SK keyfoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced that it has recently launched its fourth-generation 200V high-voltage 0.18-micron BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process and will begin full-scale product development with major domestic and global customers, targeting mass production within the year.

As the automotive industry requirements for increasingly performant vehicle controllers relentlessly drives ahead, Silicon Storage Technology, a subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc., (and United Microelectronics Corporation, a global semiconductor foundry, announced that they have completed full qualification and release to production of SST’s embedded SuperFlash Gen 4 (ESF4) with full automotive grade 1 (AG1) capability on UMC’s 28HPC+ foundry process platform.

Delta, a global leader in power management and smart green solutions, announced today the launch of its 350kW (HPC 350) fast EV Charger in the EMEA market for electric passenger vehicles, buses, trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. Designed for grid-constrained and high-utilization environments, the HPC 350 combines ultra-fast charging with intelligent energy management, enabling dynamic load distribution, backend connectivity, and seamless integration into smart charging networks.

Diodes Incorporated introduces the AP53781 and AP53782 28V USB Type-C Power Delivery (PD) dual-role power (DRP) controllers designed for managing DC power requests and outputs in battery-powered portable devices. The controllers support the latest USB PD3.1 extended power range (EPR) standard, delivering up to 140W for charging as well as releasing power from the internal battery.

Wolfspeed, Inc., announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has formally cleared the Company’s issuance of equity to Renesas Electronics America Inc., completing a key component of Wolfspeed’s previously announced restructuring agreement with its lender group in support of its Chapter 11 process.

GlobalFoundries announced its execution of a definitive agreement to acquire Synopsys’ ARC Processor IP Solutions business, including its teams of engineers and designers. This strategic move will accelerate GF’s and MIPS physical AI roadmap and strengthen their capabilities in custom silicon solutions.

Greenconn announces two major milestones as it enters the new year: the company has been awarded the EcoVadis Bronze rating end of 2025 and has improved the performance of its 0.5 mm pitch floating connector series. Together, these achievements underline Greenconn’s commitment to sustainable growth and continuous technological innovation.

In 2025, the share of renewables in Germany’s net public electricity generation amounted to 55.9 percent, as in the previous year. Wind power took first place as the strongest net electricity producer, followed by photovoltaics, which increased its production by 21 percent in 2025 and overtook lignite for the first time.

This work presents a highly-integrated GaN-based monolithic bidirectional switch (MBDS) with blocking voltage beyond 1200 V.

This paper aims to promote the integration of DC Semiconductor Circuit Breakers (SCCBs) into existing DC networks by ensuring reliability through accurate Remaining Useful Life (RUL) predictions.

This paper presents a highly integrated high power density design of a motor drive, utilizing integrated GaN power stages as well as novel current sensing ICs.

This paper proposes a new gate driver that always achieves the fastest switching while keeping the surge voltage below the breakdown voltage.

Microchips are the backbone of our digitised world. These highly complex electronic devices are constructed using a variety of semiconductor materials. As our need for computing power increases, the development of more powerful and versatile semiconductor materials has become more important than ever.

A topological insulator looks like an insulator from the inside but actually functions like a conductor. You can think of a combo of an insulator and a conductor. Surprisingly, topological insulators are compared to the analogy of donuts being similar to a coffee cup! But isn’t such a device weirdly impossible to exist? Well, topological insulators made their inventors win the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. They even have their own periodic table!

While buck and boost converters are popular for their mainstream DC-to-DC power conversion, AC-AC converters are less well-known. Cycloconverters are AC-to-AC converters that have been around the world before power transistors and thyristors. They are used in low-speed, high-power motor drivers and several power electronic applications. This article describes cycloconverters and their structure, operation, and applications in power electronics.

As power electronics scales from microwatt IoT nodes to multi-megawatt energy infrastructure, its material footprint is growing just as rapidly. Circularity strategies are increasingly seen as a way to decouple performance gains from resource consumption and waste generation. This article reviews how far different R-strategies have already been adopted across key power electronics components and where practical limits remain.

Rohde & Schwarz expands its portfolio of mid-range instruments with the launch of the R&S FPL1044 spectrum analyzer and a new 40 MHz real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) option for the entire FPL family. The R&S FPL1044 is an industry first, delivering high-frequency performance up to 44 GHz at a price point previously unattainable in the market. The universal RTSA option empowers FPL users with powerful real-time analysis capabilities.

Siemens has expanded the TIA Selection Tool Cloud with the new “Electrical Designer” feature for electrical planning. This smart software is the first and only in the IEC market that includes basic electrical knowledge and standards expertise. Electrical Designer simplifies main circuit design by automatically selecting components, verifying short-circuits, sizing cables, and creating all necessary documentation.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced the Cre8Ventures Open Higher Education Program, an ambitious new initiative developed in collaboration with Arm and the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science, to foster entrepreneurial curiosity and accelerate student-led semiconductor innovation across Europe’s leading technical universities.

Rolls-Royce is launching its new Battery Analytics software for its mtu EnergyPack battery solutions, providing real-time insights, predictive maintenance, and enhanced cybersecurity to maximize performance and service life.