onsemi Acquires Aura Semiconductor's Vcore Power Tech to Bolster AI Data Center Power Management

onsemi announced an agreement with Aura Semiconductor to acquire rights to its Vcore power technologies, including associated intellectual property (IP) licenses. The deal aims to expand onsemi’s power management portfolio and roadmap, targeting the full power tree in AI data center applications from grid to core.

Sudhir Gopalswamy, group president of the Intelligent Sensing and Analog and Mixed-Signal Group at onsemi, stated, “This acquisition underscores our commitment to solving the energy and efficiency demands of tomorrow’s AI data centers by offering a full range of differentiated intelligent power solutions. Integrating these technologies into our broader power management portfolio will enable us to deliver solutions with superior power density, efficiency and thermals and enable more compute capacity per rack.”

onsemi’s existing innovations in silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) technologies cover solid state transformers, power supply units, 800 VDC distribution, and core power delivery. The integration positions onsemi among companies able to address AI infrastructure power needs through scalable designs.

The transaction is expected to have minimal impact on onsemi’s GAAP an...