silicon carbide
noun
: a very hard dark crystalline compound SiC of silicon and carbon that is used as an abrasive and as a refractory and in electric resistors
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Navitas specializes in gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) technologies.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This development highlights the existential crisis facing the silicon carbide chip manufacturer.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Better efficiency is thanks in part to the adoption of more efficient silicon carbide inverters, although the battery has also increased in capacity.
—ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
The battery chemistry is the same as lesser Blazers, but the SS makes good use of new silicon carbide inverters in the rear drive unit that minimize energy losses and segmented magnets in the motors that reduce heat buildup.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This development highlights the existential crisis facing the silicon carbide chip manufacturer.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Better efficiency is thanks in part to the adoption of more efficient silicon carbide inverters, although the battery has also increased in capacity.
—ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
The battery chemistry is the same as lesser Blazers, but the SS makes good use of new silicon carbide inverters in the rear drive unit that minimize energy losses and segmented magnets in the motors that reduce heat buildup.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Silicon carbide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silicon%20carbide. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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