STMicroelectronics

Nanoco has announced a supply agreement with STMicroelectronics covering development work and commercial supply of nano-materials for infra-red sensing applications over an initial five-year period.

STMicroelectronics signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in French Gallium Nitride (GaN) innovator Exagan, with a plan to acquire the remaining minority stake after 24 months. The acquisition aims to accelerate ST's GaN roadmap for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. Terms were not disclosed.

STMicroelectronics plans to invest $1.5 billion in strategic initiatives, including $400 million for fab upgrades and new substrate technology development at the Agrate fab, GaN power technologies, and 200mm SiC wafer capacity, to achieve a mid-term revenue target of $12 billion.

SiCrystal, a ROHM group company, signed a multi-year agreement to supply over $120 million of 150mm silicon carbide wafers to STMicroelectronics for automotive and industrial applications.

ROHM group company SiCrystal signed a multi-year supply agreement with STMicroelectronics for over $120 million of 150mm silicon carbide wafers, to support automotive and industrial SiC power device demand.

STMicroelectronics closed the full acquisition of Swedish silicon carbide wafer manufacturer Norstel AB for $137.5 million, exercising its option to buy the remaining 45% stake.

Gaisler has negotiated a contract with the European Space Agency to develop and validate its GR740 Quad-Core LEON4FT Microprocessor in an Organic Package, in collaboration with STMicroelectronics and Synergie Cad PSC.

Cree and STMicroelectronics expanded and extended their existing multi-year silicon carbide wafer supply agreement to more than $500 million, doubling the original value.

Cree and STMicroelectronics expanded and extended their existing silicon carbide wafer supply agreement to more than $500 million, doubling the original value announced earlier in 2019.

Cree, Inc. announced a public-private partnership with New York State to invest approximately $1 billion over six years to construct and equip a new 200mm silicon carbide wafer fabrication facility at the Marcy Nanocenter on the SUNY Poly campus. The project is expected to create over 600 full-time jobs.

Cree announced a multi-year agreement to supply its Wolfspeed silicon carbide wafers to STMicroelectronics, valued at $250 million. The deal covers 150mm bare and epitaxial wafers.

STMicroelectronics is entering high-volume production of its PIC100 silicon photonics platform for AI infrastructure, with plans to more than quadruple production by 2027 and further expand in 2028.

ZF signed a multi-year supply agreement with STMicroelectronics for silicon carbide devices. ST's SiC devices will be integrated in ZF's future modular inverter platform, going into series production in 2025.

STMicroelectronics signed an agreement to acquire 55% of Swedish silicon carbide wafer manufacturer Norstel AB, with an option to buy the remaining 45% for a total consideration of $137.5 million.

STMicroelectronics is expanding its installed capacity for Silicon Carbide and starting production ramp-up for Gallium Nitride for RF devices. The company also announced a multi-year supply agreement with Cree.

STMicroelectronics is building a new 300mm wafer fab in Agrate, near Milan, Italy, with construction already started. The first stage will support R&D and initial industrial deployment, with equipment installation for R&D in 2020 and volume production starting in 2021.

STMicroelectronics received approval for an additional RM7.5 billion investment to expand and develop its plant in Tanjung Agas, Johor, Malaysia, bringing total investment to nearly RM12 billion, with the first phase expected to create 597 jobs.

Cree signed a multi-year agreement to supply $250 million of 150mm silicon carbide wafers to STMicroelectronics for automotive and industrial applications.

STMicroelectronics and Leti announced a cooperation to develop and industrialize GaN-on-Silicon power switching devices on 200mm wafers, with a pilot line at ST's Tours fab expected operational by 2020.

Cree, Inc. and STMicroelectronics expanded an existing multi-year, long-term silicon carbide wafer supply agreement, now worth more than $800 million, for Cree to supply ST with 150mm silicon carbide bare and epitaxial wafers.

MACOM and STMicroelectronics announced an agreement to develop GaN on Silicon wafers, with ST manufacturing for MACOM's RF applications and licensing the technology for its own products.

STMicroelectronics plans to build two new 300mm wafer fabs in Agrate and Crolles, with a total investment of $3.63 billion. The company will seek funding from the French and Italian governments.

STMicroelectronics will invest $400 million to build a new R&D and pilot production line for 12-inch silicon wafers at its Agrate Brianza site in Italy. Construction is planned for 2018, with production starting in 2019 at 500 wafers, ramping to 5,000 wafers in later years.

STMicroelectronics and USound announced a collaboration to industrialize and produce the world's first miniature piezoelectric MEMS actuators for smart audio systems in portable devices, with production expected in Q3 2017.

STMicroelectronics is investing $1 billion, mainly at its Crolles site, to increase production capacity for electronic chips after winning a contract with Apple. The announcement was made during the group's annual financial results presentation in late January 2017.