Silicon carbide chips for Lucid: The American electric car manufacturer is a customer of the semiconductor group Rohm.
(Photo: Lucid)
Munich Small-small was yesterday: When Rohm boss Isao Matsumoto talks about his plans, there is no longer any trace of Japanese restraint. “We want to become one of the big players in our market and play an important role globally,” the chip manufacturer’s CEO told Handelsblatt.
The manager thus opens the hunt for the Dax group Infineon, the world’s largest car chip manufacturer. On the one hand, Matsumoto wants to expand strongly outside of Japan, especially in Europe, Infineon’s home market. On the other hand, he sees the greatest opportunities for the Kyoto group in business with the auto industry, the Munich rival’s most important source of revenue.
An advantage over Infineon: Rohm produces silicon carbide (SiC), the chip material of the future, in its own factory belonging to the SiCrystal subsidiary in Nuremberg. With semiconductors made of SiC, electric cars consume less electricity, which is why the raw material is scarce and in demand worldwide.
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