Infineon and UMC have expanded their cooperation and reached a long-term strategic cooperation agreement
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Update time : 2023-03-10 14:44:57
On March 7, according to foreign media reports, Infineon announced on its official website on Tuesday that they and UMC have reached a long-term strategic cooperation agreement to expand cooperation in the automotive microcontroller business.
According to the news announced by Infineon on the official website, cooperation between the two companies is still in the production of Infineon microcontrollers. After reaching a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with UMC, their production capacity will be doubled to better meet the growing market demand.
Under the new long-term strategic cooperation agreement, UMC will manufacture high-performance microcontroller products for Infineon at their fab in Singapore using a 40nm process. Infineon's high-performance microcontrollers use their proprietary eNVM (Embedded Non-Volatile Memory) technology. Microcontrollers are key components that control many functions in cars, and as cars become greener, safer and smarter, the demand for microcontrollers has also increased significantly. This year, Infineon increased the sales rate of automotive microcontrollers to nearly 1 million per day.
Regarding the new long-term strategic cooperation agreement, Infineon Chief Operating Officer Rutger Wijburg said that through the new strategic cooperation agreement, they have secured additional long-term production capacity to serve customers in the fast-growing automotive market. UMC executives also said they are pleased that Infineon has chosen to manufacture automotive microcontrollers at their Singapore plant. The new multi-year supply agreement will strengthen their long-term partnership with Infineon in automotive, AIoT and other areas.
