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Vicor power modules win 2026 Electronics Excellence Award
Monday, March 16, 2026 at 09:40 PM
Vicor's power modules have received the 2026 Electronics Excellence Award from Electronic Specifier, highlighting the company's innovation in power delivery components.
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On March 12, 2026, Vicor Corporation announced that its BCM6135 bidirectional power converter module won the 2026 Electronics Excellence Award in the power category. The award, sponsored by Electronic Specifier, recognizes the module’s impact on automotive innovation, particularly its ability to reduce power system volume by nearly 50%. This high-voltage 800V-to-48V DC-DC converter addresses critical design challenges in electric vehicles, such as enabling 60-second windshield defrosting and supporting the transition to 48V zonal architectures, which can potentially eliminate the need for a secondary 48V battery.
While an exact spoken quote from the event was not independently verified, Vicor’s Director of Media Relations, Stephen Germino, stated in the official announcement that the product has driven "unprecedented innovation at OEMs and tier one suppliers" due to its industry-leading power density and transient speeds. This recognition underscores Vicor's growing influence in both the automotive and AI data center sectors, where its high-current-density modules are increasingly used to mitigate the environmental impact of power-intensive generative AI workloads.
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