Empower Semiconductor Highlights its Breakthrough AI Vertical Power Delivery Platform at APEC 2025
Featuring Empower's proprietary FinFast™ technology, the Crescendo platform integrates all power components into a single ultra-thin device, enabling relocation beneath the processor and eliminating the requirement for large decoupling capacitor bank. This breakthrough shrinks the AI power supply by 5x and delivers on-demand kilowatt power with unmatched speed and accuracy while reducing power distribution losses by 5-20% from a traditional lateral current transmission.
'AI is presenting the power management challenge of our generation, and Empower's technology addresses it. Crescendo tackles one of the biggest hurdles in AI-driven data centers—how to deliver the increasing power demands of new processors with the efficiency, responsiveness, and compact footprint required to support their unprecedented performance,' said Phillips. 'We have been partnering with industry leaders on multiple platforms since announcing its availability for design last October and are gearing up for production by the end of the year. We're coming to APEC with a live demo and presentation that highlight the breakthroughs we have achieved.'
Visitors to the Empower booth at APEC 2025 will experience firsthand how the Crescendo platform delivers the power density, scalability, transient response and thermal performance needed to support the next generation of high-performance AI and data center processors.
Schedule a meeting with Empower Semiconductor at APEC by contacting [email protected]. To learn more about Empower Semiconductor's solutions, visit www.empowersemi.com.
About Empower Semiconductor
Empower Semiconductor, based in Silicon Valley, powers the AI revolution with its FinFast™ technology by reducing the energy footprint and total cost of ownership of data centers. Its transformational integrated voltage regulators deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision and signal integrity required by AI processors. Empower's power-management architecture shrinks solution footprint, height and component count, achieving vertical power delivery with unprecedented power density and efficiency. Learn more at www.empowersemi.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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