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SemiAnalysis's May 26, 2026 Phase 4 architecture model gives roughly 87% utility-to-VRM for SST/800 VDC; the guide's representative four-stage AC chain (Chapter 4.1) gives roughly 82%.

~87% SST/800 VDC (SemiAnalysis model) vs ~82% AC (guide's four-stage example)modeled

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ScopeModeled, not measured. Chapter 4.1 works two examples from assumed stage efficiencies: a four-stage AC chain, 0.99 × 0.94 × 0.96 × 0.92 ≈ 82% (80.4–86.7% across its assumed UPS and VRM efficiencies), and a three-stage DC chain, 0.98 × 0.965 × 0.92 ≈ 87%. SemiAnalysis's May 26, 2026 Phase 4 model separately gives ~87% for SST/800 VDC. Matching figures do not make different chains equivalent; compare them at the same boundary and load, with distribution losses counted separately.
As of2026-05-26
SourceSemiAnalysis, Inside the 800VDC Revolution, Phase 4 model, May 26, 2026.
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