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Infineon Technologies AG and Cree Inc. announced that Infineon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power and RF division of Cree. The deal also includes the related SiC wafer substrate business for power and RF power. The purchase price for the all-cash transaction is $850 million (approximately €740 million).
By the end of 2016, more than half of all new automotive 77 GHz radar systems will be equipped with chips from Infineon Technologies. Thus, one in 15 new cars will use a driver assistance system utilizing the company’s 77 GHz radar chips.
At bauma 2016, Infineon is presenting its latest 24 GHz radar solution, which was developed for the modern, radar-based assistance systems in trucks and construction machines.
Infineon Technologies has opened a new building complex in Villach, Austria for production, research and development where the focus is on designing the development and production environment according to the principles of Industry 4.0.
Infineon Technologies is working with Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) to develop a sensing solution. Potential applications include wearables, IoT and automotive applications.
Infineon Technologies, together with the German automotive supplier, Hella, has developed innovative radio frequency components for a radar sensor, which reliably monitors the blind spot in the car’s rear section.
Infineon Technologiesand United Microelectronics Corp. have announced the extension of their manufacturing partnership into power semiconductors for automotive applications.
Infineon Technologies supports Samsung’s Galaxy S5 with a total of eight RF components, including LTE Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), Quad LNA banks, a GPS LNA and SPDT RF switches.