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NXP, Infineon and STM are the three major in Europe, although STM is Swiss/Italian.
by iagovar 6y ago
NXP, Infineon and STM are the three major in Europe, although STM is Swiss/Italian.
- _ph_ 6y agoSTM is also very strongly French. And these three are only the largest pure-semiconductor companies. There are many dozens of smaller companies and quite some fabs. A lot of automotive electronics is done by European companies. Also, many international semiconductor companies have development sites in Europe.
- gpderetta 6y agoSTM was originally Italo-French; it is a public company these days, whose headquartier is in Switzerland (as a neutral territory I guess), but the major shareholder (which is incorporated in Nederland) is still jointly owned directly by the Italian and French governments, and major production and reasearch sites are still in these countries. So, it is complicated