Tag: Chip industry
A big step for Infineon, a small one for Europe
Dresden The marquee is already up: On Tuesday, Infineon boss Jochen Hanebeck invites you to the ground-breaking ceremony for the chip manufacturer’s latest plant. The Dax group puts five billion…
Samsung’s chip division slips deep into the red
Tokyo Even the world market leader in memory chips, Samsung Electronics, is not immune to the slump in chip demand. In the first quarter of this year, the semiconductor division…
A new standard is revolutionizing the chip industry
Open chip standard RISC-V A dichotomy in the chip world is looming with far-reaching technological changes. (Photo: Getty Images RISC-V [M]) Munich It doesn’t matter whether it’s an iPhone or…
Chip companies reach for German car manufacturers
chip corporations The two American corporations Nvidia and Qualcomm currently still play a subordinate role in autochips. (Photo: Reuters (2), AP, Bloomberg) San Diego, New York, Munich Patents, patents and…
Why Taiwan’s TSMC is struggling with a Europe factory
Taipei, Tokyo Germany will probably have to be patient when it comes to choosing the location for the new European plant of the Taiwanese chip giant TSMC. Taiwanese media are…
Slump in chip demand hits Samsung hard – profit falls by 96 percent
Samsung Electronics factory Samsung operates huge chip factories in South Korea. But their utilization is low because the demand for electronic items is weak. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Tokyo The semiconductor…
Japan joins US chip restrictions against China
Japanese Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura The Japanese government is trying not to make the new export controls appear as a measure against China. (Photo: AP) Tokyo The Japanese…
These stocks benefit from the subsidy race
chip plant Aixtron machine: The listed company from Aachen is benefiting from the boom in energy-saving chips. (Photo: Aixtron) Munich The excavators are on their way: new chip factories worth…
Boom in heat pumps pushes chip manufacturers to their limits
Munich The run on heat pumps ensures full order books at chip manufacturer Infineon. “With the war in Ukraine, the business took on a whole new dimension. That will be…
South Korea wants to create the world’s largest chip cluster
Samsung chip factories Samsung factories in Pyeongtaek: The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer wants to invest more than 200 billion euros in new factories in its homeland. (Photo: via REUTERS) Tokyo/Munich…
Chef Hanebeck relies on gallium nitride
Jochen Hanebeck The Infineon boss takes over a small competitor in Canada for 830 million dollars. (Photo: dpa) Munich For Jochen Hanebeck, it is the first significant takeover since he…
Chef Hanebeck relies on gallium nitride
Jochen Hanebeck The Infineon boss takes over a small competitor in Canada for 830 million dollars. (Photo: dpa) Munich For Jochen Hanebeck, it is the first significant takeover since he…
Biden wants to limit them – Buffett defends buybacks
Warren Buffett The legendary investor has gone from being a skeptic to a buyback fanatic. (Photo: AP) new York For some they are balm for the depot, for others they…
Europe is still lagging behind in terms of chips
chip production Chip manufacturers are investing significantly more in America than in Europe. (Photo: dpa) Munich From beacon of hope to non-starter: Almost a year has passed since Intel boss…
How NXP and Infineon are fighting for the billion dollar market
Radar sensors on the car Automated driving is opening up a new billion-euro market for chip manufacturers. (Photo: Infineon) Munich Rain, storms and darkness are a nightmare for drivers, but…
Hoping for a fresh start after a change in leadership
Munich When Aldo Kamper took over the management of Leoni four years ago, he was supposed to drive the growth of the automotive supplier. But his new employer quickly turned…
Construction boom in the chip industry drives sales of plant manufacturers
Stuttgart Hardly any other company in the world is benefiting as much from the construction boom in the chip industry as the system manufacturer Exyte. The year 2022 was extremely…
Federal government paves the way for Infineon to invest billions in Dresden
Berlin/Munich Nothing stands in the way of Infineon’s billion-euro investment in Dresden: the chip manufacturer’s supervisory board and board of directors have decided to start construction in the second half…
This is how a Bavarian medium-sized company became the tracker of the chip industry
Hoehenkirchen Nowhere is the success of Lauterbach GmbH more impressive than in the mail room of the medium-sized company. The names of the world’s best-known chip manufacturers are emblazoned on…
Supply chains: Companies tremble for electronic components
Loudspeaker production in China Many German companies are dependent on electronic components from the Far East. (Photo: dpa) Munich The pandemic is over, but the fear of months of delays…