ROHM Semiconductor acquires digital power management specialist Powervation
The strategic combination of Powervation’s Intelligent Digital Power platform with ROHM’s analog power technology and global market access will enable the company to address a broad range of fast growing market opportunities, as customers increasingly adopt digital power solutions to power next generation high density systems and ICs such as Processors, Memory, FPGAs, and ASICs.
Since its founding in Ireland in 2006, as a University of Limerick spin-out, Powervation has established itself as a leading innovator in digital power controllers serving high performance Computing, Cloud and Communications infrastructure markets. The company’s proprietary DSP control platform with patented xTune auto-tuning and ITM intelligent transient management technologies, has been adopted by industry leading customers who need advanced power management, precision telemetry/control and high efficiency solutions to power their complex multi-rail, multi-phase systems.
ROHM, a $3 billion global leader in analog and power semiconductors, supplies a diversified global customer base in the consumer, automotive and industrial markets. By acquiring Powervation, ROHM will gain leading-edge digital power technologies to strengthen its product offerings in the rapidly-growing cloud, data-center, and communications infrastructure markets. The acquisition will also enable ROHM to develop advanced digital power solutions for a broader range of markets and applications with Powervation’s flexible controller platform.
“ROHM and Powervation share a common vision for the role of digital power technology in transforming the market with next-generation high performance power solutions,” said Mike Smith, SVP & GM of ROHM Semiconductor USA.
“The combination of our two companies will enable ROHM to develop industry-leading, integrated digital power solutions to serve a broad range of customers, markets, and applications spanning the entire spectrum from Computing and Communications to Consumer and Industrial,” said Jun Iida, head of LSI development and member of the ROHM board of directors.
Powervation will become a fully owned subsidiary of ROHM, with principal design center in Cork, Ireland and system application centers in San Jose, California, USA and Asia which fuse expertise in power systems, digital control, silicon and embedded software. ROHM plans to accelerate product development through investment and synergies with ROHM analog/discrete power technologies and to increase market adoption further by using ROHM’s global customer base and channels.
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