Skyworks brings software-defined power portfolio to PCIM Europe 2026
Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS) is using this week's PCIM Europe 2026 exhibition in Nuremberg to showcase a range of power semiconductor and gate driver technologies it says are purpose-built for the shifting architecture of AI data centres and electric vehicle inverters. The company is exhibiting in Hall 4A, Stand 328, with live demonstrations across two product families aimed at what it describes as the industry's move toward higher-voltage DC power delivery.
The showcase centres on four technology demonstrations. The first is an end-to-end server power flow display, walking visitors through energy conversion from the AC front end to the server rack using Skyworks isolation and gate driver components. The second features SelVCD, the company's Selectable Variable Current Drive technology, which it says enables current-driven switching control without additional digital logic, with the stated benefit of reducing electromagnetic interference and shortening design cycles for data centre and industrial customers.
EV and gate driver additions
On the mobility side, Skyworks is running a traction inverter dynamometer demonstration that simulates software-configurable gate driver behaviour for both silicon carbide (SiC) and insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) power devices. The demonstration links device-level switching performance to vehicle-level energy efficiency, a connection that is increasingly important as EV powertrain designers push inverter switching frequencies higher to reduce motor losses.
The fourth demonstration covers ProVCD, a digitally tunable gate-drive technology integrated into the company's Si829x family. Skyworks says the integration delivers double-digit reductions in board space, bill-of-materials count and component cost, claims the company has not yet supported with independently published benchmark figures.
Mario Battello, vice president of product line management at Skyworks, said: "AI is re-architecting data centre power delivery, driving the industry toward higher-voltage DC architectures and creating new requirements for efficiency, functional safety, observability and real-time control."
Market context and competitive landscape
The timing reflects a genuine inflection in data centre power topology. Hyperscaler buildouts for AI training and inference workloads are accelerating the industry shift from 12V server bus architectures toward 48V and beyond, increasing demand for isolation components, gate drivers and high-voltage protection that can operate reliably at higher switching frequencies. Skyworks competes in this space alongside Texas Instruments, Infineon, ON Semiconductor and a cluster of specialist analog vendors, all of whom are positioning similar portfolios for the same AI infrastructure wave.
In the SiC gate driver segment specifically, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Wolfspeed have moved aggressively, and automotive-qualified supply chains are already under pressure. Skyworks does not itself manufacture SiC substrates; its differentiation rests on the configurability and integration density of the gate driver and isolation layer rather than the power device itself.
PCIM Europe is one of the primary industry forums for power electronics; Skyworks' presence signals that the company sees the power conversion layer as a meaningful growth vector as it diversifies revenue beyond its core mobile radio-frequency business, which has faced cyclical headwinds over the past two years.
The company did not announce new customer wins, design-in agreements, or specific production volumes alongside the PCIM showcase. Investors and procurement teams will be watching for named customer traction and volume ramp timelines in subsequent quarterly earnings calls.