Wide-Bandgap Semis

April 2024

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Figure 1: Projected electricity consumption of data centers (2015 – 2030) [6]

Combining GaN and Liquid Cooling for Greater Energy Efficiency in AI Data Centers

By: Paul Wiener, Vice President Strategic Marketing, Julian Styles, Director Application Business Development Both at Infineon Technologies

The data center industry is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented transformation due to the surge in generative AI and other emerging technologies. This surge has massively increased the power consumption on servers, putting a strain on data centers around the world. Data centers already account for about 2 perce

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Date:

04/30/2024

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Wolfspeed President and CEO Gregg Lowe in signing ceremonial “last beam” at the Topping Out ceremony for The John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide

Wolfspeed Tops Out World's Largest, Most Advanced Silicon Carbide Facility Alongside Senator Thom Tillis, Key Officials

Wolfspeed, Inc. hosted Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and other local officials, community partners, and employees at a ceremony to celebrate the topping out of construction at the $5 billion John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide. Located in Chatham County, North Carolina, the JP will produce 200mm si

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Date:

04/23/2024

Navitas and Virtual Forest Join Hands to Advance Net-Zero in Agriculture

Navitas Semiconductor, the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in GaN power ICs and SiC technology, announced that Virtual Forest one of India’s leading electronics design companies specializing in motor control and human interface technologies for consumer ap

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Date:

04/18/2024

EPC Space Launches World's First Rad Hard GaN Power Stage IC

EPC Space announces the launch of a 50 V, 6 A Rad Hard GaN Power Stage IC designed for space applications. The EPC7011L7SH is a single chip driver plus eGaN® FET half-bridge power stage IC in a compact Aluminum Nitride ceramic surface mount technology package. Integration is implemented using EP

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Date:

04/16/2024

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Figure 1: Typical application of isolator in a motor-drive circuit (Source: WP - NEVs in China, Figure 16)

Isolation Evolves to Keep Pace with Applications

Yun SHENG, CTO, NOVOSENSE Microelectronics

Navigating through different forms of isolation requires a comprehensive understanding of the performance nuances inherent in various solutions, coupled with an awareness of evolving architectures tailored to the dynamic requirements of diverse applications. We are seeing changes in different sectors. Within th

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Date:

04/01/2024