Living Automotive Excellence – no compromise when it comes to quality

As car components become more and more complex, and as the number of control units in
vehicles increases, the likelihood of a product failure becomes greater. Quality performance is a
key differentiator in the automotive industry. This means:
 

• No quality events 
• Defect-free product launches 
•  Automotive product quality of 0 failed parts per million
  

 
Infineon established the most comprehensive quality program of the semiconductor industry in 2003.
The Automotive Excellence Program is founded on four pillars: people, products, processes and production.

In five years the ppm rate for our automotive products decreased by a factor of 7 down
to approximately 0.2 ppm. This means that there are only two fails within ten million delivered
devices. In addition, we see that zero defects is really possible. Today already two-thirds of our
delivery volume in fact shows zero defects, up from one-third at the beginning of our program.