MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star pass rusher Nick Bosa is set to play in the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams in his first game action since a tearing a knee ligament last September.
Bosa tore the ACL in his right knee on Sept. 21 last season. He began training camp on the active roster but missed almost all of camp with tendinitis and soreness in the knee. He returned to practice last week and now is ready to play the opener on Friday in Australia.
“He’s going out there,” defensive coordinator Raheem Morris told reporters before the team practiced at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Tuesday. “He’ll be there. We’re not hiding that."
The 49ers are counting on a healthy Bosa this season to help spark a pass rush that finished last in the NFL with 20 sacks last season. Bosa has had at least nine sacks in the five seasons when he didn’t get hurt in the opening month as he has been one of the most productive edge rushers ever since being drafted second overall in 2019.
Bosa has made the Pro Bowl in all five of his healthy seasons and won the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 2022, when he led the league with 18 1/2 sacks.
Bosa’s 74 1/2 sacks in the regular season and playoffs are the fifth-most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2019 despite missing nearly two full seasons. His 280 total pressures rank fourth-most in the NFL in that span, according to Sportradar.
Star tight end George Kittle is also expected to play in his first game since he ruptured right Achilles tendon in the playoffs last January. He returned to practice late last month and is set to play the opener.
“Super impressed with how he’s looked considering the injury he had and how quickly he got back out on the field and just committed to his rehab,” offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak said. “It’s been pretty cool to see Kittle out there looking like himself to me, looking fresh. How that affects him on game day and what the workload is, that will be determined. But he looks good to me. He’s practicing full speed. He’s getting a ton of reps. So I feel like we’re in good shape.”
Kittle is a two-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler who is a key part of San Francisco’s offense as a passing threat and a blocker in the run game. He had 57 catches for 628 yards receiving and seven touchdowns last season.
The one major uncertainty about San Francisco’s lineup for the opener is at left guard where several players have rotated with the starters in training camp as the team waited for someone to seize the job.
The leading contenders now appear to be rookie Carver Willis and second-year player Connor Colby but Kubiak wouldn't say who would get the nod. He also said there could be a rotation at the spot.
Willis is a fourth-round pick out of Washington who didn’t play guard at all in college. Despite playing tackle in college, the Niners envisioned him as an interior lineman when they drafted him and have worked him extensively at guard this summer.
Colby was a seventh-round pick last year out of Iowa. He started six games at guard last season but struggled. He began camp as the starter but was unable to solidify that role.
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle works out during practice Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia, in preparation for an NFL football game against the Los Angeles, Rams. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
FILE - San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) runs a drill during the NFL football team's training camp, on July 27, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 8, 2026--
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide-bandgap power devices, power management ICs and modules, today announced the release of αMOS E2™ 600V Super Junction MOSFETs: AOGT037V60DE2 and AOGT060V60DE2. AOS engineered its newly developed αMOS E2 High-Voltage MOSFET platform to meet the growing demands for enhanced efficiency and increased power density management capabilities. These 600V Super Junction MOSFETs provide excellent performance across a wide range of today’s higher voltage applications, including servers, workstations, telecom rectifiers, solar inverters, motor drives and industrial power systems.
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Users of the latest high-performance SMPS and solar inverters expect higher efficiency, greater power density, lower system cost and uncompromising robustness. The advanced technology features in AOS’ top-side-cooled high-voltage Super Junction MOSFETs address these needs. These devices also meet the critical requirements in multiple topologies such as boost PFC, totem-pole PFC (slow leg), LLC resonant, PSFB and cyclo-converters.
AOS’ αMOS E2 High-Voltage Super Junction MOSFET platform features exceptional body-diode ruggedness (di/dt = 1500 A/µs), superior avalanche (UIS) capability, and short-circuit withstand time (SCWT). This enhanced ruggedness translates into higher system-level reliability, helping to ensure robust operation even under abnormal scenarios. Furthermore, AOS combines this αMOS E2 silicon with its top-side-cooled GTPAK™ package to maximize thermal performance via the top-side cooling pad. As a result, system designers can fully optimize thermal dissipation and reclaim PCB space to maximize overall power density. By co-optimizing both the electrical and thermal paths, system performance and long-term reliability are greatly enhanced.
“Our top-side cooled GTPAK products, such as the AOGT037V60DE2 and AOGT060V60DE2, are engineered to meet the demands of high-performance AC/DC power supplies, DC/DC converters and DC/AC solar inverters. Electromagnetic emission (EMI) and density bottlenecks of traditional bottom-side cooling have been a major engineering hurdle. Our αMOS E2 top-side cooled solutions give designers a premier solution for mid-to-high-power systems, empowering the performance-driven power infrastructure, power supply units, and renewable energy systems,” said Simon Yu, Senior Manager of HV Product Line at AOS.
Technical Highlights
Pricing and Availability
The AOGT037V60DE2 (600 V, 37 mΩ) and AOGT060V60DE2 (600 V, 60 mΩ) in top-side-cooled GTPAK packages are now available in production quantities with a lead time of 16 weeks. The unit prices for 1,000-piece quantities are $6.00 and $3.00, respectively.
About AOS
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited, or AOS, is a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide bandgap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, including a wide portfolio of Power MOSFET, SiC, GaN, IGBT, IPM, TVS, HV Gate Drivers, Power IC, and Digital Power products. AOS has developed extensive intellectual property and technical knowledge that encompasses the latest advancements in the power semiconductor industry, which enables us to introduce innovative products to address the increasingly complex power requirements of advanced electronics. AOS differentiates itself by integrating its Discrete and IC semiconductor process technology, product design, and advanced packaging know-how to develop high-performance power management solutions. AOS’ portfolio of products targets high-volume applications, including personal computers, graphics cards, data centers, AI servers, smartphones, consumer and industrial motor controls, TVs, lighting, automotive electronics, and power supply units for various equipment. For more information, please visit www.aosmd.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections of future performance based on management’s judgment, beliefs, current trends, and anticipated product performance. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, references to the efficiency and capability of new products and the potential to expand into new markets. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These factors include but are not limited to, the actual product performance in volume production, the quality and reliability of the product, our ability to achieve design wins, the general business and economic conditions, the state of the semiconductor industry, and other risks as described in the Company’s annual report and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today’s date unless otherwise stated, and AOS undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.
Advanced AOGT037V60DE2 and AOGT060V60DE2 top-side cooled high-voltage MOSFETs deliver the power density and robustness required by high-performance power systems and solar inverters.
