Arctic Sand Technologies

Arctic Sand Technologies, Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in the development of power conversion semiconductors. Founded in 2010 as a spinoff from MIT, the company focuses on commercializing innovative power conversion technology that consolidates multiple board-level power components into a single chip. This advanced technology significantly reduces circuit size by tenfold and decreases power losses by 75 percent, making it highly effective for various applications. Arctic Sand offers products such as LED backlight boost converters for mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, and notebook computers, as well as buck regulators for computing applications. The company also has design centers located in New Hampshire. As of March 2017, Arctic Sand operates as a subsidiary of Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation.