Under the agreement, Renesas will gain access to EPC’s eGaN technology and its established supply-chain ecosystem.
EPC and Renesas will collaborate over the next year to establish internal wafer fabrication capabilities for these products.
In addition, Renesas will second-source several of EPC’s popular GaN devices that are already in mass production, enhancing supply-chain resilience for customers.
This alliance expands customer access to GaN technology while providing increased supply assurance through qualified second sourcing.
“Together, EPC and Renesas are forming a global alliance to deliver state-of-the-art power efficiency – cutting costs in AI data centers and enhancing autonomous systems. This is an exciting moment for our industry and our company,” said Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC.
Renesas recently completed its acquisition of Transphorm to strengthen its high-voltage GaN portfolio.
The addition of EPC’s low-voltage eGaN expertise allows Renesas to offer one of the industry’s most comprehensive GaN power portfolios, spanning low- to high-voltage applications and further accelerating the GaN revolution.
“Expanding our business into low‑voltage GaN allows us to serve the fastest‑growing power segments,” said Rohan Samsi, VP, GaN Business Division at Renesas. “This agreement with EPC complements our established high-voltage 650V+ portfolio and enables us to capitalize on high-volume markets such as AI power architectures from 48V down to 12V and 1V, as well as client computing and battery-operated applications.”
