REWIRE's Innovation Director Dr. Katie Hore and REWIRE academics from the Bristol Business School, Prof. Palie Smart and Dr. Minhao Zhang, discuss the importance of critical minerals, their role in the power semiconductor technologies, and insights about the impact of...
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Power Semiconductors for Everyone – Issue #1: The Basics
Are you curious about the technology that powers your world? From ultra-fast smartphone charging to electric cars with incredible range, power semiconductors are the invisible force making it possible. In ‘Power Semiconductors for Everyone!’, we are going to dive into...
REWIRE hosts Nobel Prize winning physicist Professor Hiroshi Amano
World-renowned and Nobel Prize winning physicist Professor Hiroshi Amano visited the University of Bristol at the beginning of April 2025 to share his knowledge and expertise with REWIRE researchers and PhD students as part of an enterprising exchange programme to...
REWIRE Blog – Bridging research and industry: my EngD journey in GaN power modules
Manasa Ammu shares her experience of an EngD at the University of Warwick in collaboration with Custom Interconnect Limited. I am a second-year EngD student working on the development of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power modules. My research focuses on improving the...
REWIRE Blog – Could collaboration be the key to the next decade of semiconductor innovation?
Alex Oliver, Business Partnerships Lead at REWIRE, reflects on presenting at the NMI Conference in March 2025 and considers how collaboration could drive technology innovation for power semiconductors and power electronics. The relentless pace at which technology is...
REWIRE featured in New Energy World from the Energy Institute
Power grids and electrical consumer needs are changing radically. Dr Katie Hore, Innovation Director at power electronics R&D consortium REWIRE, explains how UK researchers are developing a new generation of semiconductors that will be key to boosting device performance in the energy transition, with higher voltages and improved energy efficiency.
Gallery: REWIRE Showcase 2024
REWIRE hosts its first annual showcase event
The inaugural REWIRE Showcase Event took place at the Engine Shed in Bristol on Friday 6 December, with partners across academia, industry, and policy coming together to share their insights and shape the research and innovation direction for the Innovation and...
REWIRE is featured in Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology’s new Semi Interface magazine
REWIRE and its academic leads have been represented in the first issue of Semi Interface, a new publication from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology. The publication represents a community of technology experts with valuable insight across semiconductor industry...