FRANKFURT, Feb ⁠18 (Reuters) - The CEO ⁠of Infineon Technologiestold 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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