By Reuters | Updated: February 18, 2026
FRANKFURT, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The CEO of Infineon Technologies (IFXGn.DE), opens new tab told daily Handelsblatt that the German semiconductor maker is well-positioned to benefit from a future boom in the market for microchips used in humanoid robots.
“This could become a growth market like the one today for high-performance semiconductors in AI data centres,” Jochen Hanebeck was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
He added that Infineon could already produce many microchips for human-like robots, partly because its business in autonomous driving, and the need for new in-house technology development was limited.
Reporting by Myria Mildenberger and Ludwig Burger, editing by Thomas Seythal
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