| Editorial |
| | From Adele to APEC and WBG
As you may know I live in Munich/Germany, and last week during my evening cycle ride in the east side of the city I suddenly heard music playing. Having recently read the local newspaper, I knew immediately where it was coming from: the British artist Adele was performing the first of ten European concerts in a giant stadium which has been designed and built exclusively for these ten concerts. So, I cycled by the fence to get a glimpse of the giant, very impressive LED wall, which was 220 m wide and 17 m high while listening to the crisp and clear music. Imagine an LED wall measuring 3,740 square meters with about 100,000 LEDs per square meter. Every square meter of such an LED wall consumes an average of more than 1 kW, a maximum of over 3 kW. So, this LED wall consumes roughly between 4 and 12 MW. Just imagine that a 10 % energy saving here could result in a saving of 400 kW to 1.2 MW. I did this very basic calculation to demonstrate that it is always worth making designs power efficient - even the smallest ones.
This giant LED wall for the Adele concerts is located on the outskirts of the Munich Messe fairground, where Electronica will take place from November 12-15. Our editorial team will be present for the duration of the event and also at APEC 2025, which takes place in Atlanta, Georgia March 16-20, 2025. Don t forget that the 2025 APEC date was changed earlier this year, so please double-check that you have the correct date in your diary and also on your website.
Between Electronica and APEC, there is another important event taking place, Bodo s Wide Bandgap Event. We are currently preparing the line-up for the panel discussion on the first day, as well as the program for the sessions on the second day, where we will once again run two sessions in parallel - one covering Silicon Carbide and the other Gallium Nitride. As at previous successful events, we plan to ignite a kind of firework of SiC and GaN technology presentations which will inspire the audience. However, we will also schedule in plenty of time for breaks to network, visit the table-top exhibition and exchange information. We will share further information at the end of September, at www.bodoswbg.com. In terms of location, for this December event, we didn’t need to build an outdoor arena with a giant LED wall as Bodo’s Wide Bandgap Event 2025 will take place December 3-4, 2024, at the Munich Airport Hilton.
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My green tip of the month:
Try to make your designs as energy efficient as possible. I know it’s a truism, but just a few thoughts, even about a concert, can make us realize how important every percentage of power savings is.
Kind regards,
Alfred |