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Purdue and Taiwan’s GCCS partner to scale silicon carbide substrates to 8- and 12-inches

What happened

Purdue University and GeChi Compound Semiconductor are partnering to scale silicon carbide substrate production to 8- and 12-inch sizes, targeting bottlenecks in next-gen high-compute infrastructure.

Impact and signal

Medium impactImpact score: 60/100

Affected components and suppliers

SiC Substrates

GeChi Compound Semiconductor

capacity_expansionSiC8-inch12-inch

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 5/28/2026 · View original source

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Purdue and Taiwan’s GCCS partner to scale silicon carbide substrates to 8- and 12-inches

What happened

Impact and signal

Affected components and suppliers

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