On the 24th, Korean semiconductor design company ChipsK announced that it had begun mass production of 650V-class gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors with the support of research and development from Gyeonggi Province.
ChipsK is a representative fabless (semiconductor design company) startup in the province that received research and development (R&D) support through the 'Gyeonggi Province Testbed Utilization Semiconductor Technology Development Project' in 2023. It is evaluated as a corporation that has achieved localization and advanced design in the semiconductor power device sector.
ChipsK's core competitiveness lies in its ability to design single chips that operate stably at high temperatures (150 degrees) and can be miniaturized and accelerated. ChipsK started mass production of 650V-class gallium nitride power semiconductors for the first time in Korea last June and is taking strategic measures to preempt the global market, including completing international trademark registration for gallium nitride power semiconductor technology through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Gallium nitride is gaining attention as a core material for power infrastructure such as electric vehicles, energy storage systems (ESS), and data centers due to its high power efficiency, fast switching, high-temperature stability, and miniaturization compared to traditional silicon (Si). The company is pushing to expand product supply into various application fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and industrial power supplies.
Park Min-kyung, head of the semiconductor industry division in Gyeonggi Province, noted, "Gyeonggi Province will continue to do its best to support startups like ChipsK to generate specific results in this field."