Bosch: Silicon wafer production started: 250 processes fully automated
German Bosch:
A semiconductor factory in Dresden, Germany, preparing for mass production.
Started manufacturing silicon wafers (photo).
Fully automate 250 processes
Build an efficient production system.
Respond to the rapid increase in demand for semiconductors.
Aim to start mass production of semiconductors in the latter half of 2021.
Dresden Factory:
Implemented advanced networking,
Data is exchanged between manufacturing equipment in a realistic manner to improve the efficiency of semiconductor chip manufacturing.
The factory site area is about 100,000 square meters,
Total floor area is 72,000 square meters,
The maximum number of employees is planned to be about 700.
Handles wafers with a diameter of 300 mm.
The investment amount is about 1 billion euros (about 130 billion yen)
Manufacture of power semiconductors:
Started manufacturing prototypes in January 2009.
Currently, we have entered the stage where we can incorporate and test microchip prototypes into electronic components.
Manufactures power semiconductors used in DC / DC converters mounted on EVs and HVs.
New switch
Bosch reaches milestone on the way to opening new wafer fab in Dresden First wafers pass through fully automated fabrication process
Harald Kroeger:
“Chips for tomorrow’s mobility solutions will soon be produced in Dresden.”
Pioneer in Industry 4.0: Bosch to use connected and highly automated processes in chip production from the outset.
Highly sophisticated process: fabrication of a chip from a wafer involves several hundred steps.
Dresden, Germany
It is a milestone on the path to the chip factory of the future:
at the new Bosch semiconductor fab in Dresden, silicon wafers are passing through the fully automated fabrication process for the first time.
This is a key step toward the start of production operations, which is scheduled for late 2021.
Manufacturing of automotive microchips will be a primary focus when the fully digital and highly connected semiconductor plant is up and running.
The company
already operates a semiconductor fab in Reutlingen near Stuttgart.
The new wafer fab in Dresden
is Bosch’s response to the surging number of areas of application for semiconductors,
as well as a renewed demonstration of its commitment to Germany as a high-tech location.
Bosch is investing
^_^around one billion euros in the high-tech manufacturing facility, which will be one of the most advanced wafer fabs in the world.
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