<19 November 2009>

Powervation Named "Start-Up of the Year" By the National Microelectronics Institute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LIMERICK, Ireland, Nov. 19, 2009

Powervation, a leading provider of integrated circuit (IC) system-on-chip solutions for energy control and management in information processing systems, was named “start-up of the year” for 2009 by the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the premier trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland.  

Now in its seventh year, the prestigious annual awards recognize the achievements of companies and individuals, and their contribution to the advancement of the semiconductor industry. 2009 award recipients were honored at the NMI Annual Awards Dinner held earlier this month in London.

Powervation was acknowledged for drawing financing from a syndicate of global tier-one venture firms in a tight capital market, along with the company’s proven ability to scale globally, as evidenced by the accelerated market traction of its first digital power-conversion IC—the PV3002.

Powervation’s chief executive officer, Antoin Russell, said, “The NMI annual event is a celebration of European technology and business development.  We congratulate our fellow finalists and feel honored to have our company recognized in this way by the most prominent technology industry association in Europe.”  

Derek Boyd, chief executive officer of the National Microelectronics Institute, commented, “In such a tough year for start-ups, NMI was delighted by the quality of applications for this award.  Although it was a close-run competition, Powervation emerged as a clear winner.  Powervation was selected because its market focus and business model seem to be exactly right.  Environmental stewardship and carbon reduction is a very hot area and the company has tremendous market potential with excellent revenue prospects. Congratulations go to Powervation, and NMI will, of course, continue to cheer and champion all the great start-ups in the UK and Ireland.”

Powervation’s differentiating technology includes a unique algorithm that monitors output voltage on a cycle-by-cycle basis and automatically compensates for variations in line, load, capacitance and inductance. For designers of complex electronic systems used in Computing, Networking and Storage applications, this innovation, in addition to other proprietary methods, delivers better system efficiency, performance and reliability, along with energy savings of up to 30 percent.  It also reduces design time—from weeks to days—and cuts total system cost of ownership by more than 30 percent.

About Powervation

Powervation provides digital power IC solutions that optimize power-supply performance and efficiencies for manufacturers of electronic systems used in Computing, Networking and Storage applications.  The company’s Auto-control™ technology brings fully automatic adaptive control to DC-DC conversion for the first time, in a reliable, scalable package that reduces design complexity and cost, and accelerates time-to-market.  Powervation maintains corporate offices in Limerick, Ireland, Mountain View, Calif. and Taipei, Taiwan.  To learn more, please visit www.powervation.com.  

Auto-control™ is trademarked by Powervation.