At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres.
Among American and European giants was an unexpected name: Innoscience, a Chinese company specialising in gallium nitride (GaN) technology.
Innoscience marks China’s growing clout in the high-stakes semiconductor race, and behind the company’s rapid rise is Luo Weiwei, a former Nasa scientist who spent 15 years advancing aerospace technologies in the US before returning to China.
Luo founded Innoscience in 2015, betting big on GaN – a material poised to redefine efficiency in power electronics.
In less than six years, her company became the world’s first to mass-produce 8-inch silicon-based GaN wafers, leapfrogging industry norms and positioning China at the forefront of third-generation semiconductor technology.
Now headquartered in Suzhou and publicly listed in Hong Kong, Innoscience is not only the largest dedicated GaN manufacturer globally but also a strategic asset in China’s quest for technological self-reliance.
