IXYS Corp. and General Motors Components Holdings (GMCH) jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement for the fabrication of power semiconductor wafers.
IXYS was founded originally as a fabless power semiconductor company, with global foundry relationships with selected world class semiconductor manufacturers. However, to create and retain proprietary technologies, IXYS developed its own in-house capabilities. Thus, IXYS owns and operates wafer fab facilities for its highly proprietary products in Germany, the UK and the USA. As the demand has been increasing for IXYS’ specialized products, it has been IXYS’ strategy to increase its internal and external wafer fab capacities.