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Delphi Technologies’ Newest EV-Based Products Initiate Industry Expansion

Delphi Technologies’ Newest EV-Based Products Initiate Industry Expansion

Delphi Technologies initiates market expansion of electric vehicle technologies through winning new business with Chinese Original Equipment…


News Aug 28, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
Lion Semiconductor Tackles the Switched-Capacitor IC Market

Lion Semiconductor Tackles the Switched-Capacitor IC Market

Lion Semi develops power and battery management integrated circuits (ICs) which are specially designed for power-efficient operations and fast…


News Aug 21, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
Pre-Switch Announces New VP of Engineering

Pre-Switch Announces New VP of Engineering

Pre-Switch, a Silicon Valley startup with AI-embedded soft-switching controller technology, has named Andre Willis as new VP of Engineering.


News Aug 18, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
GlobalFoundries Partners with Electronics Companies on Interoperable Design Kit

GlobalFoundries Partners with Electronics Companies on Interoperable Design Kit

Santa Clara-based semiconductor foundry GlobalFoundries is partnering with Synopsys, Mentor Graphics and Keysight Technologies to distribute its…


News Aug 13, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
Compound Semiconductor Industry Project Lands Funding from U.K. Government

Compound Semiconductor Industry Project Lands Funding from U.K. Government

A public-private R&D project focused on semiconductor manufacturing received £44 million in funding to expand the U.K.’s manufacturing…


News Jul 30, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
AZUR SPACE Acquires ALLOS Semiconductors’ Power Electronics Business

AZUR SPACE Acquires ALLOS Semiconductors’ Power Electronics Business

AZUR SPACE utilizes the benefits of GaN-on-Sic Technology from ALLOS Semiconductor to stay competitive in the high power electronics market.


News Jul 29, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
ROHM and LEADRIVE Partner and Create a Joint Laboratory for Developing and Testing SiC Technology

ROHM and LEADRIVE Partner and Create a Joint Laboratory for Developing and Testing SiC Technology

ROHM and LEADRIVE unite to develop next-generation SiC solutions for the electrical vehicle market and to promote world-wide market adoption of SiC…


News Jul 23, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
Mitsubishi Acquires Plant from Sharp, Boosting EV Power Chip Production

Mitsubishi Acquires Plant from Sharp, Boosting EV Power Chip Production

The acquisition of a wafer manufacturing factory in Fukuyama, Japan, will allow Mitsubishi Electric to expand its power device business segment.


News Jul 22, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
EpiGaN Becomes Soitec Belgium, Branching Further into the Power Systems Space

EpiGaN Becomes Soitec Belgium, Branching Further into the Power Systems Space

Just over a year after acquiring Belgium-based Gallium Nitride materials company EpiGaN, Soitec is now repositioning the brand’s identity as it…


News Jul 21, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
VisIC and ZF Combine Forces to Develop Next Generation EV Drivelines

VisIC and ZF Combine Forces to Develop Next Generation EV Drivelines

VisIC Technologies and ZF Friedrichshafen AG partner to utilize innovative gallium nitride technology in the development of electric vehicle…


News Jul 15, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
Analog Devices to Acquire Maxim Integrated for $20.9B

Analog Devices to Acquire Maxim Integrated for $20.9B

In a major move for the power electronics sector this week, semiconductor giant Analog Devices announced its intention to acquire integrated…


News Jul 14, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
PCIM’s First-Ever Digital Format Showcased the Power Industry’s Newest Products

PCIM’s First-Ever Digital Format Showcased the Power Industry’s Newest Products

More than 300 conference and forum presentations made up this year's digital PCIM Europe conference.


How the H1-B Visa Executive Order Impacts Semiconductor Engineers

How the H1-B Visa Executive Order Impacts Semiconductor Engineers

With the H1-B work visa program suspended by an executive order from the Trump administration, many engineers and the companies they work for in…


News Jul 13, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
Synopsys and EFPL Partner to Develop Lower-Power Digital Technologies

Synopsys and EFPL Partner to Develop Lower-Power Digital Technologies

Researchers from EPFLs integrated systems laboratory (LSI) have developed a way to reduce the power requirement of electronic circuit board chips.


News Jul 08, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
CEA-Leti Researchers Break Ground in LiFi Communications with GaN Technology

CEA-Leti Researchers Break Ground in LiFi Communications with GaN Technology

CEA-Leti Researchers Break a world record in LiFi communications using GaN technology.


News Jul 06, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
European Power Electronics Companies Team Up for $11 Million “GaNext” Project

European Power Electronics Companies Team Up for $11 Million “GaNext” Project

The new GaNext Penta project convenes 13 industry and academic organizations to collaborate on building high-efficiency GaN power systems.


News Jul 01, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
CHIPS for America Act Aims to Boost Semiconductor Industry

CHIPS for America Act Aims to Boost Semiconductor Industry

A new bipartisan bill aims to invest tens of billions of dollars into semiconductor research and manufacturing efforts through the 2020 decade.


News Jun 29, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell
EPC and VPT Partner to Provide Power Conversion Solutions for High-Reliability Environments

EPC and VPT Partner to Provide Power Conversion Solutions for High-Reliability Environments

Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) and VPT establish EPC Space, to design and manufacture radiation-hardened GaN-on-silicon transistors and ICs.


News Jun 26, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
Cree Partners with the Yutong Group to Bring China its First SiC-Powered Electric Bus

Cree Partners with the Yutong Group to Bring China its First SiC-Powered Electric Bus

The Yutong Group partnered with Cree and StarPower to create China’s first electric bus using next-generation silicon carbide technology.


News Jun 25, 2020 by Stephanie Leonida
Startup Atom Power Lands $17.8M in Series B Funding

Startup Atom Power Lands $17.8M in Series B Funding

Atom Power, a fast-growing startup based in Charlotte, North Carolina, recently closed on a $17.75 million Series B funding round to commercialize…


News Jun 20, 2020 by Shannon Cuthrell