Date: 11/11/2010

Infineon tops power semiconductor market for the seventh consecutive year

Reports claim that Infineon Technologies is the global number one in the power semiconductor and module market for the seventh consecutive year. The current IMS Research data has estimated that the global market for power semiconductors contracted is 21.5 percent to US Dollar 11 billion in 2009, from US Dollar 14 billion the previous year. In spite of this development, Infineon's market share increased to 10.7 percent. Infineon has maintained its leadership in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) with a market share up 1.3 percentage points to 24.3 percent and in North and South America where it was up 0.4 percentage points to 11.5 percent. In the highly competitive Asian market Infineon's market share was up 1.1 percentage points to 8.9 percent.

"Electricity is one of the most efficient and safe means for transport and use of energy. Power semiconductors are vital for increasing energy efficiency throughout the electricity supply chain from generation to distribution and finally consumption. Considering constantly rising energy requirements, Infineon's solutions make a key contribution to securing an efficient energy supply for the world", said Arunjai Mittal, Division President of the Industrial & Multimarket Division at Infineon Technologies.

Power semiconductors enhance the energy efficiency of power supply in electronic devices. In the field of renewables they are instrumental in feeding as much as possible electric power harnessed from wind or solar radiation into the grid, and for minimizing energy loss in transmission from the place where it is generated to the place where it is consumed.