Vicor Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1981. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and sells modular power components and power systems for converting power to power installations. The company's competitive position is supported by product design innovation and product performance achievements, largely due to the focus on research and development of advanced technologies and processes, often realized in proprietary semiconductor circuits, materials and packages. Many products incorporate patented or proprietary implementations of high-frequency switch topologies, making power system solutions more efficient and much smaller than traditional alternatives.