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Navigating semiconductor consolidation - Infineon Technologies
Rochester’s role in the product integration process
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cquisitions and consolidations have played a key factor in shaping the semiconductor industry since the 1970s. Original component
manufacturers’ (OCMs) motivations are clear; a larger critical mass makes it easier to fund necessary fab investments and, acquisitions strengthen and maintain profitability. Top suppliers, such as Infineon Technologies, have strengthened their acquisition portfolio by working closely with trusted partners, like Rochester Electronics, to ensure customers experience a smooth and manageable transition through their product integration process. Infineon has partnered with Rochester Electronics for over 15 years, both directly and through its acquired manufacturers.
The combined Infineon portfolios position them as a top supplier in several key technologies such as power management, power discrete, microcontroller, and memory. As the diagram below shows, Infineon’s acquisitions have included many well-known and well-respected manufacturers.
extend for active products, or the customer needs more obsolete components beyond their last-time-buy quantities.
Rochester stocks over 350 million units of 100% authorized and guaranteed Infineon Technologies product which is comprised of more than 19,000-part numbers. Our Infineon inventory includes several product lines where licensed manufacturing agreements have allowed Rochester to extend
In some cases, customers continue to receive newly manufactured product – fully tested and guaranteed to the original specification – 10 years after the original discontinuation. In partnership with Infineon Technologies, Rochester Electronics provides continued support for historical technologies, such as - Legacy 5V/3.3V/2.5V technologies; 8–16 Bit Processor technologies; larger historical fab geometries; small historical memory sizes;
Technological evolution and acquisitions mean that product lines and processes are occasionally discontinued to allow scarce resources to be focussed on new leading-edge products. Rochester’s exclusive relationship with Infineon, allows for the transfer of surplus active components, as well as end-of- life lines. This provides Infineon’s customers with a risk-free, 100% AUTHORISED, instantly available supply solution when lead-times
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the product life-cycle and continue customer support. At the end-of-life, Rochester works with Infineon to either: transfer known- good-wafer, and the full test and assembly IP for ongoing Rochester manufacture; or secures a dedicated final build from Infineon to support future market needs. Examples of these include the TC1130 microcontroller, the BTS550/BTS555 PROFET® power switch, and the Cypress FIFO/Dual Port product line.
FRAM-Ferroelectric random-access memory; nvSRAM (SRAM+EEPROM); NOR Flash – MirrorBit; and Power Control – COOLMOS™; COOLiRIGBT. Rochester’s complete Infineon acquisition portfolio includes products from: Galvantech, Simtek, Ramtron, Cypress, Spansion, International Rectifier, and Lantiq (divested).
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