Flex Power Modules Partners with Renesas to Deliver Next-gen Power Management Solutions
Flex (NYSE:FLEX) has announced a strategic partnership with Renesas to develop next-generation power management solutions for AI workloads. The collaboration focuses on creating advanced board-mounted power solutions for CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and accelerator cards.
The partnership will expand Flex's vertical power delivery (VPD) portfolio and integrate Renesas's smart power stages into high-efficiency DC/DC converters. Key features include maximized efficiency, improved transient response, and optimized thermal performance. The collaboration will also introduce two-phase power towers to Renesas's existing portfolio, with configurations supporting up to 32-phase power specifications.
- Strategic partnership with Renesas enhances product portfolio and market reach
- New VPD products will improve efficiency and thermal performance for AI processors
- Expanded power solutions support configurations from 2-phase up to 32-phase
- Joint development leverages manufacturing capabilities for scaled delivery
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Flex's strategic partnership with Renesas targets the booming AI power management market, positioning both companies for growth in data center infrastructure.
This partnership between Flex Power Modules and Renesas represents a strategic alignment to address the rapidly growing power demands in AI computing infrastructure. The collaboration focuses on developing next-generation board-mounted power solutions for processors that drive AI workloads – a critical but often overlooked component in the AI infrastructure stack.
The joint development of Vertical Power Delivery (VPD) products is particularly significant. VPD technology addresses three critical challenges in high-performance computing: efficiency, transient response, and thermal performance. As AI processors consume increasingly massive amounts of power, these solutions become essential for data center operations where power efficiency directly impacts operating costs and computational capabilities.
The partnership leverages complementary strengths: Renesas contributes its advanced smart power stages and controller technology, while Flex brings manufacturing scale and system-level power expertise. This vertical integration approach allows for optimized designs that can reduce PCB space requirements and potentially lower implementation costs for customers.
For Flex, this represents an expansion of its grid-to-chip power portfolio, strengthening its position in the data center infrastructure market at a time when AI-driven data center expansion is accelerating globally. The ability to offer comprehensive power solutions from facility level down to processor level enhances Flex's value proposition to hyperscalers and enterprise data center operators.
The collaboration also expands distribution channels, with products developed jointly being available through Renesas's established sales networks, potentially accelerating market penetration for these new solutions.
New Offerings to include Vertical Power Delivery and other modules
"By integrating our latest generation of smart power stages with Flex Power Modules' advanced design capabilities, we are uniquely positioned to offer high-performance solutions to our customers that significantly enhance the speed of design cycles, save PCB space, and reduce costs," said Tom Truman, Vice President of Performance Computing Power at Renesas. "This joint effort highlights our commitment to innovation and our ability to meet the fast-evolving needs of the market."
"Our collaboration with Renesas will enable the rapid delivery of state-of-the-art power solutions at scale," said Chris Butler, President of Embedded and Critical Power, Flex. "Processor-level power innovation is the first step to deliver on rapidly evolving compute requirements and key to Flex's portfolio of manufacturing, grid-to-chip power products and services that support data center expansion."
This global collaboration harnesses the strengths of both companies to expand Flex's vertical power delivery (VPD) portfolio. The new VPD products maximize efficiency, improve transient response, and optimize thermal performance of data center processors to meet the demanding power needs of AI. In addition, Renesas will add two-phase power towers jointly developed by the two companies to its existing power tower portfolio.
The new solutions integrate technologies from both companies, combining joint design expertise and Flex's advanced manufacturing capabilities to scale delivery through Renesas channels.
The two companies will also collaborate on other high-density power modules that integrate Renesas smart power stages into high-efficiency DC/DC converters from Flex Power Modules. These modules will pair with Renesas's latest digital multi-phase controllers to support configurations from two-phase up to 32-phase to meet the power specifications of any rail.
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About Flex Power Modules
Flex Power Modules, a Flex business, is a leading manufacturer and solution provider of scalable DC/DC power converters. The business primarily serves the data processing, communications, industrial, and transportation markets with a wide range of both isolated and non-isolated, regulated and non-regulated solutions. Further information can be found at flexpowermodules.com or on LinkedIn.
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