Woodstock Wire: Electronics Outlook

U.S. News -- A protracted trade war between China and the United States, the world's largest economies, and a...

Media -- DIGITIMES - After reaching record-high sales in the last two years, the microcontroller (MCU) market slid lower in the first half of 2019 because...

Media -- New Electronics - The MCU market is expected to contract by 6% this year, according to semiconductor market analysts, IC Insights. The fall is...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Personal electronics and industrial applications make up more than half of power management IC market, analyst says.

Media -- Evertiq - According to investigations by DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, quote trends for various products, including commodity DRAM,...

Media -- Evertiq - worldwide sales of semiconductors reached USD 98.2 billion during the second quarter of 2019, a small increase of 0.3% over the previous...

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC is expected to enjoy substantial revenue growth starting August with the momentum to continue through the last quarter of 2019,...

Media -- Evertiq - After flying high for two years, DRAM sales growth is forecast to rank last in 2019, worst among all IC categories; NAND flash sales...

Media -- Reuters - Business - White House officials pushed back on Sunday against concerns that economic growth may be faltering, saying they saw little...

Media -- Reuters - Business - China's economy stumbled more sharply than expected in July, with industrial output growth cooling to a more than 17-year...

Web Marketing -- Digital Commerce 360 - The Trump administration will delay until mid-December the 10% tariff on some Chinese products on many holiday-shopping...

Distribution -- EPS News - A two-day shut down of Hong Kong International Airport forced the cancellation of hundreds of passenger flights...

Enterprise -- CRN - Channel business grew 57 percent over the past year.

Distribution -- Disti Blog - An initially downbeat, but longer term upbeat forecast for the global microcontroller (MCU) market has been issued by IC Insights....

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth; U.S. vs. World Second Quarter Performance; World Semiconductors Sales declined 16.8% y/y...

Distribution -- EPS News - The two-day closure of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) had not impacted air cargo as of late Tuesday, although future delays...

Business Wire -- IDC has published its 7th annual survey examining the latest Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities, challenges, and investment...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The second quarter of 2019 finally showed the long-expected slowdown of the components distribution market in Europe,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported July consolidated revenues slipped 1.3% sequentially but grew 14%...

Media -- DIGITIMES - The global semiconductor market is set to enter a dynamic new phase of growth, as the era of 5G network looms around the corner....

Distribution -- Disti Blog - Finally, the European distribution market is showing the signs of wear and tear. The second quarter of 2019 finally showed the long-expected...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Global sales of semiconductors in the second quarter were 16.8 percent down on the same quarter a year before, according...

Media -- DIGITIMES - The bad news for the global smartphone market is that global shipments fell in the second quarter, marking seven consecutive quarters...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$98.2 billion during the second quarter of 2019, a small increase of 0.3% over the previous...

Media -- DIGITIMES - NAND flash contract market prices continue their downward trend in July, but the price falls have decelerated, according to DRAMeXchange.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Volatile international trade conditions are expected to persist into at least the next US presidential race, and firms must focus...

Media -- Evertiq - Despite a 38% sales decline expected this year, the DRAM market is forecast to remain the largest of all IC product categories again...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory will continue rallying in the short term, driven by the ongoing trade disputes...

Media -- EDACafe - Year-to-year sales down across all regions; 2019 Q2 sales up slightly compared to Q1

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This MarketEYE installment addresses the global market for aluminum electrolytic capacitors following a large global research...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - 2Q'19 Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth by Sector; July PMI Leading Indicators,

World Smartphones Shipments declined 2.3%...

Distribution -- EPS News - In an ugly turnaround from last year, IC growth rates in 2019 are expected to be heavily weighted toward the negative side of the...

Think -- Knowledge@Wharton - President Trump's latest threat to levy 10% tariffs on $300 billion of imports from China will result in lower output from...

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - Ratcheting up its ongoing spat with South Korea, Japan has put restrictions on export of three materials that are critical...

Media -- DIGITIMES - The Trump administration's latest move to slap a 10% tariff on the remaining US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports, including handsets,...

Media -- New Electronics - Smartphone sales will drop 2.5% this year to 1.5 billion units, according to Gartner. However, sales are set to return to growth...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Korea was responsible for 8.8 per cent of the global electronics manufacturing output last year Electronics output of...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Despite a 38% sales decline expected this year, the DRAM market is forecast to remain the largest of all IC product categories again...

Media -- Semiconductor Engineering - After a slowdown in the first half of 2019, chipmakers and equipment vendors face a cloudy outlook for the second...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to post a 2-4% shipment increase sequentially in the third quarter of 2019,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips have been on the rise since the beginning of July, and their contract prices...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Worldwide semiconductor revenues are forecast to total US$429 billion in 2019, a decline of 9.6% from US$475 billion in 2018, according...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments fell to a six-quarter low of 2.983 billion square inches in the second quarter of 2019, according...

Media -- Design And Reuse - Second Quarter 2019 Silicon Wafer Area Shipments Fall 2.2 Percent from First Quarter Levels

Media -- New Electronics - Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429 billion in 2019, which would represent a decline of 9.6% from $475...

Business Wire -- The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 31.3% in 2018 to total $32.4 billion, up from $24.7 billion in 2017, according to...

Media -- Reuters - Business - U.S. job growth slowed in July and manufacturers slashed hours for workers, which together with an escalation in trade tensions...

Media -- Reuters - Business - U.S. manufacturing activity slowed to a near three-year low in July and a measure of new orders received by factories rebounded...

Media -- Reuters - Technology - German chipmaker Infineon expects the semiconductor industry to recover only in 2020, with no sign of recovery yet in...

Media -- Reuters - Business - The Nasdaq hit a record high on Wednesday and the S&P 500 was close behind as reassuring comments from Texas Instruments...