SOITEC
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Engineers at the CEA, André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé and Jean-Michel Lamure, founded the startup Soitec in 1992, based on a technology, SmartCut. |
| 2021 | Soitec acquired NOVASiC, an advanced technology company specialized in polishing and reclaiming wafers on silicon carbide (SiC), to drive the development of semiconductors for power supply systems in electromobility and industrial applications. |
| 2024 | Soitec and Tokai Corp. partnered to develop and supply polycrystalline silicon carbide substrates specifically designed for Soitec's SmartSiC wafers. |
| 2025 | Soitec and CEA partnered to develop automotive cybersecurity solutions using advanced Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI) technology, which can deliver intrinsic protection against fault injection attacks. |