Wolfspeed and NC A&T to advance silicon carbide devices with new US R&D facility

Wolfspeed and NC A&T to advance silicon carbide devices with new US R&D facility

Wolfspeed, a silicon carbide technology provider, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (NC A&T) State University, a black land-grant research university, have joined forces to construct a new research and development (R&D) facility in the US. To this effect, Wolfspeed and NC A&T plan to submit the proposal for the CHIPS and Science Act funding. […]

Wolfspeed contemplates $2.2bn chip manufacturing facility in Germany

Wolfspeed contemplates $2.2bn chip manufacturing facility in Germany

Wolfspeed, a US chipmaker, is planning to construct a new $2.18 billion chip manufacturing facility in Saarland, Germany, as part of the company’s wider $6.5 billion capacity expansion strategy. The 200mm semiconductor fab will be the company’s first European facility, which will manufacture next-generation silicon carbide devices for a wide variety of industrial, automotive, and […]

Cree wraps up $310m sale of Cree Lighting to Ideal Industries

Cree wraps up $310m sale of Cree Lighting to Ideal Industries

US electronics company Cree wrapped up its previously announced $310 million sale of Cree Lighting – its lighting products business division to Ideal Industries. The divested business includes LED lighting fixtures, lamps, intelligent lighting control solutions, and corporate lighting solutions business related to industrial, commercial and consumer applications. The transaction was announced in March 2019 […]