138 news items tagged Infineon
Prices to rise 5-10% for automotive power module leadframes
Tuesday 19 January 2021Taiwan leadframe makers are likely to raise quotes for leadframes for packaging automotive chips and power modules by 5-10% to reflect increased material costs amid increasing demand...
Major China MOSFET supplier raises prices
Wednesday 13 January 2021China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) has notified its clients based mainly in China about price hikes for all its power semiconductor products, including MOSFET and IGBT components,...
Foundries see clearer order visibility for automotive chips
Wednesday 6 January 2021Foundries including TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have seen the visibility of orders for automotive chips extended to the end...
Taiwan power devices vendors upbeat about car applications in 2021
Wednesday 18 November 2020Taiwan's discrete power component supply chain players are optimistic that demand for automotive applications will pick up steadily in 2021 after staying stagnant for quarters, with...
Automotive chips, components demand turning strong till 1Q21
Wednesday 4 November 2020Demand for automotive power chips and components has started picking up since the third quarter of 2020 after experiencing almost two years of stagnancy, with sales outlook promising...
Chips R&D matters: Q&A with iST chairman Danny Yu
Tuesday 8 September 2020Materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA) and failure analysis (FA) are increasingly needed by IC designers, wafer foundries and backend houses to support R&D projects...
GaN and SiC power semiconductor market evolving, says Omdia
Tuesday 28 July 2020The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is rapidly evolving from a startup-dominated business to one led by large-established...
Infineon eyes potential of e-SIM in M2M
Friday 3 July 2020Adoption of e-SIM technology is expected to be driven mainly by handset applications in the next few years as consumers can switch their telecom service providers easily with the...
Chinese EV devices maker Leadrive teams up with Rohm Semi to set up SiC lab
Monday 29 June 2020China-based Leadrive Technology, specializing in third-generation semiconductor power modules for electric vehicles, has teamed up with Japan's IDM Rohm Semiconductor to set up an...
Mosel, Actron team up for auto-use ULLD, IGBT components
Thursday 18 June 2020Six-inch foundry Mosel Vitelic and diode maker Actron Technology are revving up their collaboration on diverse automotive power chips such as low loss diode (LLD), ultra LLD (ULLD)...
TI remains top analog IC supplier
Friday 29 May 2020With analog sales of US$10.2 billion and a 19% market share, Texas Instruments held a firm grip on its position as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2019, according to IC...
Taiwan IC firms see orders for 5G infrastructure pull in from China
Tuesday 21 April 2020Taiwan-based IC design houses have landed a pull-in of orders for 5G base-station and customer-premise equipment (CPE) from China, according to sources at Taiwan's IC distributors.
Infineon completes acquisition of Cypress
Friday 17 April 2020Infineon Technologies has announced the closing of the acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor, which it said will strengthen its focus on structural growth drivers and on a broader...
ASE Technology lands orders shifted from Southeast Asia
Thursday 16 April 2020Taiwan-based OSAT provider ASE Technology has recently gained orders shifted from backend plants located in Southeast Asia, where coronavirus lockdowns are imposed in several countries...
Infineon delivers millions of chips for medical ventilators
Tuesday 14 April 2020Infineon Technologies has disclosed it is gearing up support for the manufacturing of ventilator devices, with its power semiconductors controlling the motors of ventilators, including...
Infineon gets US approval for Cypress acquisition
Wednesday 11 March 2020Infineon Technologies has disclosed that US regulators have given the go-ahead for its planned acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor.
Infineon works with Qualcomm to enable 3D authentication
Friday 6 March 2020Infineon Technologies has worked with Qualcomm Technologies to develop a reference design for 3D authentication based on the latter's Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform.
Power semiconductor demand about to pick up
Thursday 21 November 2019Power semiconductor demand is about to hit its bottom and start picking up, as Infineon and other IDMs have lowered their power chip inventories to healthy levels, according to industry...
Silicon wafer shipments in low gear for 4Q19
Monday 11 November 2019Silicon wafer shipments are expected to stay in low gear in the fourth quarter of 2019 as clients have decelerated their shipment pull-in to facilitate year-end financial settlements,...
Nichia developing micro LED headlights via cooperation with Infineon
Tuesday 1 October 2019Japan-based Nichia is developing micro LED automotive matrix headlights with Infineon Technologies designing the driver ICs, according to industry sources.
PSI files wafer thinning patent infringement lawsuit against iST
Wednesday 18 September 2019Wafer reclaim and thinning specialist Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has filed a lawsuit with the Taiwan IP court against Integrated Service Technology (iST) accusing it of infringing...
VPEC ramps up shipments of VCSEL devices for handset applications
Thursday 11 July 2019Epitaxial wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to see significant revenue increases for the third quarter of 2019 as it has started intensive shipments...
Cypress acquisition makes Infineon top automotive chip supplier, says IHS
Thursday 6 June 2019Infineon's planned US$10 billion acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor will produce the world's largest automotive chip supplier, surpassing current market leader NXP and giving the...
Infineon to acquire Cypress
Monday 3 June 2019Infineon Technologies and Cypress Semiconductor have announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Infineon will acquire Cypress for US$23.85 per share...
Global chip market posts worst quarterly performance in 10 years, says IHS
Wednesday 29 May 2019The world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers all suffered year-over-year sales declines in the first quarter of 2019 as the global chip market posted its worst quarterly performance...
- German chipmaker Infineon to make Singapore its first global hub to embed AI in all job roles (Dec 2) - The Straits Times
- Infineon insulated from U.S.-China tensions: CEO (Nov 19) - Reuters
- German chipmaker Infineon prepared to handle increased competition from China, CEO says (Sep 17) - CNBC
- Chipmaker Infineon rallies amid signs of autos recovery (Aug 4) - Reuters