Recently, Infineon Technologies announced its acquisition of Siltectra GmbH, a start-up based in Dresden, Germany. A purchase price of €124 million ($139.3 million) was agreed on with the venture capital investor MIG Fonds, the main shareholder of Siltectra. With this move, Infineon will exploit an innovative technology called Cold Split to process crystal material efficiently and with…

Infineon Technologies AG will be teaming up with XAIN to bring blockchain technology into cars. The two companies signed a corresponding Memorandum of Understanding at Infineon’s 1st Automotive Cybersecurity Forum. Their goal is to develop and applications and one such application which was showcased in the first demonstrator dealt with access rights through the use…

Global energy demand is constantly growing. Drivers include electrification in industry, mobility and private consumption, as well as the rising number of consumers. This increases the demand for efficient power semiconductors. These are used wherever electrical power is generated, transmitted or used by the consumer. Devices, machinery and systems are thus managed as efficiently as…

Affected by multiple factors such as insufficient supply of upstream materials, insufficient capacity of 8-inch wafers, and international IDM exit from the medium and low-voltage MOSFET market, global MOSFET supply is tightening and prices are rising. For the lead time and price situation of MOSFET and IGBT, Infineon started that the lead time may exceed 26…

Infineon Technologies AG held early-stage talks about buying STMicroelectronics NV last year, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would have created a European semiconductor powerhouse. Infineon hired BNP Paribas SA as an adviser and studied the purchase for about three months, approaching STMicro before dropping the idea last August, said the people, who asked…

The global automotive chip market size is expected to reach USD 56.24 billion by 2025, according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc., exhibiting a CAGR of 10.7% during the forecast period. Rising awareness regarding energy-efficient lighting systems and burgeoning sales of luxury vehicles equipped with navigation and infotainment systems are creating an upswing in the demand…

The top 10 semiconductor  suppliers in the $54.5 billion analog market last year accounted for 59% of the category’s worldwide sales in 2017, according to a recent monthly update to semiconductor Insights’ 2018 McClean Report. Collectively, the top 10 semiconductor companies generated $32.3 billion in analog semiconductor sales last year compared to $28.4 billion in 2016, which…

All the TOP 15 Semiconductor Sales Learders 1Q18 have gains. Thirteen Top-15 1Q18 Semi Suppliers Register Double-Digit Gains. Samsung extends its number one ranking and sales lead over Intel to 23%. IC Insights will release its May Update to the 2018 McClean Report later this month.  This Update includes a discussion of the 1Q18 IC industry market results, an update of the 2018…