The Significance Of Silicon Carbide For Semiconductor Industry

The third generation semiconductor, also known as wide band gap semiconductor, has two mature materials: silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), which can only be used as discrete devices. In this field of semiconductor, it only accounts for a small area. In terms of stock: the largest in the semiconductor field is the integrated circuit. Almost 100% of integrated circuits are now made of silicon. The annual sales volume of the whole semiconductor field is about 500 billion dollars. 90% of them are silicon, and the remaining 10% are non integrated circuits (about 5% are discrete devices). Incremental fields: For example, new energy vehicles and 5G base stations are areas with rapid growth, especially in the field of new energy vehicles. But even if the increment is included, the ceiling space may be estimated to be a hundred billion dollar market.