China News Service, Beijing, September 18 (Reporter Yan Xiaohong) The reporter learned on the 18th that Infineon, the world's leading semiconductor technology company, announced that its 300mm thin wafer power semiconductor chip factory in Villach, Austria, has officially started operations.
With a total investment of 1.6 billion Euros, this chip factory with the motto "Facing the Future" is one of the largest projects of its kind in the European microelectronics field and one of the most modern semiconductor device factories.
Infineon said that China will be its most important market.
As early as 2018, Infineon announced a new chip factory for the production of power semiconductor devices (energy-efficient chips).
Dr. Reinhard Ploss, CEO of Infineon, said: As the global demand for power semiconductor devices continues to grow, it is now the best time to increase production capacity.
The market situation in the past few months has clearly shown that microelectronics technology is very important, covering almost all areas of life.
With the acceleration of digitization and electrification, it is expected that the global demand for power semiconductor devices will continue to grow in the next few years.
After three years of preparation and construction, the new plant was put into operation in early August, three months ahead of the original plan.
The first batch of wafers will be shipped this week.
In the first stage of capacity expansion, the chips produced will be mainly used to meet the needs of the automotive industry, data centers, and renewable energy power generation fields such as solar and wind energy.
The semiconductors produced at the Villach plant will be used in a variety of applications.
Therefore, the new plant will enable Infineon to serve the ever-increasing market demand for power semiconductors in the fields of electric vehicles, data centers, and solar and wind energy.
From a numerical point of view, the planned annual production capacity of industrial semiconductors will be able to meet the needs of a solar system with a total power generation of about 1500 TWh, which is about three times the annual power consumption of Germany.
Dr. Sabine Herlitschka, CEO of Infineon Technologies Austria, said that the energy-efficient chips produced in the new plant in Villach will become the core force to promote the energy transition.
According to reports, the production capacity of the new plant will be gradually increased in the next 4 to 5 years.
The factory is one of the most modern chip factories in the world, relying on full automation and digitalization.
As a "learning factory", artificial intelligence solutions will be widely used for predictive maintenance.
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