The Fourth International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip (PowerSoC2014) will be held at Northeastern University Boston MA on October 6-8, 2014. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) are jointly sponsoring, and the College of Engineering (COE) of Northeastern University (NEU) is hosting this workshop.
The workshop will focus on the integration of both modular and granular commercially successful miniature power converters that include power passive elements designed for multiple applications by accessing a broad range of leading-edge technologies. The general focus is on die integration and integration-within-package.
A major challenge to form factor reduction of dc/dc converters is the difficulty of integrating energy-handling power passive components with conventional semiconductor processes. Advanced technologies and processes for the design and manufacture of these passives are focal topics for the workshop.
Strategies addressing circuit and system approaches will also be presented. The general vision shared by participants is using PwrSoC devices to achieve a system performance that meets the requirements of both present and emerging applications that demand ever-greater current density, optimized control, form factor reduction, higher efficiency, while reducing cost. For more information, go to http://www.pwrsoc2014.org/
Semiconductor market tracker
Semiconductor families presented in this tracker include discretes, optoelectronics, sensors, analog ICs, logic ICs, microprocessors, DSP, microcontrollers, DRAM, SRAM, NOR flash, NAND flash, and other memories. Semiconductor manufacturers are notorious for enthusiastic production schedules, which will often leave them with more supply than demand; this typically accounts for many downturns the market has faced. Even during the overall economic recession, demand for semiconductors has remained mixed with strong growth in 2010 and anemic conditions in 2011 and 2012. The 7% year-over-year increase in revenue will likely pave the way to a solid 9% average growth rate through 2018. For more information, go to http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/2194468/semiconductor_market_tracker#pos-5
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