In Monday's Plenary session, Dr. Umesh Mishra spoke of his parallel concept of Moore’s law (Intel) to the scaling of power supply density with time. Who knows? It might just become “Umesh’s Law”. Using examples from Bipolars, IGBT and DMOS, he reminded the audience that over...
  • Blog Post: APEC ready

    Welcome to my APEC (Applied Power Electronic Conference) blog on Power House. Beginning tomorrow and for the duration of the show, I’ll be posting my insights and observations and, well, general ponderings about the best papers and technology at APEC 2013. My first APEC was at the Adam’s...
  • Blog Post: TI Expands Power Presence at APEC 2012

    Dateline - Orlando, Florida. TI is participating this week at the largest, most influential power electronics conference in the industry. The Applied Power Electronics Conference ( www.apec-conf.org ) is a platform for leading power management IC companies like TI to present deep technical sessions and...
  • Blog Post: Power Videos at APEC 2011

    Check out several videos from the Applied Power Electronics Conference in Fort Worth. High-Current SWIFT™ Converters with Integrated NexFET™: NexFET™ Power Stage Efficiency: Digital Power Conversion with C2000™ MCUs: ...
  • Blog Post: 15-A and 25-A SWIFT(tm) step-down converters integrate NexFET

    Nice to kick off the second day of APEC with a significant Power product announcement. We introduced our first two step-down converters that integrate TI's NexFET(tm) power MOSFETs. The new TPS56221 25-A, 14-V converter and the TPS56121 15-A, 14-V converter provide high-density and high-efficiency...
  • Blog Post: TI Power Presenters at APEC 2011

    Texas Instruments and the Applied Power Electronics Conference go together like Dallas and Fort Worth. This year we have more than 20 TI power engineers presenting or chairing sessions at APEC (March 6-10, Fort Worth Convention Center), on topics ranging from power efficiency in telecom power supplies...