About Rohm Semiconductor
Rohm is a Japanese maker of power devices, analog and logic chips, and discrete components such as transistors and diodes. Its silicon carbide power chips handle high voltages more efficiently than silicon and suit electric vehicles and industrial equipment. Rohm does not design compute processors, so it sits in this directory as a supplier of power electronics. It was founded in Kyoto in 1958 as Toyo Electronics Industry Corporation and is still headquartered there. Its group includes Lapis Semiconductor, formerly OKI Semiconductor.
Rohm Semiconductor was founded in 1958 and is based in Kyoto, Japan. It is listed under Custom Silicon, ASICs. Its shares trade as 6963.T on TSE.
Compute Technologies
- Power Semiconductors
- SiC Devices
What Rohm Semiconductor works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
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