INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES DRESDEN AG & Co. KG

Their core work

Infineon Technologies Dresden is a major semiconductor fabrication and development site of the Infineon group, specializing in power semiconductors, sensor systems, and advanced chip manufacturing. They operate pilot lines for GaN (gallium nitride) and silicon-based power devices, serving automotive, industrial automation, and energy conversion markets. Their Dresden facility is a key European hub for semiconductor frontend and backend processing, with growing involvement in digitalized manufacturing and reliability engineering for electronic components and systems.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2017), Infineon Dresden focused on building physical pilot lines — GaN power semiconductor fabrication (PowerBase), sensor manufacturing (IoSense), and adopting Industry 4.0 principles in chip production (SemI40). From 2018 onward, their focus shifted toward digitization of development processes, system-level reliability (iRel40's Quality 4.0), and positioning within the European ECS (Electronic Components and Systems) sovereignty initiative under the "Made in Europe" banner. A notable late addition is their entry into quantum computing hardware (QLSI, 2020), signaling interest in post-classical computing architectures built on their existing silicon and CMOS expertise.

Infineon Dresden is moving from pure hardware fabrication toward digitalized, AI-assisted reliability engineering and European semiconductor independence — making them a strong partner for projects combining advanced manufacturing with data-driven quality assurance.

How they like to work

Infineon Dresden primarily operates as a strong participant (9 of 11 projects), but takes the coordinator role when the project aligns tightly with their pilot line capabilities — they coordinated both IoSense (sensor pilot line) and Power2Power (their largest project at EUR 3.5M). With 394 unique consortium partners across 27 countries, they are a well-connected hub in European electronics R&D, comfortable working in the large ECSEL-style consortia typical of the semiconductor industry (often 30+ partners per project).

With 394 unique partners across 27 countries, Infineon Dresden has one of the broadest collaboration networks in European semiconductor R&D, built primarily through large-scale ECSEL Joint Undertaking projects that span the entire electronics value chain.

What sets them apart

Unlike research institutes that publish papers or SMEs that develop niche components, Infineon Dresden operates actual high-volume semiconductor fabrication lines — they can take a research concept from lab to pilot production within one organization. Their dual capability in both power semiconductors and sensor systems makes them a rare partner who can address the full signal chain from sensing to power conversion. For consortium builders, they bring industrial-scale manufacturing credibility that strengthens any proposal's path-to-market argument.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Power2Power
  Their largest project (EUR 3.5M) and one of two they coordinated — focused on next-generation silicon power solutions for mobility, industry, and grid applications.
• IoSense
  Coordinated a flexible sensor pilot line project bridging frontend and backend manufacturing for the Internet of Everything — demonstrates their ability to lead large infrastructure-oriented initiatives.
• QLSI
  A strategic outlier: their only Research Excellence project, exploring quantum computing in silicon — signals Infineon Dresden's long-term positioning beyond classical semiconductors.