The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a preliminary agreement with Wolfspeed, Inc. to bolster U.S. leadership in silicon carbide manufacturing through a proposed US$750 million...
Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, today unveiled a silicon carbide module designed to transform the renewable energy, energy storage,...
Poro Technologies (Porotech) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) have formed a partnership to develop and manufacture 200mm GaN-on-Silicon MicroLEDs for display applic...
Vishay Intertechnology and Nexperia have entered into an agreement in which Vishay will acquire Nexperia's wafer fabrication facility and operations located in Newport, South Wales,...
Denso and Mitsubishi Electric have agreed to invest an aggregate US$1 billion in Coherent's silicon carbide (SiC) business. The transaction results from the strategic review process...
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are projected to increase 200mm fab capacity by 14% from 2023 through 2026, adding 12 new 200mm fabs as the industry reaches a record high of...
The trend toward decarbonization will lead to robust market growth for power semiconductors, particularly those based on materials with wide bandgaps. According to Infineon Technologies,...
Silicon carbide (SiC), together with gallium nitride (GaN), are considered by China as "third-generation" semiconductor material key for Beijing's ambition to leapfrog and overtake...
STMicroelectronics (ST) announced it would form a joint venture with China-based counterpart Sanan Optoelectronics to secure a share in China's rapidly growing vehicle and industrial...
Wolfspeed posted a growing revenue and a widening loss. The US-based silicon carbide (SiC) substrate supplier also announced it had shipped its first 200mm SiC substrates from its...
Mercuria Holdings, a fund backed by the Development Bank of Japan and Japanese trading house Itochu will buy a 200mm wafer fab from US-based ON Semiconductor, according to Nikkei...
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are expected to see their combined 200mm fab capacity increase 20% from 2021 through 2025, adding 13 new 200mm lines as the industry reaches...
US senator Patrick Leahy and GlobalFoundries (GF) have announced the award of US$30 million in federal funding to advance the development and production of next-generation gallium...
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to increase 20% to an all-time high of US$109 billion in 2022, according to SEMI. Taiwan is expected to lead with...
IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insi...
