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Wednesday 30 June 2021
Compound semiconductors now national strategic materials, says GlobalWafers chair
Compound semiconductors will become a key industry sector reaching a national strategic level in importance, as they will be badly needed to power many critical technological applications...
Friday 25 June 2021
More China firms looking to develop EV power modules in-house
More China-based companies are looking to follow in the footsteps of BYD, developing IGBT and SiC-base power modules for electric vehicles (EV) in-house, according to industry sources...
Monday 31 May 2021
Rohm to spend JPY400 billion on future expansion
Rohm will inject a total of JPY400 billion (US$3.64 billion) into its expansion through 2025, the Japan-based chip vendor disclosed in its mid-term management plan.
Monday 3 May 2021
Industry alliance crucial to SiC advancement in Taiwan, says Actron chair
Taiwan has lagged behind world leaders by 20-30 years in the development of third-generation semiconductor materials including silicon carbide (SiC) and must use more collective forces...
Thursday 21 January 2021
Power diode and MOSFET makers see lead times extend
Taiwan-based power diode and MOSFET makers including Panjt International and Taiwan Semiconductor have seen delivery lead times extended to as long as six months due mainly to tight...
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Prices to rise 5-10% for automotive power module leadframes
Taiwan 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...
Wednesday 6 January 2021
SiC components to fill 25% of automotive power semiconductor by 2025, says Digitimes Research
SiC (silicon carbide) components pomise great potentials in EV applications, and are expected to account for 25% of automotive power semiconductor by 2025, according to Digitimes...
Monday 28 December 2020
GaN-on-SiC application to 5G base stations ramping up in US, Europe
Vendors in the US and Europe are ramping up application of third-generation semiconductor materials including SiC (silicon carbide) and GaN to 5G base stations and EVs, according...
Monday 28 December 2020
China moving to prevent blind investment in third-generation semiconductors
China plans to invest big to build its homegrown third-generation compound semiconductors sector, but is also moving to prevent blind investments by Chinese players, asking them to...
Monday 21 September 2020
Two major GaN-on-SiC production camps forming in Taiwan
Taiwan-based solar module maker Tainergy Tech reportedly has sent samples of its newly developed semi-insulating SiC (silicon carbide) substrates for validation by GaAs foundry specialist...
Friday 4 September 2020
EV-use SiC power semiconductors see fast growing demand
EV-use SiC power semiconductors ae expected account for more than 37% of overall market value for SiC power semiconductors in 2025, up from abot 25% in 2021.
Wednesday 2 September 2020
China makers gearing up SiC substrate production for EVs
China is aggressively building its own SiC components supply chain for EV and other emerging applications, and as many as 14 makers are engaged in the development and production of...
Wednesday 2 September 2020
Diode makers keen on developing SiC, IGBT power devices for EVs
Automotive diode demand has started picking up since July after staying stagnant for months, and Taiwanese makers are stepping up deployments in IGBT and SiC power components seeking...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
GaN and SiC power semiconductor market evolving, says Omdia
The 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...