Electronic component sales trends surged in February but cooled somewhat in March, according to the ECIA’s latest Electronic Component Sales Trend (ECST) survey. In February, survey participants had anticipated improving sales sentiment in March. However, the actual results for March show overall sentiment falling by 2 points down to 88.6. A number above 100 indicates growth.
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Buzzy new tech trends including the industrial metaverse, 5G wearables, printed electronics, and satellite-to-cell services may be held back by global market volatility, according to a report from the analyst firm ABI Research.
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.
Global sales of semiconductors were $34.4 billion for the month of April 2020, down 1.2% compared to previous month of $34.9B, but still 6.1% more than April 2019's total of $32.4B, according to Semiconductor Industry Association...
53% of new product launches within the electronics industry have been delayed or cancelled because of Covid-19, reports EET India. These are the conclusions of an online survey conducted by Dimensional Research of supply chain managers at OEMs with at least 500...
China's IC production has risen only 0.6% since 2014, reports IC Insights, and the country is likely to fall well short of its 'Made-in-China 2025' goal for IC devices. IC production in China represented 15.7% of its $125 billion IC market in 2019, up only slightly...
Networking chips - ASICs (application-specific integrated circuit) - are likely to rise in price during 2H20, according to a DigiTimes report. Stay-at-home activities during the pandemic has fueled a spike in demand for portable devices, including notebooks, with...
Counterfeiter are costing the global mechanical engineering industry as much as 7.6 billion euros per year, suggest a recent study by the VDMA, the largest network organisation for mechanical engineering in Europe. The study Product Piracy 2020 says damage has...
Manufacturers and those in electronics procurement should be building the necessary relationships in preparation for an increase in demand if orders return to their sector, recommmends EPSNews, the title for the electronics supply chain industry. They say that...