Woodstock Wire: Electronics Outlook

Media -- DIGITIMES - NAND flash memory contract prices are expected to stay flat in the third quarter, as demand for notebooks remains stable, according...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Chip demand for 5G smartphones is expected to pick up starting the third quarter of 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This MarketEYE article is a selection from a series of Bishop & Associates articles reviewing selected major advances that have...

Think -- IDC - Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) contracted 7.5% year over year to 21.1 million units in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20),...

Media -- DIGITIMES - The output value of South Korea's memory chip industry grew about 1% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, thanks mainly to...

Web Marketing -- Digital Commerce 360 - As the spread of the coronavirus in the United States picked up steam and signs of a growing global health and economic...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - With the availability of passive components (along with just about everything else) thrown into total disarray with the global...

Distribution -- ECIA - ECIA reports CY19 global passive sales (capacitors, inductors, and resistors) declined 13.7% in dollars and down 27.7% in units. Average selling price improved 19.3%. Units sales were 5.4 trillion units totaling $27.7 billion. Key changes between 2018 and 2019 for the major categories

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Reporting on the struggling economy in Europe for the month of march, Japan's PMI and its steep decline in April, and a U.S....

Media -- Semiconductor Today - The total gallium nitride (GaN) radio frequency (RF) market is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12% from...

Media -- Evertiq - German distribution of electronic components (according to FBDi e.V.) continues to decline in the first quarter of 2020. The order...

Media -- Components in Electronics - It has taken just a little under three months to turn what had the real potential to be a positive 2020 for the UK...

Media -- DIGITIMES - TSMC has an over 50% of the global pure-play foundry market, and the establishment of its new US fab could pose a further threat...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Despite an up to 5% rally in DRAM ASPs, DRAM bit shipments were affected adversely by coronavirus lockdowns and the epidemic's impact...

Enterprise -- Information Week - Gartner is forecasting an IT spending decline of 8% in 2020 with devices as the hardest hit category. Public cloud spending,...

Aspencore -- EPS News - U.S. purchasing and supply executives expect the nation's economic downturn will continue for the rest of the year as the Covid-19...

SupplyChain -- Supply Chain Digital - COVID-19 continues to disrupt global supply chain networks, with 84% of organisations reportedly feeling the impact of...

Media -- Evertiq - Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments rose 2.7% to 2,920 million square inches in the first quarter of 2020, compared with fourth-quarter...

Media -- FierceElectronics - WSJ report says officials are concerned that the U.S. relies too heavily on Taiwan, China and South Korea for semiconductors

Media -- eeNews Europe - Slow demand, combined with general economic uncertainties, built a perfect basis for a weak beginning to 2020, only to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Despite clients' strong short lead-time orders, the server supply chain is currently facing shortages of both components and labor,...

Distribution -- Disti Blog - Slow demand, combined with general economic uncertainties produced a slow start for the European component market in the first quarter...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Last month I introduced this column with a question: have you ever wondered why governments are subjecting your designs - and therefore...

Aspencore -- EPS News - Grim global semiconductor forecasts agree on a pandemic-driven market contraction, with the only variable being how steep and for...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Globally, PMIs saw a decline in all major countries, plus early signs of electronic equipment declining further among the release...

Media -- Evertiq - The DRAM market has changed from falling prices and rising shipment to rising prices and falling shipment, says DRAMeXchange, a research...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Total reported sales for all switch categories in North America for Q2 of 2019 were 5 percent below the previous quarter, and...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to see a strong rebound starting next year as fabless companies...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Grim global semiconductor forecasts agree on a pandemic-driven market contraction, with the only variable being how steep and for how...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Cloud providers favor white box server makers, but Dell EMC, HPE and IBM are benefiting by server sales so far in 2020. Chipmakers...

Media -- Electronics360 - The industrial and automotive markets are going to be hit hard while memory will decline only slightly.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers expects to post flat sequential growth in second-quarter shipments, and has expressed uncertainty...

Enterprise -- ChannelLife New Zealand - "Where there is growth, most of it is in the cloud" as infrastructure spending manages to rise among a sinking market.

Enterprise -- ChannelLife New Zealand - IDC forecasts that worldwide non-memory semiconductor revenue will decline by 7.2% in 2020.

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Smartphones will continue to be the largest demand driver and will remain weak overall given the concentration in volumes...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - The worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $104.6 billion during the first quarter of 2020 Global sales for the month...

Media -- Evertiq - European semiconductor sales grew by 5.7% in the first quarter 2020 compared to the previous quarter reaching USD 10.172 billion, says...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Strong demand for commercial notebooks, servers and other devices enabling work from home has allowed Taiwanese passive components...

PR Newswire -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $104.6 billion during the first quarter...

Media -- Electronics Maker - The coronavirus is shifting demand patterns for major semiconductor end markets. How will these changes ultimately affect...

Media -- Evertiq - Total North American PCB shipments in March 2020 were up 3.7% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month,...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan-based six-inch foundries including Mosel Vitelic and Episil Technologies have enjoyed growing demand for power devices such...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Analysis of the passive components raw materials supply chain, addressing price fluctuations related to recent supply disruptions...

Enterprise -- Storage Newsletter - Memory Market Not Forecast to Exceed 2018 High of $163.3 Billion Until 2022 Strong growth forecast to return to the memory...

Tech -- The Verge - Qualcomm expects smartphone shipments to fall 30 percent in the comings months due to...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - A major growth driver for medical semiconductors will be ventilator equipment used to treat coronavirus patients Worldwide...

Aspencore -- EPS News - U.S. factory output in April accelerated its slide into contraction, falling to levels not seen since 2009. The Institute Supply Management's...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - PMI data for the month of April has been released, reporting on revenue for precious metals (gold, tin, copper and silver) in...

Media -- FierceElectronics - Ventilators will be a big user of medical chips, Omdia says, with ventilator revenues up by 70%

Media -- DIGITIMES - The memory market is poised to register on-year increases of more than 20% in 2021 and 2022, according to IC Insights.