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GaN Wine Lounge is a relaxed video conversation series where we talk GaN - and beyond - with our customers, academic partners, editors, and EPC team members over a virtual glass of wine. In an informal, friendly atmosphere, we share real-world experiences, lessons learned, and fresh ideas. We also include short lab episodes, offering a behind-the-scenes look at experiments and real applications of EPC solutions. Together, we build connections, inspire collaboration, and celebrate the people and technologies shaping the future of GaN.

Advancing Power Electronics: EPC’s GaN with Microchip’s Digital Controllers

Posted Friday, June 19, 2026

This video features Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio, Marcom Director at EPC, interviewing Alex Lidow, CEO of EPC, and Fanie Duvenhage, Senior Vice President at Microchip Technology, about their collaboration on a 5 kW PFC converter. They discuss how EPC’s GaN devices and Microchip’s advanced digital control enable multilevel topologies that deliver higher power density, improved efficiency, and compact form factors for AI and other demanding power applications. The speakers also share key lessons from their joint projects and outline future directions in low‑voltage, high‑frequency GaN and high‑voltage wide‑bandgap systems.