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Photo: SK Siltron CSS A Michigan manufacturer of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, a key component in EV power electronics, just got a big loan from the US Department of Energy to ramp up production. SK Siltron CSS announced today that it has secured a conditional loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for up to $544 million. The loan will come from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program administered by the DOE’s Loan Programs Office. The loan, which is part…

Scientists have developed amorphous silicon carbide, a strong and scalable material with potential uses in microchip sensors, solar cells, and space exploration. This breakthrough promises significant advancements in material science and microchip technology. An artist’s impression of amorphous silicon carbide nanostrings testing to its limit tensile strength. Credit: Science BrushA material that doesn’t just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned…

<!----> Angelique van der Burg, Chief Procurement Officer at Infineon Infineon Technologies says it is…

<!----> Example of an 8-inch silicon carbide wafer from STMicroelectronics. ZF will use the chips in the devices manufactured by ST in its future inverter platform. ZF will, from 2025, purchase silicon carbide devices from STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor manufacturing…

Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022.Patrick Pleu | Pool | via ReutersShares in some chipmakers dipped on Thursday after electric vehicle maker Tesla said it plans to greatly reduce the use of silicon carbide transistors in its next-generation vehicle powertrains.At Tesla's 2023 Investor Day presentation on Wednesday, which largely focused on efficiency and controlling costs, powertrain engineering leader Colin Campbell…

BorgWarner will participate in Wolfspeed’s financing transaction to support Wolfspeed’s multi-year capacity expansion plan. BorgWarner says access to a dedicated supply of silicon carbide (SiC) devices is ‘significant to BorgWarner’s inverter growth plan and Charging Forward objectives’. Under the multi-year agreement between BorgWarner and Wolfspeed, BorgWarner will be entitled to purchase up to $650 million of devices…

Infineon Technologies and Stellantis have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding as a first step towards a potential multi-year supply cooperation for silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors. Under the agreement, Infineon would reserve manufacturing capacity and supply CoolSiC “bare die” chips in the second half of the decade to the direct Tier 1 suppliers of Stellantis. The potential sourcing volume and capacity reservation have a value of significantly more…

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a way to make biocement from trash, making it a greener and more sustainable alternative to ordinary cement. Biocement is a type of renewable cement that binds soil into a solid block by using bacteria to induce a hardening reaction. Biocement has now been made by NTU scientists using two common waste materials — industrial carbide sludge and urea (from mammalian urine). They invented a method for creating a hard solid, or…

Vitesco Technologies has signed a cooperation agreement with Infineon Technologies AG. Infineon is a leading semiconductor manufacturer for automotive electronics and a leading global supplier of power semiconductors made of the innovative material silicon carbide (SiC). Silicon carbide plays a key role in increasing the efficiency of high-voltage power electronics in the drive systems of electrified vehicles. Vitesco…