GaN Systems CEO Articles

氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems) CEO, Jim Witham, Appears on Bloomberg to Discuss Gallium Nitride Semiconductors

Jim Witham, 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)’ CEO, appeared on Bloomberg BNN’s Power Shift to discuss how using gallium nitride (GaN) can help increase the energy efficiency of electronic systems. Click here to view this video on Bloomberg BNN Power Shift’s website

Top 2019 Trends Impacting the World’s Escalating Demand for Data and Power

An Explosion In Data-Intensive Technologies Such As IoT, AI, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Will Mean Significant New Pressures To Meet Escalating Demand For More Power 点击查看简体中文版 OTTAWA, ONTARIO, December 12, 2018: For the past several decades, the topic of ‘power’ has been consistently viewed as a challenge focused primarily on incremental improvement in making devices…

Students Take GaN From Design To Build At The China Power Supply Society Design Competition Sponsored by 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)

Winners from the prestigious China Power Supply Association (CPSS) competition were honored at the organization’s annual meeting on November 7, 2018  by sponsor 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems), the global leader of GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, alongside CPSS, China Power Society Science Popularization Committee, and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  In support of worldwide innovation…

Article: “Jim Witham of GaN systems talks about the future of wide-bandgap power devices”

This article was originally published in Power Electronics News by Alix Paultre, Editor-in-Chief, on October 14, 2018.    The revolution in power electronics design and development is going forward full tilt, and the expansion of the Cloud, Industry 4.0, and the migration to the electric vehicle (EV) is changing how people consider how energy is generated,…

Article: “Energy And Data: The Duo Defining Our Global Future”

This article was originally published in Forbes on October 2, 2018 by Jim Witham.   The last decade of global economic change has been driven largely by the forces of the internet and an unexpected cohort of companies that have irreversibly changed the behavior and expectations of business and society. Billions of smart consumer devices,…

Article: “Driving GaN technology Into Automotive Designs”

This article was originally published by EE Times on June 7, 2018.    The announcement of a deal with ROHM at this years PCIM exhibition put a lot of focus on US startup 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems). Nick Flaherty talks to CEO Jim Witham: The second source deal with ROHM, a leading automotive supplier, is a key…

Article: “Achieving Data Center Energy Efficiency: Solutions Must Be Widely Adopted” – Part 2

A business culture of energy responsibility must be built that sits alongside current data center practices of reliability and profitability. In the first part of this series, the relationship between today’s data-driven world and the unprecedented growth in data centers was explored. Energy consumption and energy efficiency now need to be seen as important business criteria for…

Article: “Achieving Data Center Energy Efficiency: Solutions Must Be Widely Adopted” – Part 1

With as much as 40 percent of the total operational costs for a data center coming from the energy needed to power and cool its racks of servers, energy inefficiencies encountered in power conversation are not to be overlooked. Data centers are now firmly established as a cornerstone of today’s global economy. They allow for…

台達與BMW i VENTURES一起參與加入作為氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的策略投資者

2017年12月11日,加拿大安大略省渥太華 – 作為全球氮化鎵功率半導體行業的領先企業氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司日前宣布,全球電源系統行業的領導者 台達已決定與BMW i Ventures一起參與加入作為氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的策略投資者。氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司計劃利用這筆新投入的資金來拓展全球銷售通路並加速新產品的創新,以幫助客戶降低整體系統成本,增加營業額並擴張市場的佔有率。 今天的新聞發布是繼BMW i Ventures,BDC Capital,Chrysalix Venture Capital,Cycle Capital Management,RockPort Capital和Tsing Capital等知名策略投資者之後的最新投資訊息。 BMW i Ventures公司常務董事Uwe Higgen表示:“這項投資重申了氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司正在創造最節能的電力電子與電源系統的未來發展,繼續不懈努力。 同時也正在開創一種新的方式來設計和創造更輕,更小的電源系統,同時提供更有效和最可靠的電源轉換技術。 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的首席執行官Jim Witham表示:“在過去的十年中,氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司已經實現了將公司經營成為全球最大的氮化鎵功率晶體管製造商和全球氮化鎵功率器件市場領先廠商的目標。我們很榮幸有台達加入我們作為一個策略性的企業投資者。有著台達和BMW i Ventures的策略投資合作夥伴,這是一個巨大的信心,能將氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的技術領先地位與策略投資者相結合,而正在朝著解決電力轉換浪費能源的普遍問題邁出重要的一步。 這項策略合作投資,將是氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的特殊一年且是重要的里程碑,將與客戶一起歷經市場的快速增長,尤其是Notebook電源適配器,計算機伺服器電源和工業電機馬達控制應用的需求日益增長。氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司的解決方案使致力於開發更高效率的電力電子與電源系統,以減少全球的電力能源消耗。透過更高效能的系統開發,能夠提供最先進的解決方案應用在消費電子,數據中心,工業控制,電動車運輸和無線充電市場。 對於氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司,我們的策略投資合作夥伴不論是台達和BMW i Ventures,以及我們在世界各地的客戶 – 共同的目標是透過解決他們的電力電源系統的挑戰改變當今一些最苛刻的行業的經濟。 關於氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems)公司 氮化镓系统…

Strategic Corporate Investment – A Special Ingredient for Rapid Revenue Growth Companies by Jim Witham

Before I became the CEO at 氮化镓系统 (GaN Systems), I was an executive at several enterprise-focused growth stage companies. One of the most important lessons that I learned from those years of experience is that a growth stage company is very different in its needs from an early stage startup in several key dimensions –…