27-28 August 2025
Suwon
17:00 – 17:15
Leveraging a robust and established technology from a partner, U.S. Power Foundry plans to offer advanced GaN device mass production at 200mm
Last September, Polar announced at ISES-Power that it had become a U.S.-owned domestic foundry for sensor and power semiconductor high-volume manufacturing. This presentation will expand on its transformation journey and showcase its latest silicon and GaN power semiconductor offerings for the industry. Polar’s various customer service and enablement models will be discussed, encompassing the spectrum of startups to large companies as well as fabless to IDM companies. The “Captive Capacity” Foundry business model will describe a novel approach that leverages partnerships to achieve world-class technological and cost competitiveness, and supply chain security. The distinct advantages for the national and economic security community (Defense, Energy, Commerce) will be elucidated. A partner guest will be on-stage to delve further into the partnership that will be a unique resource for the worldwide compound semiconductor community.
Surya Iyer, Ph.D.
Polar Semiconductor
Surya Iyer is President at Polar Semiconductor and previously held senior management and engineering positions at Cypress Semiconductor and Applied Materials. Appointed by the Walz-Flanagan administration, Surya is the Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board. Surya serves on the Governing Council for SEMI/FOA and is an adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Surya attended Wharton, was a fellow at Stanford, received his post-graduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT-Kanpur. He has 20 patents related to semiconductor processing and equipment design and over 25 peer-reviewed publications.
Company Profile
Polar Semiconductor is a U.S.-owned MN located 200mm foundry specializing in sensor and power semiconductors, for high-volume manufacturing of silicon and wide-bandgap ICs and discrete devices, and specialty products tailored for Automotive, Industrial, and Aerospace & Defense applications.