Tentative Conference Schedule
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3pm-5pm Early Registration |
| Monday |
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8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Registration Open 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Plenary Session I 1.0 “Digital Power Management: Changing the Value Ecosystem” 1.1 “Digital Capabilities for Power Management” 1.2 “Digital, Analog and Power – Making the Most of the Platform Approach” 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break 1.3 “How Green Can IT Be?” 1.4
Efficient Power Delivery: The Digital Migration 12:15 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own 2:00 – 3:30 p.m Roundtable Discussion “When Will the Switchover to Digital Take Place?” Dan Artusi Steve Bakota Laurence McGarry Deepak Savadatti Jim Templeton Milan Jovanovic Ramesh Misra, Roundtable Chair 3:30 – 5:30 p.m
Exhibits Open |
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7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast With Darnell “Digital Power: Who’s in the Lead?” 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Plenary Session II 2.0 “ Defining Data Center Best Practices - Status Report from Industry” 2.1 “Maximizing Data Center Energy Efficiency Through Power-Saving Designs, Technologies and DC-Based Solutions” 2.2 “Digitization of Power - From Battery Management to Rectifiers” 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Power Track: P3.0 “Digital Control Maximizes System Integration for Multi-Phase/Multi-Output DC-DC Systems” P3.1 “Digital Current Share Scheme for POL Regulators” P3.2 “Current Share Using Digital Techniques” Laurence McGarry Evaldo Miranda |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Data Center Track: D3.0 “Power Demands Increasing in Today’s Power Hungry Data Centers” D3.1 “The Number One Hot Issue for Data Centers... It’s All About Cooling” D3.2 “Optimizing Uninterruptible Power for Modern Data Processing Equipment” |
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12:15 – 2:15 p.m. Hosted Lunch |
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2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Power Track: P4.0 “Comparison of Digital Power Approaches” P4.1 “In-System Network Analyzers” P4.2 “Innovative Methods of Responding to Transient Conditions Using a Digital Controller” |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Data Center Track: D4.0 “Agile Power Converters for Energy-Efficient Applications” D4.1 “First Steps to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Data Center” Joseph F. Prisco D4.2 “The Intelligently Adaptive Data Center: Creating an End-to-End Integrated Digital Power
Architecture to Optimize Data Center Efficiency, Availability and Operating Expenses Through Real-Time Server Analysis and Predictive Modeling” |
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3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break |
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4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Power Track: P5.0 “Digital Power Simulators” P5.1 “System Benefits of Digital Multiphase Controllers” P5.2 “Distributed Digital Power and Thermal Management Enables New Opportunities for Energy Savings and Increased Performance” P5.3 “Digital Control Concepts for Power Supply Engineers” |
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Data Center Track: D5.0 “Adaptive/Intelligent Control and Power Management Reduce Power Dissipation and Consumption” D5.1“Power Supply Efficiency in High-Density Data Center Servers” D5.2 “Prerequisites for Successful Energy and Thermal Management in Data Centers: Metrics” D5.3 “EAC & PUE: Metrics to Characterize IT Equipment & Data Center Energy Use” Christian L. Belady |
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8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Power Track: P6.0 “Digital Today – Providing Power Management Solutions” P6.1 “Current-Mode Digital Power Supply Design” P6.2 “In-situ Bode Measurement in a Digitally Controlled Power Supply” |
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.Data Center Track: D6.0 “Storage: The Next Energy Crisis in the Data Center” D6.1 “Improving Power Conversion Efficiencies” Garry Tomlins D6.2 “PMBus™ - Enabling Intelligent System Power Management”
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10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break |
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10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Power Track: P7.0 “Simple Digital Power Control Delivers Performance and Efficiency” P7.1 “Small Microcontrollers Add Big Functionality” P7.2 “Sequencing, Tracking and Clock Synchronization of Digitally Controlled Power Supplies”
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10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Data Center Track: D7.0 “An Energy Efficiency Perspective on Digital Power Management D7.1 “Real Performance Improvements for OEM System Designers: A Digital Control Case Study” Per-Johan Wiberg D7.2 “Advanced Multi-Core Processing for High Performance Servers” |

