Fairchild Semiconductor and Zilker Labs Enter Into a Partnership to Provide Point-of-Load Digital Power Products for Communicati
May 19 2008 - 11:16AM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of
high performance products that enable energy-efficiency, and Zilker
Labs, a leading provider of high-efficiency digital power ICs, have
entered into an agreement to manufacture and sell digital power
products, including point-of-load power devices, targeted at the
server, networking, graphics and high-end desktop applications.
�We�re pleased to be able to expand our industry-leading power
management product offering, particularly in the digital power
area. This partnership allows Fairchild to manufacture and sell
digital power products and enhances our working knowledge of the
digital power market and application space, while promoting and
driving its adoption. Developing close relationships with our
customers, and understanding their challenges, will allow us to
develop and provide next generation leading edge digital power
products and solutions for a variety of applications in the power
management market,� said Bob Conrad, executive vice president of
Fairchild�s Mobile, Computing, Consumer and Communications Product
Group. �Zilker Labs has developed an excellent reputation, and
we�re looking forward to working closely with them.� �Zilker Labs�
innovative Digital-DC� technology enables efficient, flexible,
easy-to-use digital power solutions for today�s embedded
communications and computing systems,� said Bob Bridge, CEO of
Zilker Labs. �We�re excited about the partnership with Fairchild,
and we look forward to expanding both our customer base and our
product offering. The partnership between Fairchild Semiconductor
and Zilker Labs will allow increased product support and supply
continuity for OEMs and power supply manufacturers using digital
power control products.� Zilker Labs� Digital-DC ICs are
highly-integrated, high-performance digital power solutions
designed to be universal building blocks that can be easily
combined and adapted to address a wide variety of complex power
system requirements. These products implement an innovative digital
power conversion architecture that dynamically optimizes efficiency
as system conditions change, and integrated power management logic
reduces both external component and board space requirements and
simplifies the design process. The Digital-DC devices incorporate
integrated intelligence, allowing them to be easily configured
through simple pin settings or by using Power Management Bus
(PMBus�) commands with no software programming required. About
Fairchild Semiconductor: Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is a
global leader delivering energy-efficient power analog and power
discrete solutions. Fairchild is The Power Franchise�, providing
leading-edge silicon and packaging technologies, manufacturing
strength and system expertise for consumer, communications,
industrial, portable, computing and automotive systems. An
application-driven, solution-based semiconductor supplier,
Fairchild provides online design tools and design centers worldwide
as part of its comprehensive Global Power ResourceSM. Please
contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com. About Zilker Labs
Zilker Labs provides Digital-DC� power conversion IC solutions with
industry-leading performance and integration benefits. Zilker Labs�
products combine efficient power conversion with key power and
thermal management functions in single easily-configurable ICs,
providing flexibility and scalability without increasing board
space or design complexity. Founded in 2003, Zilker Labs is
headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices throughout the United
States and Asia. For more information, please visit
www.zilkerlabs.com
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