ROHM Group Firm SiCrystal and S™icroelectronics Broaden Silicon Carbide Wafer Provide Settlement
Kyoto, Japan and Geneva, Switzerland, April 22, 2024 “ ROHM (TSE: 6963) and S™icroelectronics (NYSE: S™), a worldwide semiconductor chief serving clients throughout the spectrum of electronics functions, introduced right now the growth of the prevailing multi-year, long-term 150mm silicon carbide (SiC) substrate wafers provide settlement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group firm. The brand new multi-year settlement governs the provision of bigger volumes of SiC substrate wafers manufactured in Nuremberg, Germany, for a minimal anticipated worth of $230 million.
Geoff West, EVP and Chief Procurement Officer, S™icroelectronics, commented This expanded settlement with SiCrystal will deliver extra volumes of 150mm SiC substrate wafers to help our units manufacturing capability ramp-up for automotive and industrial clients worldwide. It helps strengthen our provide chain resilience for future development, with a balanced mixture of in-house and business provide throughout areas.
SiCrystal is a bunch firm of ROHM, a number one firm of SiC, and has been manufacturing SiC substrate wafers for a few years. We’re more than happy to increase this provide settlement with our longstanding buyer ST. We are going to proceed to help our associate to develop SiC enterprise by ramping up 150mm SiC substrate wafer portions constantly and by at all times offering dependable high quality. mentioned Dr. Robert Eckstein, President and CEO of SiCrystal, a ROHM group firm.
Power-efficient SiC energy semiconductors allow electrification within the automotive and industrial sectors in a extra sustainable manner. By facilitating extra environment friendly power technology, distribution and storage, SiC helps the transition to cleaner mobility options, decrease emissions industrial processes and a greener power future, in addition to extra dependable energy provides for resource-intensive infrastructure like information facilities devoted to AI functions. Extra details about some great benefits of SiC is accessible on ST.com: https://www.st.com/content material/st_com/en/about/innovation—technology/SiC.html
About S™icroelectronics
At ST, we’re over 50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor applied sciences mastering the semiconductor provide chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing services. An built-in gadget producer, we work with greater than 200,000 clients and hundreds of companions to design and construct merchandise, options, and ecosystems that tackle their challenges and alternatives, and the necessity to help a extra sustainable world. Our applied sciences allow smarter mobility, extra environment friendly energy and power administration, and the wide-scale deployment of cloud-connected autonomous issues. We’re dedicated to reaching our purpose to change into carbon impartial on scope 1 and a couple of and partially scope 3 by 2027.
Additional info will be discovered at www.st.com.
About ROHM
Based in 1958, ROHM gives ICs and discrete semiconductor units characterised by excellent high quality and reliability for a broad vary of markets, together with automotive, industrial tools and shopper market through its international improvement and gross sales community.
Within the analog energy discipline, ROHM proposes the appropriate answer for every software with energy units resembling SiC and driver ICs to maximise their efficiency, and peripheral elements resembling transistors, diodes, and resistors.
Additional info on ROHM will be discovered at www.rohm.com
About SiCrystal
SiCrystal, a ROHM group firm, is without doubt one of the international market leaders for monocrystalline silicon carbide wafers. SiCrystal’s superior semiconductor substrates present the premise for the extremely environment friendly use {of electrical} power in electrical autos, quick charging stations, renewable energies and in varied fields of commercial functions.
Additional info on SiCrystal will be discovered at www.sicrystal.de
For additional info, please contact:
S™icroelectronics
INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Céline Berthier
Group VP, Investor Relations
Tel: +41.22.929.58.12
celine.berthier@st.com
MEDIA RELATIONS:
Alexis Breton
Company Exterior Communications
Tel: +33.6.59.16.79.08
alexis.breton@st.com
ROHM
Public and Investor Relations Division
Tastsuhide Goto
Press@rohm.co.jp
SiCrystal
Company Communication Division
Jennifer Waldmann
pr@sicrystal.de
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