Archimedes Semiconductor received 300 million yuan of angel round financing to promote the landing of vehicle-grade photovoltaic SiC/IGBT

"The lead investor in this round of investment is Hefei State-owned Assets."

Author: Kang You-dai

Edit: tuya

Producer: Financial Graffiti

On November 17th, according to IT Orange, Archimedes Semiconductor received an angel round of financing of 300 million yuan, which included Hormuz Fund, Heide Magellan, Tianhong Guofu Fund, Hyde Suez and a number of semiconductor listed companies, Sai Microelectronics (300456. SZ), Shengbang shares (300661. SZ), Zhongyu Gas (03633. HK), the actual controller of HK), Hefei State-owned Assets Platform Hefei Production and Investment, as the lead investor, led the investment of The three levels of government investment platforms in Anhui and Hefei (Anhui Chuanggu Investment, Hefei Production and Investment, Hefei High-tech Investment) in Archimedes Semiconductor.

Archimedes Semiconductor was established in Hefei, Anhui Province in June, and signed an industrial landing agreement with the Hefei government, and obtained support from the Hefei government in terms of land, plant, capital and talent policies. This financing will further promote the company's vehicle specification grade and photovoltaic SiC/IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor, insulated gate bipolar transistor) production line landing, product technology research and development progress and core customer introduction speed, and promote the localization process of power semiconductor core products.

Archimedes Semiconductor is a power semiconductor device and module developer, mainly engaged in power semiconductor devices, module research and development, production and sales, covering discrete devices, power module packaging and testing, chip design and manufacturing, the main application areas are photovoltaic inverter, new energy vehicles, industrial control, household appliances, etc. The company's core technical team is led by Academician Xu Hongxing, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Liu Sheng, winner of the White House Presidential Award, and the rest of the members are from top semiconductor manufacturers at home and abroad (Cree, STMicroelectronics, Mitsubishi, Intel, Huawei, etc.), the team has more than ten top semiconductor doctors at home and abroad, and has penetrated the Tesla Model 3 SiC module supply chain, the United States Cree company vehicle specification Grade SiC industrialization experience, Huawei's experience in the power semiconductor supply chain and Mitsubishi power semiconductor factory and line construction, mastering key technologies such as product design, module process, reliability, and production line construction.

Yuan Xiong, founder and CEO of Archimedes Semiconductor, introduced the advantages of its silicon carbide, believing that power semiconductors pay attention to reliability, safety and stability, and silicon carbide (SiC) has excellent performance as a semiconductor material, especially for power conversion and control of power components, is a high-temperature, high-frequency, radiation-resistant, high-power applications are ideal semiconductor materials. The traditional chips controlled by new energy vehicles use silicon-based IGBTs, but due to the advantages of silicon carbide solutions and the steady decline in material growth, the future silicon carbide devices will iterate the use of silicon-based IGBTs. Terrass took the lead in the world to use silicon carbide inverter, Tesla Model 3 uses the controller is silicon carbide material, in addition, BYD, Weilai, ideal and many other car companies will use silicon carbide solution, silicon carbide to the traditional car silicon-based IGBT substitution has gradually unfolded, the development of silicon carbide industry has shown good prospects.

Huawei's "Digital Energy 2030" white paper released at the end of September mentioned that the third generation of semiconductor power chips and devices represented by silicon carbide can greatly improve the energy density of various power electronic equipment, reduce costs, enhance reliability and applicability, improve power conversion efficiency, and reduce losses with their excellent characteristics of high voltage, high frequency, high temperature, and high speed. Photovoltaic, wind power and other new energy power generation, DC UHV transmission, new energy vehicles, rail transit, industrial power supply, civil home appliances and other fields have a great demand for efficient conversion of electrical energy, and the new power semiconductor is adapting to this demand trend, the next ten years is the third generation of power semiconductor innovation acceleration period, penetration rate will be comprehensively improved.

Archimedes Semiconductor's vision is to build a world-class power semiconductor IDM (Integrated Device Manufacture) manufacturer, providing smarter, safer and cleaner energy for the carbon neutral era. Yuan Xiong said that "policy guidance promotes semiconductors to become a strategic industry, and in the field of intelligent manufacturing, we can develop our own core technologies through independent innovation in the future, breaking the existing monopoly market situation of foreign capital." ”