Infineon extends leadership position in global microcontroller market

Business & Financial Press

Mar 10, 2026
  • 2025 market share at 23.2% (2024: 21.4%) in slightly declining overall market
  • Integration of Automotive Ethernet further strengthens microcontroller business for software-defined vehicles and opens growth opportunities in humanoid robots
  • Infineon future-proofs microcontroller portfolio for upcoming cybersecurity requirements such as post-quantum cryptography

Munich, Germany – 10 March 2026 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) further extends its number one position in the global microcontroller market. According to the latest research by Omdia [1], the company increased its total microcontroller market share to 23.2 percent in 2025 (2024: 21.4 percent), achieving a year-on-year gain of 1.8 percentage points – the largest increase among its competitors. Notably, this market share gain was achieved against the backdrop of a slightly declining microcontroller market (-0.3 percent). 

“This great market result reflects our relentless commitment to accelerating innovation for customer value, outstanding system solutions, and strong customer relations,” said Andreas Urschitz, Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Management Board at Infineon. “With our superior product portfolio, reliable software, and easy-to-use development tools, we help our customers create value and address the global challenges of decarbonization and digitalization. Outgrowing the market is a direct outcome of our continued investment in technology and our close collaboration with our partners worldwide.”

Ethernet to enhance microcontroller business for software-defined vehicles

Infineon climbed to the top spot in the global microcontroller market for the first time in 2024, after becoming the number one in the specific market for automotive microcontrollers already one year earlier. The company’s leading market position will be further strengthened by the successful acquisition of Marvell’s Automotive Ethernet business, a milestone transaction completed in August 2025. This move expands Infineon’s cutting edge connectivity portfolio, enhancing the company’s system capabilities for central compute architectures in software-defined vehicles (SDV). Integrating the industry-leading BRIGHTLANE™ automotive Ethernet portfolio with Infineon’s AURIX™, PSOC™ and TRAVEO™ automotive microcontroller families creates an unmatched system offering for SDVs, enabling features such as autonomous driving, advanced driver assistance systems, and secured over the air updates. 

Infineon microcontrollers empower physical AI such as humanoid robots

Furthermore, the acquisition opens additional growth opportunities in emerging IoT fields and physical AI, such as humanoid robotics. AURIX, PSOC and MOTIX™ microcontrollers from Infineon empower humanoid robots to safely perceive, think, and interact with their environment in real-time, facilitating advanced computing, smart actuation and motor control, connectivity, and intelligent edge functions. 

Infineon enables the key functional blocks in humanoid robots, supporting customers from concept to mass production across industrial, service, and home applications. With its PSOC portfolio, Infineon continues to expand its presence in industrial and consumer markets, offering scalable, secured and power efficient microcontroller solutions widely used in smart home systems, industrial control equipment and connected IoT devices. 

Cybersecurity features for future requirements implemented already today

From IoT devices to connected vehicles, industrial infrastructure, AI‑driven applications, and robotics, cybersecurity is essential. Therefore, Infineon microcontrollers are engineered with future-proof security in mind to protect data, identities and systems from the start and across the entire lifecycle. This includes, for example, complying with international security standards such as ISO/SAE 21434 (automotive security) for latest generation AURIX and TRAVEO MCUs. Furthermore, Infineon engineers architectures that meet future requirements such as from the EU Cyber Resilience Act or for post-quantum cryptography already today – for example, in the latest PSOC products for industrial and consumer applications as well as AURIX and TRAVEO automotive MCUs.     

Infineon at embedded world 2026: Showcasing future-ready innovations

From 10 to 12 March 2026, at embedded world in Nuremberg, Germany, Infineon is presenting its comprehensive portfolio of industrial, consumer and automotive microcontrollers, with a strong focus on innovation for secured, connected, and intelligent systems. Visitors can experience this at Infineon’s booth (Hall 4A, Booth 138) and through a series of presentations and live demos.

[1] Based on or includes research from Omdia: Annual 2001-2025 Semiconductor Market Share Competitive Landscaping Tool – 4Q25. March 2026. Results are not an endorsement of Infineon Technologies AG. Any reliance on these results is at the third party’s own risk.

About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG is a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT. Infineon drives decarbonization and digitalization with its products and solutions. The Company had around 57,000 employees worldwide (end of September 2025) and generated revenue of about €14.7 billion in the 2025 fiscal year (ending 30 September). Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the OTCQX International over-the-counter market (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

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