Bosch to pour $3 billion into European chip fabs and research
“Europe can and must capitalize on its own strengths in the semiconductor industry,” said Dr Stefan Hartung, chairman of the Bosch board of management. “More than ever, the goal must be to produce chips for the specific needs of European industry. And that means not only chips at the bottom end of the nanoscale.”
This is likely justified because the share of a car’s total value represented by semiconductor components is set to quadruple over the course of this decade, from just under €200 to more than €800, according to Hartung, and Bosch wants its share of this. Despite this, Bosch says that the investment will also open up new areas of innovation, such as systems-on-a-chip, with an example given being the radar sensors that will be used by autonomous vehicles to scan their surroundings. Bosch said it aims to make these smaller and cheaper to produce.
Hartung said Bosch plans to manufacture MEMS sensors on 300mm wafers, with production scheduled to start in 2026. Another focus for Bosch is the production of new types of semiconductors. The company already has experience in manufacturing components from silicon carbide , the properties of which make it suitable for the power electronics circuitry required for electric and hybrid vehicles. The demand for these is growing at annual rates of 30 percent or more, according to Bosch, and so it will be exploring the potential of other materials such as gallium nitride.
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