Most mission-critical systems need to be designed for near-zero downtime throughout their useful life. So, if a component of such a system fails or needs updating, it must be replaced without ...

Today's most important systems can't tolerate downtime. We never want to shut down telephone exchanges, data-network equipment, cellular-communication facilities, or hospital information systems.

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. TYPICAL HIGH-SIDE, n-channel, hot-swap “soft-switch” systems use a charge pump to drive the gate of an external MOSFET ...

As graphics processing units (GPUs) and other artificial-intelligence (AI) chips push the power limits of data centers, it’s becoming vital to prevent the current racing into them from overloading the ...