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Monday 25 November 2019
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Thursday 21 November 2019
Cree and STMicroelectronics expand silicon carbide wafer supply agreement
Cree and STMicroelectronics have announced the expansion and extension of an existing multi-year, long-term silicon carbide wafer supply agreement to more than US$500 million. The...
Tuesday 1 October 2019
Quotes for SiC substrates may fall by over 20% in 2020
Silicon carbide (SiC) substrate quotes are likely to fall by over 20% in 2020 due to constant capacity expansions at major suppliers and impacts of the US-China tariff war, according...
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Cree to build silicon carbide device manufacturing facility in New York
Cree has announced plans to build a new automotive-qualified 200mm power and RF wafer fabrication facility in Marcy, New York, complemented by its mega materials factory expansion...
Friday 17 May 2019
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 April 2019
MA-tek revving up organic IC materials analysis to tap 5G opportunities
Taiwan's Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek), after gaining a solid presence in the silicon-based materials analysis business, is aggressively venturing into the analysis market...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Infineon CoolGaN solutions adopted for data center applications
Infineon Technologies has recently released its CoolGaN devices, which have attracted orders from Eltek, a Delta Electronics Group company, for datacenter and server applications,...
Monday 1 October 2018
IDMs keen to develop advanced power devices with SiC, GaN
International IDMs including STMicrolectronics, Infineon and TI are aggressively developing power devices using third-generation compound semiconductor materials silicon carbide (SiC)...
Monday 3 September 2018
Wafer thinning needed to boost silicon power devices performance
Wafer thinning technology is expected to play an increasingly crucial role in Taiwan's power discrete device supply chain, as the technology can work well to lower resistance and...
Friday 31 August 2018
X-Fab to double 6-inch SiC foundry capacity
X-Fab has announced plans to double their 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) process capacity at its fab in Lubbock, Texas in response to increased customer demand for high-efficiency power...
Thursday 7 June 2018
Chengdu Xingu eyes annual revenues of CNY200 billion by 2030
Chengdu Xingu Industrial Parks, a mega complex located in Shuangliu District of the largest city in the midwestern area of China, is moving at full throttles to build semiconductor...
Monday 23 April 2018
IDMs, Taiwan IC firms gearing up to develop car-use SiC power devices
With silicon carbide (SiC) emerging as an increasingly popular third-generation semiconductor material for car-use power devices and 5G networks, international major IDMs such as...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Digitimes Research: SiC, GaN power semiconductor markets to grow fast through 2025
While silicon remains the mainstream power semiconductor material, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are seen more suitable for power semiconductor devices needed by...
Friday 11 March 2016
X-FAB enters 6-inch SiC production
Analog/mixed-signal IC foundry X-Fab Silicon Foundries has announced the availability of its silicon carbide (SiC) offering from its wafer fab in Lubbock, Texas.
Monday 30 March 2015
Taiwan university develops silicon slurry recycling process
The Department of Resources Engineering under National Cheng Kung University in southern Taiwan has developed a method to separate high-purity silicon and silicon carbide from silicon...
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