The DRAM market has changed from falling prices and rising shipment to rising prices and falling shipment, says TrendForce. According to the latest investigations by the DRAMeXchange research division of TrendForce, DRAM suppliers were able to...
Supply Chain title, EPSNews, reports on a "grim global semiconductor forecast" in this article. Everybody agrees the semiconductor market will continue to decline with "the only variable being how steep and for how long chip demand and revenues will decline." "As...
Astute Electronics Inc, the Americas division of global electronics distributor, Astute Electronics, is relocating to a new, world-class headquarters and technology hub in Austin, Texas, from June 1st 2020, as part of the company’s rapid Americas expansion and...
An interesting two-part feature has been posted on Semi.org called 'Building Resilience and Maintaining Business Continuity,' that gains an insight into how GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) Singapore is dealing with the impact of coronovirus. They spoke with Dan Steele, Senior...
HiSilicon has become the first semiconductor supplier in mainland China to enter the top 10 in global sales, according to the latest report released by IC Insights. HiSilicon posted first quarter sales of $2.67 biilion, an increase of 54% year-on-year. EETimes...
The UK and four other Amazon country websites have been placed on a list of 'Notorious Markets' by the US Government in a crackdown on counterfeit products, reports the FT. In a 49-page annual report into intellectual property violations, piracy and counterfeiting,...
The overall semiconductor market is tipped to decline 4.2% as the global economy fights to recover from this unprecedented crisis in 2020, concludes the International Data Corporation (IDC) in their latest study. Excluding DRAM and flash markets, they say that...
Concerns are growing that widespread failure in defence industry supply chains will stretch well beyond short-term disruptions, says this article in Military Aerospace Electronics. Reporting comments from an electronics industry insider that “the whole supply chain...
Counterfeit products are causing an annual 7.6 billion euros damage to the mechanical engineering industry, and pose a threat to the operation of machines and plants, says a new study by the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA). According to the study...
Total North American PCB shipments in March 2020 were up 3.7% compared to March 2019, according to the latest IPC research, an association representing electronics industries, with April shipments "poised to reach levels not seen since 2006”. The research found...