Tag: Silicon carbide
ZF and Wolfspeed follow up in the race with Bosch
Silicon Carbide Wafer The US group Wolfspeed and the German automotive supplier ZF are building a development center for silicon carbide chips in the Nuremberg area. (Photo: via REUTERS) Munich…
ZF and Wolfspeed follow up in the race with Bosch
Silicon Carbide Wafer The US group Wolfspeed and the German automotive supplier ZF are building a development center for silicon carbide chips in the Nuremberg area. (Photo: via REUTERS) Munich…
ZF gains world market leader ST as a partner for energy-saving chips
Stuttgart, Munich With world market leader STMicroelectronics (ST), ZF has secured a second supplier for silicon carbide chips. According to the company, the multi-year contract provides for ST to supply…
Yellow SiC develops the hydrogen factory for the roof
Munich Hydrogen is considered the energy carrier of the future – if it is produced in a climate-neutral manner. Experts speak of green hydrogen, in contrast to gray hydrogen, which…
Why Tesla suddenly shyed away from silicon carbide
Wolfspeed SiC wafers Semiconductors make electric cars more efficient, but they are also – at least in the future – a very expensive component. (Photo: Reuters) Munich, Vienna Energy-saving chips…
New ZF boss sets first sign with chip factory
Ensdorf The new ZF boss, Holger Klein, had just one month in office and made the biggest appearance imaginable. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) flew to Ensdorf in Saarland on Wednesday.…
How Europe can keep up in the race for factories
Ensdorf, Munich, Berlin It is a respectable success for Germany and Europe in the race with the USA to set up chip factories – but it is bought at a…
ZF & Wolfspeed expect subsidies for factory in Saarland
Stephan von Schuckmann (left), Gregg Lowe The ZF manager and the Wolfspeed boss are hoping for high subsidies for their planned chip factory in Saarland. Stuttgart, Munich The US chip…
ZF & Wolfspeed expect subsidies for factory in Saarland
Visualization of the planned chip factory Wolfspeed and ZF want to build a state-of-the-art factory for energy-saving chips on the Ensdorf site. (Photo: Wolfspeed) Stuttgart, Munich The US chip manufacturer…
Wolfspeed wants to announce the construction of a chip factory in Saarland today
Former power plant Ensdorf in Saarland The world’s largest factory for semiconductors made of silicon carbide is to be built on the site. (Photo: dpa) Munich It’s going to be…
Bosch invests one billion US dollars in China – no sign of withdrawal
Bosch in China Workers in a plant of the German car supplier in Suzhou. The site is to be significantly expanded over the next few years. (Photo: dpa) The foundation…
Business is driven by high energy prices
chip production High energy prices are driving business with silicon carbide power-saving chips. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich Wolfspeed engineers have been developing low-power silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors for 35 years. For…
Chip supplier is successful in the niche
Manufacturing by Aixtron Up to twelve months delivery time: The business of the equipment supplier to the chip industry is running smoothly. (Photo: Aixtron) Munich The order books are full,…
Wolfspeed evades stock market crash
crisps Wolfspeed has specialized entirely in silicon carbide semiconductors – a very promising business. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich It is an unparalleled drop in prices: 29 of the 30 most important…
The funds for catching up are not flowing
Munich Silicon carbide is the chip material of the future. The manufacturers of electric cars are scrambling for the innovative material. Only one thing slows down the even more rapid…
Competitor Rohm is chasing Infineon
Electric car advertisement 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…
SiC chips: Chip companies are investing in silicon carbide
Munich, Stuttgart Twelve months of waiting time: Anyone who orders semiconductors made from the material of the future silicon carbide from STMicroelectronics today needs a lot of patience. The energy-saving…
Bosch boss Hartung: “Invest against the semiconductor crisis”
Stuttgart Bosch is pushing the expansion of its own chip production in Reutlingen. The world’s largest automotive supplier intends to invest an additional 250 million euros in the site by…
Bosch boss Volkmar Denner: “Will significantly exceed forecasts”
Volkmar Denner The Bosch boss leaves his post and wants to work scientifically again. (Photo: Reuters) Stuttgart Volkmar Denner will leave Bosch at the end of the year. In the…
Bosch wants to become the market leader in chips
Silicon carbide wafers at Bosch The material enables longer ranges and faster charging times when electric. (Photo: Bosch) Stuttgart Bosch is setting the pace with fast charging and range chips.…