Tesla announced a new powertrain for a future vehicle that features 75% less silicon carbide components. Chipmakers involved with silicon carbide dipped on the news, although key industry player ...

The 2300V baseplate-less silicon carbide power modules for 1500V DC Bus applications were developed and launched utilizing Wolfspeed’s state-of-the-art 200mm silicon carbide wafers. (Photo ...

I recently had the opportunity to visit Wolfspeed’s new silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor fab in Marcy, New York. I’m a big fan of SiC, and with conventional silicon devices reaching their ...

Silicon carbide chips are projected to display exponential growth over the next decade. However, getting production up and running is proving to be a bigger technical challenge than some initially ...

Researchers claims to have developed a method for producing a layer of graphene on a silicon carbide (SiC) wafer to form a semiconductor with a band gap of 0.6 eV and with room temperature electron ...

Robert Bosch GmbH today announced plans to buy TSI Semiconductors, a major maker of silicon carbide chips. The acquisition price was not disclosed. However, Bosch did divulge that it plans to ...

One example of this is the evolution of compound semiconductors that use silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) for high-performance power systems. Innovating test protocols to handle wide ...

Wide bandgap semiconductors – most commonly made from silicon carbide (SiC) or gallium nitride (GaN) – are leading to a ground shift in the energy sector. As the world transitions from ...

X-Fab is ramping up production of silicon carbide semiconductors, critical parts in the automotive, medical, and consumer industries. X-Fab Texas set up shop in north Lubbock almost 25 years ago. Now, ...

Researchers at IIT-Madras have tasted success in extracting silicon carbide from (simulated) moon soil — a development that could lead to the making of silicon carbide-based composites for ...