The New “Silicon” of Silicon Valley on Cheddar
EPC CEO & Co-Founder, Alex Lidow was a featured guest on Cheddar TV sharing how GaN technology is enabling new and disruptive technologies, such as LiDAR for self-driving cars and power conversion transistors and ICs for large surface-area wireless power and medtech.
EPC CEO, Alex Lidow talks how GaN is changing the way we live with Cheddar TV
GaN power element technology has found its way into a major application in the industry with the release of the Dell Latitude computer using the AirFuel standard.
This scientist got his Ph.D 40 years ago who saved the world’s 15% energy consumption at one time. He is continuing his journey of innovations now in discovering silicon’s replacement material for humankind.
My father always taught me that the true worth of an individual is measured based on their contribution to society. As I entered graduate school in 1975 I knew my passion was in the field of semiconductors, and I felt my best contribution to society would come from finding a successor to silicon. I did my graduate work in Gallium Arsenide, but realized by the time I received my PhD in 1977 that Gallium Arsenide’s prospects were limited as a semiconductor due to the basic materials properties, I went to work applying everything I learned to making better devices in silicon.
Fortune China
June 15, 2017
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Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) CEO, Alex Lidow and Editor-in-chief, Planet Analog and Senior Technical Editor, EDN Analog and Power, Steve Taranovich
