GigaDevice and Navitas Semiconductor Launch Digital Power Joint Lab for Intelligent and High-Efficiency Power Solutions

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The Digital Power Joint Lab, launched by GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. and Navitas Semiconductor, aims to provide intelligent and high-efficiency digital power solutions for emerging markets such as AI data centers, photovoltaic inverters, energy storage systems, charging infrastructure, and electric vehicles. The lab combines GigaDevice's expertise in 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with Navitas' advantages in high-frequency, high-speed, and highly integrated GaN technologies. Before its official launch, the lab achieved significant technological milestones, including 4.5kW and 12kW server power supply solutions and a 500W single-stage PV micro-inverter.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Digital Power Joint Lab is a collaborative effort between GigaDevice and Navitas Semiconductor to develop high-efficiency digital power solutions for emerging markets.
  • The lab aims to deliver intelligent and high-efficiency power solutions for AI data centers, photovoltaic inverters, energy storage systems, charging infrastructure, and electric vehicles.
  • The lab achieved significant technological milestones, including 4.5kW and 12kW server power supply solutions and a 500W single-stage PV micro-inverter.
  • The 500W single-stage PV micro-inverter solution achieves over 97.5% peak efficiency, CEC efficiency above 97%, and MPPT efficiency exceeding 99.9%.
  • The single-stage architecture directly converts DC to AC, removing the intermediate DC-DC stage, improving power density while reducing components and system loss.
  • The 4.5 kW and 12 kW AI server power solutions target AI servers, conventional servers, and hyperscale data centers, with the 12kW model complying with OCP, ORv3, and CRPS standards.
  • The establishment of the Digital Power Joint Lab will prioritize developing comprehensive system-level reference designs and application-specific solutions to enable smarter, greener, and more energy-efficient power systems.

Statistics:

  • The 500W single-stage PV micro-inverter solution achieves 97.5% peak efficiency, 97% CEC efficiency, and 99.9% MPPT efficiency.
  • The 12kW AI server power solution reaches 97.8% peak efficiency, surpassing the 80 PLUS "Ruby" efficiency benchmark.
  • The Digital Power Joint Lab targets emerging markets such as AI data centers, photovoltaic inverters, energy storage systems, charging infrastructure, and electric vehicles.

Sources:

  • GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. News Release
  • Navitas Semiconductor Press Release (NASDAQ: NVTS)