Claros has signed a manufacturing collaboration with Samsung Foundry to produce Claros’s integrated voltage regulator (IVR) for AI data centers, pairing Claros’s power-delivery design work with Samsung’s semiconductor process technology and manufacturing capacity. Claros said the goal is “high-volume production” of its IVR, aimed at delivering regulated power directly to processing units inside data center systems.
The IVR approach puts voltage regulation at the chip level, with Claros describing regulation happening millimeters from the processor to cut distribution losses. In the company’s framing, the IVR is designed to “complete the 800 VDC chain” by adding processor-level regulation so that rack-level efficiency gains aren’t eroded downstream. Claros said its IVR can reduce energy loss by up to 30 percent.
On the manufacturing side, Claros said its IVR designs will incorporate Samsung Foundry’s US-based 14 nm silicon manufacturing and Samsung’s FinFET process technology, along with other elements of Samsung Foundry’s offerings. Samsung Foundry cited its “high-volume, advanced-node wafer manufacturing capabilities” and positioned the work as part of its US foundry operations.
For data center engineers, the practical point is simple: processor-level voltage regulation is one of the few places left where marginal efficiency gains can compound at scale, because every watt lost near the load becomes a thermal problem that still has to be moved out of the rack. But moving regulation closer to the processor also raises hard engineering questions around integration, thermal density, and validation at volume, so manufacturing readiness matters as much as the electrical architecture.
“Every conversation we have with data center operators hits the same wall: they want to move to integrated voltage regulation, but they need to know it’ll be there at volume. This commitment removes that wall,” said Claros co-founder and CEO Daniel Kultran. Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President and Head of US Foundry Margaret Han said, “Processor-level power delivery is one of the most critical challenges facing AI infrastructure,” and added that Samsung sees opportunities for the technology beyond data centers, including industrial and automotive applications.
Source: Claros
