Power Vents

APEC 2009

Learn about the plans for APEC 2009 in Washington, DC next February and how you can participate. Additionally, there is a Calendar of Events of the important conferences and meetings held around the world. Simply point your browser to www.psma.com/HTML/newsletter/start_here.html.

Battery survey

An engineering and marketing survey conducted by Nexergy identifies runtime and battery capacity as the most important factors in selecting battery chemistry and technology in portable products. Additionally the survey indicated a lack of familiarity and understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of battery chemistries. Cost ranked fifth most important on a list of seven criteria by engineers. Rounding out the most important factors after runtime, in order of priority, were safety, cycle life, power, cost, size, and weight. For more information, visit www.nexergy.com.

Power standards

Power.org provides highlights of key technology standards being developed for the power architecture electronics platform including enhancements to the power instruction set architecture (ISA), standardized debug interface for single and multicore devices, and specifications to simplify and enhance virtual modeling and simulation. Find out more at www.power.org.