Come join Zilker Labs at Penton Media's One Powerful Day webcast
 on Wednesday October 15, 2008 (1-2pm ET) 
Chris Young, Chief Technical Officer, will be presenting:
A Digital Power Roadmap for Server Applications – 2010 and Beyond

Digital Power has proven its utility in a number of applications over years and continues to offer exciting new opportunities for system wide performance improvement.  While some may continue the analog versus digital debate, Digital Power has strong current momentum and bright future.  The purpose of this presentation is to explore the future of Digital Power in Server applications from the perspective of where it can go along the course of its present momentum and, from the perspective of a gap analysis, where Digital Power needs to go.  The presentation will begin with a brief review the current use of Digital Power in Server applications.  It will then examine the challenges that Digital Power faces in Server applications.  Finally, we will look at current trends and where those trends may evolve over the next five years.  Learn more:>>

An Analog-Friendly Approach Simplifies Digital Compensation
By Chris Young, Chief Technical Officer, Zilker Labs

Compensation of switching power supplies is an essential element of proper and robust power design. The recent introduction of digital pulse-width modulation (PWM) controllers has introduced the concept of using a digital proportional-integral-derivative (PID) filter for the voltage-loop compensation rather than a traditional Type III analog implementation.  more>>