Ex-Tesla SVP Drew Baglino on How One SiC Device Blocks 10,000 Volts Where GPUs Use Billions of Transistors
wandb · x · 2026-09-03
W&B released a full podcast episode (YouTube/Apple Podcasts/Spotify) featuring Drew Baglino, founder & CEO of Heron Power and former Tesla SVP.
Key points:
- GPUs use billions of 1-volt transistors to run code, while power electronics control grid power with a single highly engineered device
- One silicon carbide device smaller than a GPU can block 10,000 volts
- Old switches relied on a physical arm swinging through air; power electronics achieve the same with semiconductors
Hardcore content at the intersection of compute and energy infrastructure.
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