Does Power Efficiency Improve with Consolidation in the Semiconductor Industry?

Recently, the semiconductor industry has been rapidly consolidating for financial, operational, pricing and market-share reasons. Having fewer and larger businesses may actually accelerate the broad acceptance and commercialization of innovative technologies like wide bandgap power devices. Although many concepts for smaller and more efficient power management have been demonstrated by research and startup companies, the realization of full-scale adoption, ranging from household adaptors to automobiles and to data center management, requires significant resources to meet demands for global supply and quality. Large enterprises have the manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure, as well as the depth in R&D knowledge. 

Hans Stork, senior vice president and chief technology officer at onsemi, recently spoke on this topic at APEC 2018, watch the below presentation to learn about overview of the in cost and performance, of both silicon and wide bandgap materials, devices, circuits and applications, highlighting both technical and commercial challenges.