The Anti-Counterfeiting Forum will be co-hosting the Counterfeit Electronics and Materials Symposium at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, UK, on 14-15 March 2023 alongside the U.S. electronics bodies, SMTA and CALCE.
Sales of semiconductor sensors are expected to continue to achieve double-digit YOY growth, driven by the popularity of smart embedded controls and rising sales prices due to semiconductor shortages, reports IC Insights.
As OEMs continue to struggle to secure essential components, engineering teams are being asked to consider component sourcing when developing the next generation of their products.
The IC market is expected to rebound in 2Q23 after a short bottoming out, reports IC Insights.
Apple Inc. will start purchasing chips from a chip fab under construction in Arizona, USA, in order to reduce its dependence on Asian supply chains, reports SCMP (South China Morning Post) and Bloomberg.
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The British government has blocked a Chinese-owned company’s £63m takeover of Nexperia, a Wales-based microchip maker, calling it a national security risk, reports the Daily Mail.
The flow of counterfeit components always tends to increase during times of shortage – something that the EU’s intellectual property office and Europol have noticed, writes Evertiq here, continuing, "What is evident is that the wrong component in the wrong system can result in big problems."
Older-generation semiconductors – those that are often still used in automotive and industrial electronics – are set to remain in short supply for the foreseeable future. These are some of the key findings of the study “Semiconductor shortage: A different kind of trouble ahead” by Roland Berger.
"Most risks to supply chains are predictable," begins Harvard Review. "That means that companies can and should be prepared to handle them."