About 20 domestic and international chipmakers, including Infineon, Texas
Instruments and STMicroelectronics, have launched a new round of price
increases, with power semiconductors the main category; several had already
announced price rises earlier this year. Infineon, the world’s largest power
semiconductor maker, said at its June 30 media day the hikes are primarily
driven by rising costs such as raw materials. The company said strong demand for
power semiconductors are largely AI-driven—especially surging power needs at AI
data centers—and that Infineon will dynamically adjust AI-related production
capacity to market demand while continuing to expand capacity.
