Interview With Kevin Speer, Technology Director – SiC Power Solutions at Microchip Technology Inc. In this podcast, we speak to Kevin Speer, technology director of SiC power solutions at Microchip, who discusses Microchip’s Silicon Carbide (SiC) solutions to support data centers through Smart Energy and how they are making delivering power to the systems in a rack, and to the rack itself, smarter and more efficient. From designing components that support higher voltages, such as solid-state transformers (SSTs), to explaining why it’s necessary to create microgrids for data centers to facilitate local generation and support innovation, this episode takes a deep dive into how Microchip is helping to power data centers. Innovation and differentiation are key drivers in the evolving data center market. Microchip is committed to collaborating across business units to provide industry-leading data center hardware, software, and tools that support the latest standards and enable technology to empower the most intensive solutions for the data center market. Data access, storage and protection are key requirements for storage systems used in enterprise and cloud data centers. Microchip offers a comprehensive portfolio of NVM Express® (NVMe®), SAS/SATA and PCI Express® (PCIe®) solutions that improve server storage performance, reliability and security while also reducing overall power consumption. Find out more about SiC Power Solutions at Microchip here: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/power-management/silicon-carbide-sic-devices-and-power-modules Find out more about how Microchip are supporting data centers here: https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/data-centers-and-computing/data-center-solutions   Time Stamps [02:20] – Powering Data Centers [04:53] – Solid State Transformers [06:34] – Components dealing with higher voltage [13:40] – Impact outside of Data Center market [15:49] – Collaboration across Microchip   Follow Kevin Kevin Speer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinspeer/   If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to our podcast for more discussions about Microchip’s smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions and connect with us on social media to stay updated on upcoming episodes. We'd also appreciate it if you could leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.   Want more? Look out for more upcoming podcasts from Microchip: Beyond the Microchip So much of our daily lives are controlled or influenced by electronics. We rely on GPS to direct us, we hit "brew" on our coffee machines for our mornin' cup of Joe, we wave our hands over a sensor to get running water from a faucet, and press a button to open our garage doors.  But do we really know what's going on inside? Are we aware of the universe of technology and calculations going on right under our nose? Beyond the Microchip takes you inside the world of Embedded Control technologies to understand how the chips and sensors we can't see impact our lives in dramatic ways. They remind us why we have and embrace technology, to enhance the human experience.  Join us each episode as we look at an aspect of our daily lives that shapes what it means to be human and how we can empower the innovation that enhances that experience through Microchip Technology. Subscribe to Beyond the Microchip wherever you get your podcasts.