Moore4Power: Europe builds a new generation of power electronics for a sustainable and digital future

The Moore4Power project addresses one of Europe's most pressing technological challenges: improving the performance, energy efficiency and security of power electronics systems, while strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty. The project is based on the “More-than-Moore” approach and moves power electronics away from incremental improvements towards breakthrough innovations made possible by integrating different technologies, materials and functionalities.

Moore4Power aims to accelerate the development of next-generation sustainable power electronics in Europe by combining advanced semiconductor technologies into highly efficient, integrated systems. The initiative focuses on improving the performance, reliability, and compactness of power electronic solutions used in renewable energy systems, e-mobility, industrial automation, and AI-driven infrastructure.

The project aims to develop modular power electronics systems structured in functional blocks (Building Blocks), ensuring close co-design of hardware and software. This approach allows for higher system performance, shorter development cycles, and significantly improved energy efficiency, while maintaining an optimal balance between cost and performance.

The project develops advanced power electronics technologies by combining various semiconductor materials, including silicon (Si), gallium nitride (GaN), and silicon carbide (SiC), as well as creating Power Chiplet solutions with integrated sensor, control, and switching functions. To accelerate the research and development process, Moore4Power uses artificial intelligence-based simulation and modeling methods, while adhering to eco-design principles, circular economy approaches, and equipment lifetime prediction. The project pays particular attention to system security and reliability by integrating security by default and reliability by default principles, which protect power electronics solutions from cyber threats and ensure compliance with European Union regulatory requirements.

Dr. Kaspars Ozols, Deputy Director for Development and Senior Researcher at EDI, emphasizes: “The Moore4Power project represents a significant step forward in advancing Europe’s clean industry and digital transformation, with a strong focus on the power electronics sector. Through close international cooperation between academia and industry, we will research and develop new technologies that deliver new functionality, higher performance, reliability and security. To achieve these goals, we are transforming the traditional approach to power electronics development by combining hardware-software co-design, baseline cybersecurity mechanisms, AI-enhanced functionality, and an innovative, modular system architecture. EDI is proud to collaborate with industry leaders such as Infineon, SIGNIFY, ABB, and many other partners, contributing our expertise in power electronics, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and embedded systems to jointly shape a clean and competitive European digital future.”

The Institute of Electronics and Computer Science will contribute to the development of a secure-by-design AI framework for power electronics monitoring and control, focusing on the protection of AI models and related infrastructure while maintaining real-time system performance. EDI will develop requirements for ensuring the security of artificial intelligence models, improve the use of synthetic data in training processes, adapt encryption methods for model protection, and develop testing approaches that allow for comparing the security, performance, and speed of protected and unprotected solutions in real-world use cases.

About the project

Moore4Power is a European research and innovation initiative that brings together industrial companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, and research institutes across the entire power electronics value chain. The project promotes collaboration between academia and industry, strengthening European leadership in power electronics technologies and providing sustainable, secure, and high-performance solutions for future energy and digital systems.

Moore4Power is supported by the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) and its members, including the top-up funding by National Authorities under Grant Agreement No 101252572. From 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029, Moore4Power is being implemented by 62 partners from 15 European countries. The project is coordinated by Infineon Technologies AG, and the total project funding is approximately €91 million. Moore4Power makes a significant contribution to the development of clean industry in Europe, digital transformation and the sustainable future of critical technologies.

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