Consisting of a dual channel bidirectional I2C digital isolator as well as five unidirectional channels of isolation, the AS1705 digital isolator has been announced by Akros Silicon. Optimised to enable real-time telemetry and control of Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) controllers used in Power-over-Ethernet capable (PoE) switches and routers, the AS1705’s 3.4MHz communication speed and integration level are unmatched in the industry, claim ...

Akros Silicon has appointed Fred Greenfeld as Director of Applications. Mr. Greenfeld’s extensive experience will be integral to Akros’ growth as the company expands the reach of its proprietary integrated isolation technology to meet the energy and cost-saving demands of Power over Ethernet (PoE) and other enterprise-level designs and applications.

At APEC 2014’s Industry Sessions conference program, Akros Silicon will deliver a presentation entitled: “Tripling the Power of PoE”. Faisal Ahmad, Vice President of Marketing, Akros Silicon, will present the paper, offering the audience an informative discussion on the future of PoE and how it is opening new opportunities and challenges for power supply designers and systems integrators.

Supporting the expansion of the company’s products into more demanding customer environments, it has been announced that Chengping Wang has been appointed as Senior Director of Operations at Akros Silicon. Part of his new role will be to establish a robust transition and planning process for high-volume production.

Akros Silicon has announced that Faisal Ahmad has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Marketing with the company. In his new role, he will be tasked with leading Akros’ effort to expand their energy management technology into the broader communications, cloud and consumer markets.

Pete Klessel has been appointed to the role of Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Akros Silicon. Pete Klessel joins Akros to expand the company’s reach into high growth consumer and communications markets where manufacturers face stringent requirements for improved power and energy management in their systems.

Akros Silicon have recently announced an interoperability collaboration with Broadcom to provide fully integrated support of the emerging Power over Ethernet 60 Watt extension. Broadcom has a family of PoE Power Sourcing Equipment controllers (model BCM59111) that supports the rapidly emerging 60W application requirements.

Akros Silicon announces the immediate availability of the AS1860, the newest member of the company’s GreenEdge family of system-on-a-chip energy management ICs. The AS1860, equipped with Akros’ proprietary GreenEdge digital isolation technology, is uniquely suited to support deployments of 60W and above Power over Ethernet Powered Device applications such as thin clients, monitors, industrial Ethernet, IPTV, building management, Industrial Ne...

Akros Silicon have announced that it has secured additional financing to supplement capital previously raised in 2012, bringing the total to $11M. In addition to Technology Partners, which led the most recent round of financing, Akros obtained financial support from existing investors: USVP, Levensohn Venture Partners and SPM Capital. The infusion of capital will be used for further expansion of sales and marketing channels and proliferation of ...

Akros Silicon announced the new Energy$ense family of multi-output, digital DC/DC power management unit (DPMU) ICs. Energy$ense technology features include real-time power measurements and power-subsystem health monitoring, high efficiency (94% peak) and ultra-low standby current (

New AS19xx high-efficiency Energy$ense™ digital PMUs with multi-rail DC/DC offer 94% peak efficiency and real-time power sensing and control for total energy management. Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading-edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced the new Energy$ense™ family of multi-output, digital DC/DC power management unit (DPMU) ICs. Energy$ense technology features include real-time power measurements and ...

Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading-edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced that its supply chain has not been disrupted by the devastating earthquake in Japan.

Akros Silicon announces its AS1854 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Powered-Device System-on-Chip (PD SoC) has successfully demonstrated compliance with IEEE 802.3at and IEE802.3af standards and multi-vendor interoperability. Results were announced following tests conducted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory.

Akros Silicon Inc. introduces an isolated quad-output digital power SoC that sets a new integration benchmark for the isolated DC-DCs that are used in a wide range of industrial, datacom, automotive, medical, residential gateway, display and other distributed power applications. Built around Akros' field-proven and patented GreenEdge™ digital isolation technology, the AS1454 eliminates the need for low-speed, bulky opto-couplers and integrates ...

Akros Silicon has announced the AS1854, a Power over Ethernet, Power System-on-a-Chip with 2kV integrated isolation for the next-generation of IP appliances such as IP phones, IP cameras, wireless access points (WAP), Thin Client terminals, and WiMAX CPEs. Built around Akros’ patented GreenEdge digital isolation technology, the AS1854 eliminates low-speed, bulky opto-couplers and integrates functionality of up to nine separate ICs used in curre...