# Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon's Peter Wawer

- Show: [Moore's Lobby](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby)
- Published: 2023-05-16
- Length: 56m
- Episode: 6
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer
- Listen: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/podcast/powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer

## Summary

Peter Wawer, Division President of Green Industrial Power at Infineon Technologies, recounts his career from silicon PV research at Siemens to embedded Flash development, and back to power semiconductors. He details the technical evolution of memory technologies, the challenges of scaling Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) manufacturing, and the strategic impact of Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier and the failed attempt to acquire Cree. Wawer also discusses the dramatic cost reductions in solar energy and the critical role of packaging in managing heat in high-power devices.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=1) Introduction and Early Career in Solar and Siemens
- [4:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=278) Thick-Film vs. Thin-Film Solar and the Spinoff to Infineon
- [8:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=490) Embedded Flash Memory and the Rise of DRAM
- [12:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=748) Flash Technology Evolution and the Kimonda Bankruptcy
- [19:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=1183) Return to Solar at Q cells and Industry Lessons
- [26:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=1573) Infineon's Acquisition of International Rectifier
- [29:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=1765) Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride Technical Challenges
- [37:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=2261) Failed Cree Acquisition and Trench vs. Planar MOSFETs
- [43:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=2625) Packaging, Heat Management, and the Future of Renewables
- [52:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-05-16-powering-a-green-future-insights-from-infineons-peter-wawer#t=3127) Lightning Round and Career Advice

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Infineon Technologies (company)
- Siemens (company)
- Q cells (company)
- International Rectifier (company)
- Cree (company)
- Wolfspeed (company)
- Kimonda (company)
- Micron (company)
- Samsung (company)
- Intel (company)
- Toshiba (company)
- Silicon Carbide (material)
- Flash Memory (product)
- DRAM (product)
- IGBT (product)
- MOSFET (product)

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