Ex-Tesla SVP Explains How a Single Silicon Carbide Device Can Block 10,000 Volts
wandb · x · 2026-09-03
In a wandb-shared explainer, Drew Baglino (founder of Heron Power, ex-Tesla SVP) breaks down power electronics: while GPUs run billions of tiny 1-volt transistors, power electronics use one highly engineered silicon carbide device — smaller than a GPU — to block 10,000 volts, doing inside solid material what old switches did with a mechanical arm through air. Useful context for the power side of AI datacenters.
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