About the System Management Interface Forum (SMIF), Inc.

The System Management Interface Forum (SMIF), Inc., supports the rapid advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that promotes power management and systems technology implementations. The group’s activities include: promoting global development of communications protocols; identification of appropriate applications; providing global educational services; promoting worldwide compatibility and interoperability; and identifying, selecting, augmenting as appropriate, and publishing specifications. The SMIF provides a membership path for any company or individual to be active participants in any or all of the various working groups established by the implementers forums.

News

May 2024

Great Wall Power is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective May 2024

April 2024

Silergy is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective April 2024

March 2024

Rivos is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective March 2024

January 2024

ETA-USA is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective January 2024

December 2023

Cincon is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective December 2023

February 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is now a PMBus participant and SMIF member effective February 2023

October 2022

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is now a SMIF member effective October 2022

April 2022

Advanced Energy (AEI) is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective June 2022

Cisco is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective April 2022

January 2022

ProGrAnalog is now a SMIF and PMBus tools member, effective January 2022

November 2021

uPI Semiconductor Corp. is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective November 2021

October 2021

RECOM is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective October 2021

August 2021

ROHM is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective August 2021

February 2021

RichTek Technology is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective February 2021

December 2020

Applied Kilovolts is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective December 2020

November 2020

Vishay is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective November 2020

D-CLUE Technologies Co., Ltd. is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective November 2020

September 2020

Faraday Semi is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective September 2020

Teledyne LeCroy is now a SMIF and PMBus tools member, effective September 2020

May 2020

VeriSilicon is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective May 2020

November 2019

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective November 2019

September 2019

MEAN WELL is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective September 2019

March 2019

MaxLinear is now a PMBus adopter, effective March 2019

January 2019

Soliton Technologies is now a SMIF and PMBus tools member, effective January 2019

November 2018

MaxLinear is now a SMIF member, effective November 2018

June 2018

uPI Semiconductor Corp. is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective June 2018

April 2018

Cobham Semiconductor Solutions is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective November 2018

January 2018

Cadence Design Systems is now a SMIF and PMBus tools member, effective January 2018

Flex is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective January 2018

August 2017

NXP is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective August 2017

July 2017

Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective July 2017

AcBel Polytech is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective July 2017

January 2017

Micro Computer Control Corporation (MCC) is now a SMIF and PMBus tools member, effective January 2017

December 2016

Bellnix is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective December 2016

Solu-M is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective December 2016

October 2016

Efore is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective October 2016

September 2016

The PMBus forum will again be a major participant in the Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC) 26–30 March 2017 in Tampa FL

SMIF is conducting a raffle giveaway of two Full Conference Passes for APEC 2017. The first pass was awarded in a mid-September drawing. The remaining pass will be awarded in a drawing in mid-October. Sign up here.

July 2016

FDK Corporation is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective July 2016

March 2016

Excelsys is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective March 2016

January 2016

The PMBus forum will again be a major participant in the Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC) 20–24 March 2016 in Long Beach CA.

TDK Lambda is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective January 2016

January 2015

The PMBus forum will again be a major participant in the Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition (APEC) 15–19 March 2015 in Charlotte NC.

The new System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification Version 3.0 is now posted. Find it on one of these pages:
PMBus Current Specifications
SMBus Specifications

September 2014

Lattice Semiconductor is now a SMIF member and PMBus adopter, effective September 2014

More PMBus news...

Groups

The SMIF includes the groups listed below.

SBS logo

The Smart Battery System Implementers Forum (SBS-IF) supports the rapid advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that promotes smart battery implementations. The SBS-IF has developed and published specifications for smart battery systems. The SBS-IF allows for active participation in any or all of its working groups by those who become adopters.

PMBus logo

The Power Management Bus Implementers Forum (PMBus-IF) supports the rapid advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that promotes power management implementations. The PMBus-IF allows for active participation in any or all of its working groups by those who become adopters.
 
 


   
     
 

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