Silicon carbide<\/a> is more conductive than more widely-used silicon, making it possible for the chips that manage the motors in battery-powered vehicles to have higher switching frequencies and to throw off less heat.<\/p>\n“Silicon carbide semiconductors bring more power to electric vehicles. For motorists, this means a 6% increase in range,” Bosch board member Harald Kroeger said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Bosch will make the silicon carbide chips at its existing plant in Reutlingen, near its Stuttgart headquarters, executives said at an event to update on progress in building a new, 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion), chip fabrication plant in Dresden.<\/p>\n
The Dresden ‘fab’, Bosch’s largest single investment, will use wafers with a diameter of 300 mm – making it possible to cram more chips onto a single wafer than existing production methods using diameters of 150-200 mm.<\/p>\n
The plant – part of the Silicon Saxony hub – is expected to start working in the spring of 2020.Dresden is the capital of the state of Saxony.<\/p>\n
Privately held Bosch, the leading automotive ‘Tier 1’ supplier, is positioning itself as a supplier of the full range of semiconductor products for the electric, connected and self-driving cars of the future.<\/p>\n
The average car contains chips worth $370, according to industry estimates, but that figure rises by $450 for emission-free electric vehicles.Another $1,000 will be packed into the future self-driving cars, making semiconductors a growth opportunity in a car industry struggling with stagnant sales.<\/p>\n
Bosch ranked as the sixth-largest supplier on the $38 billion automotive semiconductor Silicon carbide market last year with a share of 5.4%, according to Strategy Analytics.<\/p>\n
The market leader was NXP on 12%, followed by German competitor Infineon on 11.2%.Infineon already runs a 300 mm fab in Dresden and is building a second website in Villach, Austria. (Reporting by Douglas Busvine Editing by Michelle Martin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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