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The Amp Hour #719 - Inventing the Power MOSFET with Alex Lidow

Podcast: The Amp Hour
Published: Mar 20, 2026
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Alex is founder and CEO of Efficient Power Conversion, a leading manufacurer of GaN MOSFET's. Alex is also the inventor of the original Power MOSFET and HEXFET at International Rectifier. Also, former CEO of International Rectifier (founded by his father!), https://epc-co.com We cover everything from inventing the power MOSFET on his first day on the job to silicon physics, AI data centres and humanoid robots. Enjoy.