The collaboration with GigaDevice, a supplier of microcontrollers (MCUs) and flash memory, will see the setting up of a joint lab for integrating and tailoring Navitas’ GaNFast ICs and GigaDevice's microcontrollers, targeting markets that include: AI data centres, EVs, Solar, and Energy Saving Systems.
As GaN and SiC power technologies deliver faster, lighter, and more compact solutions, such as single-stage BDS converters, so MCUs will need to be optimised to maximise these fast-switching characteristics, providing high processing speeds and fast I/O capabilities. A co-developed solution that combines Navitas’ power and GigaDevice’s control will further accelerate the adoption of GaN and SiC into higher-power markets.
The joint R&D laboratory will integrate both company’s technical product and system-level application expertise to drive advancements in intelligent and efficient power management solutions. For example, integrating Navitas’ next-generation, clean-energy, GaNFast technology with GigaDevice's advanced high-performance MCU products will enable a new level of integration, performance, and high-power-density digital-power solutions.
GigaDevice’s devices has been widely adopted across diverse sectors including power systems, industrial automation, automotive electronics, and motion control, with cumulative shipments exceeding 2 billion units.
The company’s GD32 high-performance MCU series has been designed to use leading technology and core architecture, with higher processing power, greater storage capacity, and richer on-chip resources, supporting developers in industrial automation, photovoltaic energy storage, graphic displays, digital power supplies, motor control, and other diversified applications.
Navitas’s GaN power technology includes a wide portfolio of GaNFast power ICs, which enable high-frequency, high-efficiency power conversion, achieving 3x more power and 3x faster charging in half the size and weight compared to prior designs with legacy silicon power devices.
Navitas technology is being used across a number of growth markets including mobile and supports AI data centres solutions with its high-power GaNSafe and GeneSiC technology.
The partnership is part of Navitas’ strategy of creating an eco-system to support these next-gen, clean-energy solutions. Creating new high-speed isolated drivers, such as IsoFast, integrating ASICs with GaNSense ICs for lower power applications, alongside partnering with high-frequency planar magnetics for high-frequency transformers, inductors, and EMI filters, enables simple integrated ‘one-stop shop’ solutions to allow designers to innovate and accelerate these next-gen GaN/SiC-based power electronics.
“Digital power stands as one of GigaDevice's core strategic markets. MCUs play a pivotal role in advancing the intelligence of digital power systems, enhancing energy efficiency, and ensuring operational security,” said Vincent Li, GigaDevice Senior Vice President, CTO, and General Manager of MCU BU. “By working with Navitas, we will deeply integrate GigaDevice's advanced MCU with Navitas' leading GaNFast technology to develop competitive solutions for industrial automation and new energy vehicles. This collaboration not only technological synergy but also a critical step toward greener, more efficient industry development.”
