Complete Energy Measurement SoC Provides More Management And Control Of AC/DC Power Supplies In Servers And Data Communication Equipment

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq:MXIM) announces the launch of a new Teridian/Maxim energy-measurement system on chip (SoC), the 78M6613.

Note to Editor:

• The 78M6613 is the industry's first SoC energy-measurement solution for AC/DC power supplies.
• The 78M6613 enables the capture and reporting of real-time energy data, providing the ability to quantify where energy is needed, being used, and being stranded.
• The device is a highly integrated, single-phase, fully self-contained AC power-measurement and monitoring SoC with best-in-class accuracy of ±0.5% over a 2000:1 dynamic range and a small 32-pin QFN package.
• The 78M6613 is targeted to server power supplies, and is suited to energy-measurement needs in data communications, storage equipment, home appliances, home automation networks, and building automation.

The 78M6613 is the industry's first SoC energy-measurement solution for AC/DC power supplies that brings a higher level of management and control to servers and other equipment in data centers.

 The new Teridian/Maxim chip comes as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/ENERGY STAR® mandates toward greater efficiency and accurate energy measurement in data centers begin to bear down on enterprises around the globe. The 78M6613 enables the capture and reporting of real-time energy data, which provides data center managers with the ability to quantify where energy is needed, being used, and more importantly, being stranded. Visibility into this critical data is an absolute requirement in order to manage and control energy usage in power-starved data centers that cannot keep up with growing demands placed upon them.

"Power capping, load shedding and virtualization are all driving the need for real-time energy measurement and resource management in data centers," said Jay Cormier, Maxim Integrated Products Director, Teridian/Maxim Business Management, Energy Measurement & Communications. "New technology and greater demands on data centers and enterprise networks are all making it even more important to understand where energy is going."

With an embedded analog front-end and compute engine, small footprint, and embedded firmware, the 78M6613 is specifically optimized to address the unique challenges of precision energy measurement inside AC/DC power supplies. As with all Teridian/Maxim brand energy-measurement SoCs, the 78M6613 features best-in-class accuracy of ±0.5% over a 2000:1 dynamic range, but also provides powerful tools for self-calibration to help facilitate rapid design time and optimal manufacturing costs.