The Power Management Innovation Consortium 2026 Spring Symposium Was Successfully Held in Hangzhou
On April 17–18, the Power Management Innovation Consortium 2026 Spring Symposium was successfully held in Hangzhou. Nearly 150 experts, scholars, technical representatives, and graduate students from more than 40 member companies, universities, and research institutes gathered for the event, engaging in in-depth discussions on frontier fields such as data center power supply architectures and wide-bandgap device characterization.
At the joint meeting of the Management and Technical Committees held on the 17th, PMIC systematically reviewed its work achievements in 2025 and released its 2026 work plan.
Reviewing 2025: Over the past year, PMIC continued to deepen industry-university-research collaborative innovation, further optimized its member service system, and made phased progress in multiple key research directions. At the same time, PMIC also achieved steady accumulation in talent cultivation and industry influence.
Looking Ahead to 2026: Facing the industry challenges brought by the rapid iteration of AI power supply architectures, PMIC will further focus on frontier technology verification in 2026, committed to building a stable and sustainable industry-university-research ecosystem, and continuously enhancing its professional service capabilities and international perspective.
On April 18, the PMIC Spring Symposium officially began. This symposium was co-chaired by Professor Zhang Junming, Associate Professor Shao Shuai, and Associate Research Fellow Yan Haidong.
In his opening remarks, Professor Wu Xinke, Director of PMIC, pointed out: As of now, PMIC has brought together 37 member companies and 4 ecosystem partners. Through diversified models such as regularly holding offline seminars and online open group meetings, conducting on-site company visits and surveys, and deepening joint training, PMIC is actively tackling common industry challenges and is committed to shortening the transformation cycle from “original theoretical innovation” to “engineering application.”
In the face of the current rapid development of the AI industry, Professor Wu emphasized: PMIC will focus on tackling key technologies for AI data center power supply, with research directions comprehensively covering the core links from 10kV power distribution to chip power supply. In the future, PMIC will further strengthen the coordination mechanism across research groups and, through resource integration and technological intersection, promote substantive breakthroughs in each research direction.
Professor Li Binbin of Harbin Institute of Technology was invited to give a keynote report titled “Discussion on Technical Challenges and Solutions for Data Center Solid-State Transformers.”
The report systematically reviewed the evolution of data center power supply architectures from traditional multi-stage conversion to high-voltage DC conversion, and analyzed the pain points of solid-state transformers. The report sparked lively discussion among the attending representatives, who engaged in multiple rounds of in-depth exchanges on issues such as the soft-switching characteristics and capacity limitations of resonant converters and cascaded voltage balancing control.
This symposium featured a total of 8 research project reports, presenting PMIC’s phased research achievements and exploratory ideas in multiple frontier directions:
- High-Voltage High-Power Conversion Technology: The report explored the application potential of silicon carbide devices in high-voltage modular multilevel conversion and introduced device series voltage balancing and high-density integration solutions.
- Dynamic Characterization of GaN Devices: Discussions were held around issues such as the dynamic saturation current characteristics of GaN devices under multiple junction temperatures in high-speed switching scenarios.
- High-Density High-Efficiency DC Power Supply Solutions for AI Data Centers: Multiple reports focused on the power supply challenges of next-generation 800V data centers, discussed energy storage buffering strategies to cope with dynamic load jumps in AI, and shared loss analysis and improvement directions for high-frequency planar magnetic components.
- Graphene Double-Sided Heat Dissipation Technology: Targeting the heat dissipation bottleneck of high-power-density power modules, the report proposed and verified a double-sided heat dissipation path based on new high-thermal-conductivity materials, providing a new solution for breaking through power density limits.
This symposium featured a special academic poster display and free discussion session, aiming to build a face-to-face platform for in-depth exchange.
At the exchange site, representatives from participating companies and PMIC faculty and students engaged in candid and in-depth exchanges focusing on detailed issues such as technical parameters, engineering implementation paths, and application scenarios.
This direct industry-research communication approach not only helps the research team accurately capture frontline industry needs, but also provides companies with insights into the evolution of frontier technologies. The innovative ideas sparked by on-site discussions provided practical reference basis and cooperation opportunities for PMIC’s subsequent research projects and university-industry collaboration.
