As the DRAM industry officially enters the EUV era, NAND Flash stacking technology advances past 150L, says TrendForce as it provides its forecast of 10 key trends in the tech industry for 2021.The three major DRAM suppliers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron will not only continue their transition towards the 1Znm and 1alpha nm process […]
Worldwide semiconductor sales registered an on-year increase for the seventh consecutive month in August 2020.The global semiconductor industry posted August sales of US$36.2 billion, up 3.6% sequentially, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales were 4.9% above the August 2019 total of US$34.5 billion.”Global semiconductor sales increased year-to-year in August for the seventh consecutive month, […]
Israel is at the front of pack with China and the United States when it comes to tech startups. But when it comes to large, indigenous tech giants, the country is nowhere to be seen. Source: Israel: Startup Powerhouse
The role of product management in technology industries is relatively young when compared to other roles such as sales or marketing. One aspect of this youthful demeanor that’s largely defined the role in the past 20-30 years is that of a “jack of all trades” who steps in to fill gaps in an organization wherever […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of long, complex supply chains. It has also shown how reliant many U.S. and European companies are on the overseas supply of critical items, bringing to the fore a long-debated issue—are we ready to reshore? Source: Is the Industry Ready to Reshore or Rightshore?
Previous articles have discussed a segmentation of the electronics market called Long Life Cycle(LLC) Products. LLC products are those whose useful life is longer than five years. In a subsequent article, the current state of the electronics ecosystem, and the connection of the LLC market to the AI/IOT mega-trends were also discussed. Source: Manufacturing shakes […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– What’s New: The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Intel Federal LLC the second phase of its State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integration Prototype (SHIP) program. The SHIP program enables the U.S. government to access Intel’s state-of-the-art semiconductor packaging capabilities in Arizona and Oregon and take advantage of capabilities created by Intel’s tens of […]
“I’m thrilled with our ability to deliver such strong financial results to close out FY20,” says CEO Mark Mondello in the report.During the fourth quarter the EMS provider recorded revenues of USD 7.3 billion, quite the increase from USD 6.5 billion during the same quarter last year. Jabil’s Diversified Manufacturing Services recorded a YoY revenue […]
The global coronavirus has upended many of the metrics used to forecast supply, demand, economic activity and financial stability. Two electronics associations – the IPC and ECIA – report electronics markets are recovering, but forward momentum is decelerating. Source: Electronics End Markets are Rebounding: Will it Last?
Taiwan-based notebook PCB specialists expect a stronger-than-ever fourth quarter this year, bolstered by persistent demand for notebooks supporting stay-at-home economy, according to industry sources.The world’s top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments for the first eight months of 2020 rise 15% on year to 94.46 million units, according to statistics from Digitimes Research, which […]
Industrial robots and warehouse automation are lucrative intermingling markets, as evidenced by Berkshire Grey. The Lexington, Massachusetts-based company, which combines AI and robotics to automate omnichannel fulfillment for retailers, ecommerce, and logistics enterprises, today announced that it has secured a mammoth $263 million in series B funding led by SoftBank. Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, […]
The semiconductor industry is stepping up its efforts in advanced packaging, an approach that is becoming more widespread with new and complex chip designs.Foundries, OSATs and others are rolling out the next wave of advanced packaging technologies, such as 2.5D/3D, chiplets and fan-out, and they are developing more exotic packaging technologies that promise to improve […]
