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PRESS RELEASE: August 4, 2008

Zilker Labs to Participate in Digital Power Forum 2008
Zilker Labs Inc., today announced that they will be participating in the Digital Power Forum being held September 15-17, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel. The Digital Power Forum is an International conference sponsored by the Darnell Media and is focused on the latest practical advancements related to the use of digital power control techniques in electronic systems and in power converters, as well as digital energy management and power management in enterprise-level installations and related digital equipment.
Zilker Labs is a Gold Sponsor of the event and will be both exhibiting and presenting plenary and technical papers.

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PRESS RELEASE: July 25, 2008

Zilker Labs Announces Investment From Samsung Ventures 
Zilker Labs, Inc. a leading provider of high-efficiency digital power ICs, announced today that Samsung Ventures, a Samsung Electronics’ venture organization, has invested in the company for an undisclosed amount. Samsung Venture Investment joins as a strategic investor participating in this round of funding. The capital raised will fund the ongoing growth and development of Zilker Labs Digital-DC™ power conversion IC product family targeted at embedded applications such as datacom, telecom, industrial control and other rack-based electronic systems.
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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 implementationmore>>