Wolfspeed Selects AIXTRON Tools to Support 200mm Production
Herzogenrath, April 18, 2024 – Today, AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA) announced Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, has placed multiple-tool orders in Q3 and Q4 2023 to utilize AIXTRON’s G10-SiC to help further ramp production for 200mm (8-inch) silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers.
- Herzogenrath, April 18, 2024 – Today, AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA) announced Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, has placed multiple-tool orders in Q3 and Q4 2023 to utilize AIXTRON’s G10-SiC to help further ramp production for 200mm (8-inch) silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers.
- “We’re pleased with the AIXTRON team’s efforts to support the expansion of our 200mm silicon carbide epitaxy process.
- The company’s G10-SiC has proven to be a suitable, reliable tool that will support our high-volume production needs currently on the Durham campus and ultimately at our new 200mm materials factory, The John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide (The JP),” said Wolfspeed Chief Technology Officer, Elif Balkas.
- First launched in September 2022, AIXTRON’s G10-SiC has quickly become the tool of record for both 150mm and 200mm silicon carbide epitaxy.