The New Infineon
Infineon has carved-out its memory business into a company called Qimonda in 2006.
Today Infineon is a leading-edge technology provider with sales of more than Euro 4 billion and with more than 30,000 employees, 6,000 of whom work in the field of research and development alone. Infineon invests approximately Euro 800 million a year in research and development. More than 22,800 patents are convincing proof of the company's technological leadership.
Infineon is active in a market that is expected to grow at an average of 10 percent annually over the next few years. Infineon will focus on three main areas of activity that reflect three central challenges to modern society:
Energy Efficiency
Communications
Security.
The company is already making significant contributions to these markets and has established leading positions. Plans have been made to continue to expand these strengths and to consistently take advantage of all opportunities for future growth.
Energy efficiency
Infineon significantly improves the energy efficiency of engines, drives and electronic equipment. We ensure the safe energy-conscious utilization of our resources at all times.
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higher fuel efficiency in modern cars
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smart solutions for high power applications, drives and transportation
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longer battery lifetimes by reduced power consumption in mobile devices
Communications
Infineon provides a broad variety of products and
technologies everyone can use to be connected every time and everywhere – at home, in the office or on the way
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mobile communications by a broad variety of cell phones
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wireless connectivity everywhere with various radio technologies
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high-speed communication by broadband applications
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stable backbone for world wide communications
Security
Infineon provides the technology basis for increased user comfort, privacy and protection of personal information as well as company data.
The solutions pave the way for secure e-commerce.
Infineon is active in the growing market for identification and payment solutions
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Contact-based and contact-less chipcard security controllers and memories
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Security ICs and secure ASICs
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Customer specific and application-specific secure solutions and designs: system-on-chip, system-in-package or ODM ready