Infineon Opens the World’s Largest Fab for Power Semiconductors

Infineon Technologies AG opened the Smart Power Fab in Dresden, Germany, several months ahead of schedule.

The new fab doubles Infineon’s manufacturing capacities at the Dresden site, thus creating the world’s largest factory for intelligent power semiconductors and analog / mixed-signal technologies.

The new plant, with an investment volume of five billion euros, is the largest single investment in Infineon’s history and one of the largest investment projects in Germany, creating 1,000 new, direct jobs. 

With the expansion, Infineon Dresden is strengthening its position as a worldwide leading site for power semiconductors and analog / mixed-signal technologies; at the same time, it is also bolstering the European leadership role in the overall semiconductor cluster “Silicon Saxony” in and around Dresden.

The new Smart Power Fab uses rigorous digitalization to accelerate production to twice as fast as in the past, depending on demand. System and process clearance is supported by AI algorithms. 

Furthermore, the connection to the Infineon plant in Villach as “One Virtual Fab” makes qualification of processes and products significantly faster than in the past. The increased ramp-up speed lets Infineon effectively and flexibly leverage current market opportunities, including in the field of AI.

In the future, chips made in Dresden will contribute to the efficient supply of power to AI data centers, among other things. The chips are also used in other industrial and automotive applications, such as wind and solar power systems and software- defined vehicles. 

The interaction between power semiconductors and analog / mixed-signal components enables especially energy-efficient and intelligent system solutions, hence the “Smart Power Fab” name.

“We’re opening our new plant at just the right time,” says Jochen Hanebeck, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG. “Our Smart Power Fab is creating urgently needed capacities for the key technologies of the future, for everything from energy supply for AI data centers to software-defined vehicles and renewable energies. Infineon is thus giving an important impulse in making the global AI revolution possible and securing supply chains in critical industries. By taking this step, we are strengthening our global vanguard position as a leading manufacturer of power semiconductors and analog / mixed-signal technologies.”